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8125 Broken SD slot

Issue: when i try to insert my mini SD into my 8125, it doesn't "lock" or secure the card in place. it just kinda jumps up and down as i continuously try to press it down.
Reslove....?: anyone know how i can remedy this promblem. i assume it's some mechanism/spring locking issue, but i'm unsure. there is a place here in town that will do the repair for, surprise surprise, $60. am i gettin' cheated or should i just fork over the money? THANKS!!!!

I have a fix for you, it's not pretty, but it's simple. just wrap a piece of electrical tape once around the top about 2/3 of the card and it should stay in their fine. I had to do this to a loose card I had and worked great for keeping it in there. Just make sure you don't wrap any of the important parts of it and you should be ok.

Yup!
did the same,but I inserted a small folding made of tissue paper on the upper side of the Sdcard after inserting into it's slot,it made the sdcard to stay in the slot firmly and firmly connected to the connectors,did did the job and remained like this and working for almost six months.Only precaution here is to be sure that the connectors don't get covered and make good and firm connection,

Bonus!
THANKS for the quick reply guys! i really appreciate it. i'll give your advice a go and see what happens.

Well, i took the advice and i must say its not too bad of a rig, if ya just wanna get the job done. i usded a single strip of electrical tape and put it once around the mini sd card. it seems to be "goin no where" for the time being. whats nice is that i have a micro sd w/ with mini and regular sd adapters. so when the micro is in plugged into the tapped mini in my phