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Hello, after installed Locations from Programs in my DHD my sdcard died, not instant but after a while maybe 12 hours. I have 1.72.405 update.. It was new years night so i dont remember to much
But then it just started to say: "No sd card mounted" or something.
Then i tried to put it in another phone the card is dead there to.
Then in a computer using an adapter, no success there either.
So is my card 100% dead or is it any chance of getting my data back, i was stupid and didn't have backup, to late now but you learn of ur misstakes.
Sry for wall of text, this is Short version
sdcard died a few hours after installing locations
no device founds it
help....
Loads of problems with this at the moment, everyones SD cards seem to be slowly dying since the recent update. The SD card isn't recognised in any other phone/computer as you say so the likelyhood of getting anything off it is slim.
Someone here has apparently spoken to HTC about it who have confirmed there is an issue with the new update which affects the unmounting of the SD card. The only thing they recomend is sending it back to HTC who will flash the phone back to the previous version.
I spoke to HTC myself the other day and managed to get them to send me another SD card - might be worth doing that. A factory reset doesn't work by the way, complete waste of time.
HTC phone number for UK is 0845 8900079 or 01279 206906 (same line, just not premium rate).
Take a look at these threads for people with same problem...
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=101063233083&topic=15411#topic_top
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=885030&page=39
http://androidforums.com/desire-hd-...d-card-blank-has-unsupported-file-system.html
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Did you get a replacement SD card without needing to send anything back to HTC?
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Yea, although it took a bit of complaining.
chapperz said:
Loads of problems with this at the moment, everyones SD cards seem to be slowly dying since the recent update. The SD card isn't recognised in any other phone/computer as you say so the likelyhood of getting anything off it is slim.
Someone here has apparently spoken to HTC about it who have confirmed there is an issue with the new update which affects the unmounting of the SD card. The only thing they recomend is sending it back to HTC who will flash the phone back to the previous version.
I spoke to HTC myself the other day and managed to get them to send me another SD card - might be worth doing that. A factory reset doesn't work by the way, complete waste of time.
HTC phone number for UK is 0845 8900079 or 01279 206906 (same line, just not premium rate).
Take a look at these threads for people with same problem...
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=101063233083&topic=15411#topic_top
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=885030&page=39
http://androidforums.com/desire-hd-...d-card-blank-has-unsupported-file-system.html
Edit: Mods might want to move this to the General sub-forum?
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So if i buy a new card and havent send my phone to htc for them to flash the phone to the update before 1.72.405 the new card will brake?
I did go to the place i bougt the phone and they did say that the warranty didnt cover attachments so if i want a new card i need to send the phone and the card to repair, and the company that handels repair for most big electronic stores in sweden is the worst in the world.
How fast is htc at downflashing the phone?
I live in sweden if it has anything to do with how fast they are..
nfskillen said:
So if i buy a new card and havent send my phone to htc for them to flash the phone to the update before 1.72.405 the new card will brake?
I did go to the place i bougt the phone and they did say that the warranty didnt cover attachments so if i want a new card i need to send the phone and the card to repair, and the company that handels repair for most big electronic stores in sweden is the worst in the world.
How fast is htc at downflashing the phone?
I live in sweden if it has anything to do with how fast they are..
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I've just replaced the SD card myself and havent had any further problems, everything has been fine since. No one else seems to have had any further problems either after replacing the card. I wouldn't bother sending the phone to be repaired, as I'm pretty sure it's just the SD card corrupted by the recent update somehow, not the actual phone.
In short, just get a new SD card, off HTC if possible. The number for customer services can be found here... htc.com/uk/CA_Hotline.aspx
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Yea, although it took a bit of complaining.
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Which card did HTC issue as replacement?
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chapperz said:
I've just replaced the SD card myself and havent had any further problems, everything has been fine since. No one else seems to have had any further problems either after replacing the card. I wouldn't bother sending the phone to be repaired, as I'm pretty sure it's just the SD card corrupted by the recent update somehow, not the actual phone.
In short, just get a new SD card, off HTC if possible. The number for customer services can be found here... htc.com/uk/CA_Hotline.aspx
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Thanks, i told them to its not the phone but they are retards.
Iam having a mail conversatin with htc but i think that 8 gb i to small anyway so i am buying 32 gb class 4. 135 $ hope its worth it
nfskillen said:
Thanks, i told them to its not the phone but they are retards.
Iam having a mail conversatin with htc but i think that 8 gb i to small anyway so i am buying 32 gb class 4. 135 $ hope its worth it
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I hope the bug doesn't affect replacement cards. My spare SanDisk SD is so far working fine, still not confident in it yet after the original Samsung failed...
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sengork said:
I hope the bug doesn't affect replacement cards. My spare SanDisk SD is so far working fine, still not confident in it yet after the original Samsung failed...
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Same thing that i was wondering, but if i where u i would keep a fresh backup of the sd in case.
also my samsung 8Gb micro sd died saturday afternoon.... and with it all my holiday's photos
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Which card did HTC issue as replacement?
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Same as the original one supplied with phone. No problems yet.
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Same as the original one supplied with phone. No problems yet.
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Hmm even the same model number? I hope those cards won't have similar issues.
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My card has just gone down as well for no apparent reason - the phone was working fine and then the card stopped being recognised - I hadn't done anything with it.
I'm running 1.72.405.3.
Is there any way to recover the data from the card?
I fitted a 32Gb card over Christmas and that died within hours of being fitted which I thought was down to a faulty card although now I'm wondering if it is down to the HTC update.
So I guess the key questions are:
1. Are HTC going to be releasing a fix for this?
2. I have a new 32Gb card on the way - what are the chances of preventing that from being killed?
jvoelcker said:
My card has just gone down as well for no apparent reason - the phone was working fine and then the card stopped being recognised - I hadn't done anything with it.
I'm running 1.72.405.3.
Is there any way to recover the data from the card?
I fitted a 32Gb card over Christmas and that died within hours of being fitted which I thought was down to a faulty card although now I'm wondering if it is down to the HTC update.
So I guess the key questions are:
1. Are HTC going to be releasing a fix for this?
2. I have a new 32Gb card on the way - what are the chances of preventing that from being killed?
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before sd died. have you have set the phone's wallpaper picking up a photo from your sd ?
tobia996 said:
before sd died. have you have set the phone's wallpaper picking up a photo from your sd ?
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No.
I did take some photos off via pc connection last night connecting to it as a disk drive, but that is it.
I also have some apps installed onto it, but wasn't using any of them when it failed - I just turned the phone on to check email and it was giving an SD error or Insert SD card message - can't remember which and am trying to dig through logs to find out.
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Loads of problems with this at the moment, everyones SD cards seem to be slowly dying since the recent update. The SD card isn't recognised in any other phone/computer as you say so the likelyhood of getting anything off it is slim.
Someone here has apparently spoken to HTC about it who have confirmed there is an issue with the new update which affects the unmounting of the SD card. The only thing they recomend is sending it back to HTC who will flash the phone back to the previous version.
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I see a temporary solution for some people stuck in new firmware versions without root.. *Cough* Old versions can be rooted..*Cough*
Hi there.
I installed the update the same day I got the phone. The Samsung MicroSD provided died 10 days ago; with stock rom - non rooted etc.
Can I talk to someone to get a replacement?
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Called HTC last day about my sd card, gave them all the details they wanted and they told me that they will send me further info about if and when the new sd card can be sent. Hopefully they will understand and send me a new one.. No message so far though...
i had that problem with my kingston 16gb class 10, when i flashed a custom sense rom (but it was older base 1.32.xxx.xx) the sdcard died on me after rebooted. tried everything i could do to bring it back. so i left it for about week an decided to try it again...and it worked!! so maybe leave it awhile and try it again.
OK so something broke with the mini USB connector on my Inspire and I can't get a connection to the power outlet or computer anymore. I figured I would send in my phone to get a warranty exchange but I have Android Revolution right now and since a rooted phone is out of warranty I am going to get smacked with a fee. Is there any possible way to reset the phone or flash back to stock without a USB connection? Should I just let the battery die before I send it back so they can't charge it and see that its rooted? Help!!
I'm kind of in the same boat as you, today i dropped my phone out of a truck and now the speaker sounds like it's through a McDonalds speaker box. I need to restore to factory but i have Coredroid 6.7 and with that came with EXT4 i was wondering how to get it back to EXT3 or if it was necessary and is there any tools besides ACE to restore it? Im not having alot of luck with ACE and afraid to press the stock rom without going back to EXT3. Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks!
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OK so something broke with the mini USB connector on my Inspire and I can't get a connection to the power outlet or computer anymore. I figured I would send in my phone to get a warranty exchange but I have Android Revolution right now and since a rooted phone is out of warranty I am going to get smacked with a fee. Is there any possible way to reset the phone or flash back to stock without a USB connection? Should I just let the battery die before I send it back so they can't charge it and see that its rooted? Help!!
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Find a way to get your SD card in a media slot.
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Unrooting will be pretty easy. Just get a micro sd adapter and mount the SD on your pc. The copy the pd*.img rom to the root of the card. Then put the card back in the phone and boot in to Hboot and install the ROM.
FIRST, though you need to get S-OFF. That will be more tricky. You'll need to copy some files from the hack kit to your SD card and run some commands from the terminal window on the device.
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Find a way to get your SD card in a media slot.
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What do I do after that? Format the SD Card? Won't they still be able to tell I have a custom rom flashed?
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What do I do after that? Format the SD Card? Won't they still be able to tell I have a custom rom flashed?
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See my post. That is what he was getting at...
Where do I find which commands to run in order to get S-OFF? I only have like 50% left on my battery.
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Where do I find which commands to run in order to get S-OFF? I only have like 50% left on my battery.
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I would suggest you turn off anything not absolutely needed. Maybe even airplane mode I'f you can go without a phone.
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I would suggest you turn off anything not absolutely needed. Maybe even airplane mode I'f you can go without a phone.
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i've done that, but i still need to know how to flash back to stock and get S-ON before it runs out
wesc011 said:
i've done that, but i still need to know how to flash back to stock and get S-ON before it runs out
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You can get to stock through hboot and flashing the Stock RUU.
I'm just not sure how you can get S-On without ADB. Unless there's some way to run the commands through the Terminal on your phone.
There are other options especially since most ATT stores wont check and have no idea:
Flash the rooted or unrooted stock ROM without the sideloading option that the look and feel appears stock and walk to the store.
Get wife and/or girlfriend out of the house, remove battery, battery and lower cover and treat the phone with 10 sec microwave (I never said this)....
99% chance that it is bricked.
Both is fraudulent reg. warranty claims (as is rooting) but I guess we all know this.*
*That's just the legal sticker - LOL
The microwave thing isn't a bad idea... but main questions is do i need to go back to EXT3 for Stock RUU?
Bradbetheman said:
The microwave thing isn't a bad idea... but main questions is do i need to go back to EXT3 for Stock RUU?
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Re-installing the stock RUU will replace the EXT4 with the original image so it won't matter. The RUU replaces just about every partition on the phone. The only thing you have to worry about is the S-OFF which you can disable, but they likely won't even notice--especially if they can't boot it anyway because the battery is dead.
@ the dead battery comments, why on earth wouldn't they put a battery w/ some juice in it to check the phone? That would the first thing I did.
ok..so I called AT&T and told them that something broke inside the USB connector on the phone (probably stupid) and tried to get a warranty exchange, and they said it was physical damage to the phone so I am not eligible for a replacement.
my question is this...if I pull the whole microwave thing and take it into the ATT store, will there be a note or something on my account saying that I had already called and told them something was broken?
i just find it absolutely ridiculous that although there is no water/physical damage to the phone, they can tell me i damaged the phone and now I'm screwed after only having it for 2 months...
ATT does keep phone logs but I have NO idea if they show up on your account if they pull it up on the screen in the store.
Anybody from ATT here?
I'd brick it and just walk in.
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Bradbetheman said:
I'm kind of in the same boat as you, today i dropped my phone out of a truck and now the speaker sounds like it's through a McDonalds speaker box. I need to restore to factory but i have Coredroid 6.7 and with that came with EXT4 i was wondering how to get it back to EXT3 or if it was necessary and is there any tools besides ACE to restore it? Im not having alot of luck with ACE and afraid to press the stock rom without going back to EXT3. Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks!
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As a guy who has worked with AT&T Warranty exchange, I will tell you right now: Physical damage, as per dropping the phone, isn't covered by warranty. If the people at the factory see any damage inside the phone, they'll still charge you for it.
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ok..so I called AT&T and told them that something broke inside the USB connector on the phone (probably stupid) and tried to get a warranty exchange, and they said it was physical damage to the phone so I am not eligible for a replacement.
my question is this...if I pull the whole microwave thing and take it into the ATT store, will there be a note or something on my account saying that I had already called and told them something was broken?
i just find it absolutely ridiculous that although there is no water/physical damage to the phone, they can tell me i damaged the phone and now I'm screwed after only having it for 2 months...
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Yes, they keep a log of that, actually, it's stored in the system: Your name, last 4 of the social and the written log file. Basic keywords on there is "Damaged port/prongs". Damage to the port is considered as physical damage and isn't covered. Did you pay for the 4.99 insurance? That might cover it, and you'll be routed to the insurance company Asurion.
You may want to try HTC directly. They may well repair it for you for free. I think they are more customer service oriented than ATT... The downside is you'd be without a phone for a while.
My Nexus S went through the washer the other day and totally screwed my phone up. I was wondering if there were any way to retrieve the files and pictures saved to the internal memory. I didn't really think about the no sd slot issue until now It won't come on at all. I can take it apart if I need to. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Oh make sure you back up your files on a computer or secure cloud service. FML lol
I have never seen a way to get to the internal memory without being able to power up the device. Sorry
Yeah that's what I figured... I've looked all over the forums and googled it, everything. Im willing to try anything
zdiddy14 said:
Yeah that's what I figured... I've looked all over the forums and googled it, everything. Im willing to try anything
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I think the chip is soldered on to the board so the only way to do it would be to unsolder it and solder it to a new nexus...
Eww dropping $300 on a new Nexus is a little out of the budget, I just bought a Droid Charge
Sorry, I really don't know any other way... Perhaps Samsung can help out?
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I recently have heard that it is possible to replace the internal sd card in devices like i9003. There is an sd card integrated somewhere which is exactly like external sd cards we insert. I am curious if anybody has tried it before. i have this friend who tried this on his acer phone. he took the internal sd out which was 2gb and replaced it with 8 gb. and he also had another 16 and made the capacity 24. smart huh?
Just use SD swap, isn't it the same?
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bscraze said:
Just use SD swap, isn't it the same?
Cheers
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I think he means that just like the external sd card the internal sd card is a micro sd card and can b replaced
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I think he means that just like the external sd card the internal sd card is a micro sd card and can b replaced
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exactly! i will try to get it replaced via samsung service. i have a friend working there as a manager. I will see if he would agree having somebody replace it with higher capacity sd card..
blacknwhitebb said:
exactly! i will try to get it replaced via samsung service. i have a friend working there as a manager. I will see if he would agree having somebody replace it with higher capacity sd card..
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Lucky brat!!
Come on bro do a search in xda you will find how to swap them or later i can help u
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I didn't want swap. What is swap anyways. i would appreciate the information about its benefits
well, i talked to my friend at samsung service center and he leaded me to a tech. i talked to him and he said they couldn't do it for me due to the fact that it would be illegal. i am not sure if he understood me properly but anyways he told me to open it by myself and in case of encountering any problem i could send my phone to service and they could take care of.
Anyways, i found a video on the internet which shows how to unassemble i9000 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt9XNnjAcBc). i followed it and finally took the little black box out which i believe to be the internal sd.(if anybody watches the video, the black box is the one she separates and puts it by the screws) but, damn it, it wouldn't open. it is somehow fixed and one piece. i couldn't reach to the int. sd.
what a disappointment. So, the answer is my question is, it is not possible to replace the internal sd card with a higher capacity one. Could have been amazing though.. Imagine replacing it with 32gb, having another 32 as external and you have 1.5 on-board, there would come the 64 gb samsung sl.
Ps. What i mean with the internal sd card btw, is not the fixed on-board one, but the one which is seen as internal sd card on cwm and which i believe people use as swap.
I know bro it was my dream also. And i ask to my friend he is also working ın samsung center he said me the same thing as you heard what a pitty
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I didn't want swap. What is swap anyways. i would appreciate the information about its benefits
well, i talked to my friend at samsung service center and he leaded me to a tech. i talked to him and he said they couldn't do it for me due to the fact that it would be illegal. i am not sure if he understood me properly but anyways he told me to open it by myself and in case of encountering any problem i could send my phone to service and they could take care of.
Anyways, i found a video on the internet which shows how to unassemble i9000 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt9XNnjAcBc). i followed it and finally took the little black box out which i believe to be the internal sd.(if anybody watches the video, the black box is the one she separates and puts it by the screws) but, damn it, it wouldn't open. it is somehow fixed and one piece. i couldn't reach to the int. sd.
what a disappointment. So, the answer is my question is, it is not possible to replace the internal sd card with a higher capacity one. Could have been amazing though.. Imagine replacing it with 32gb, having another 32 as external and you have 1.5 on-board, there would come the 64 gb samsung sl.
Ps. What i mean with the internal sd card btw, is not the fixed on-board one, but the one which is seen as internal sd card on cwm and which i believe people use as swap.
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I did a quick look through and did not see any thing that looks like a micro sd. Which black box are you talking about? The one at 3:16? Thats the speaker.
Additionally I think that usually internal memory as well as our internal "sd" is a little chip that is directly soldered onto the board as this will need less space. Some time ago some people here noticed that they got more internal sd memory after their boards were replaced by the service center. What I am asking myself is: Why do these people get more memory if it was only a sd card which is easily replacable. That wouldn't make sense and so I think this is not possible on our phone.
With sd swap they mean a little software modification in a file called vold.fstab which "changes the paths" (so say it in an easy way) you can access your files in that way that:
- all files on your external micro sd card are found under /sdcard/ instead of /sdcard/external_sd/
- all files on your internal sd are found under /sdcard/external_sd instead of /sdcard/
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I know bro it was my dream also. And i ask to my friend he is also working ın samsung center he said me the same thing as you heard what a pitty
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Of course this would be "illegal" as your friends say. Have a modification done to your phones and after two days if it doesn't work anymore because of this you come back and claim for warranty.
As ı know the internal sd card is not the micro sd that can be replaced because the read and write speed is so high as u know It is about 25 mb/s read, and 15mb/s write. But in micro sd we can't reach this speed even in class 6
You are right.
The internal sd, let's call it internal memory, is inside the phone behind all the plastic on the board. If you take out your sd card and start your phone you will notice an empty "external_sd" folder on stock roms or respectively "emmc" on CM9, as long as your memorys aren't swapped. The micro sd card you put in your phone isn't part of it and thus is external.
So much confusion about this... *lol*
Yes I agree it is integrated to the motherboard and not with a slot that you can remove or replace I think swap is OK we shouldn't try replacing internal memory we can broke an awesome phone
But I must admit that I would like to look inside the phone, but I'm a bit afraid I could damage it...
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But I must admit that I would like to look inside the phone, but I'm a bit afraid I could damage it...
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yes you are right I am an electronic engineer candidate I am so curious but we must be careful so much. It is a complex phone and very difficult to assemble it
Well a friend if me and I already opened a iPhone and repaired it with parts worth some EUR. There was no risk. But my SGSL is working and I'm not an electronic engineer. So you know more than me. I'm used to assembling computers but mobiles... No Thanks!
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The mobile things such as phone are really really complex. They include so many micro parts and so sensitive because of that if we aren't an expert we mustn't do anything that we are not sure what we are doing.
Well swapping means fooling the system into believing that the external micro SD card you put in your phone is actually the internal SD, when is its not and vice versa. Search the development thread for it
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my son has/had a nexus s 4g, and my wife has one too. hers still works. his is dead. no nothing dead. i don't want to fix it, just get the data off the card.
the board that contains the sd is detachable. what i wanted to know, is if i dissassemble her phone and put his card board in place of hers, can i then read his data? then after replacing the original board, her phone should be unaffected? these are my thoughts, just wanting to get some kind of feedback/confirmation before i proceed.
i did try searching, but i think my question is unique. I have seen noone taking things apart, except to do JTAG Service or screen replacement.
I have not tried this so a little more research may be necessary.
Are the phones all for the same network? If so, I think this is plausible. Replace SD, boot, then copy all the information.
NOT 100% SURE
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They are both sprint ns4g.
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here is the deal, the answer is yes, kind of.
if you switch the board it will read. if the board is good.
turns out that it is the part that is bad.
put the good one in the phone that did not work, and it booted. so there is the answer. the bad one did not boot...
put board back in original, and it works as it did before.
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my son has/had a nexus s 4g, and my wife has one too. hers still works. his is dead. no nothing dead. i don't want to fix it, just get the data off the card.
the board that contains the sd is detachable. what i wanted to know, is if i dissassemble her phone and put his card board in place of hers, can i then read his data? then after replacing the original board, her phone should be unaffected? these are my thoughts, just wanting to get some kind of feedback/confirmation before i proceed.
i did try searching, but i think my question is unique. I have seen noone taking things apart, except to do JTAG Service or screen replacement.
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Why is it dead? How did it die?
Tell us more so perhaps there will be no taking the phone apart to get the data off SD card.
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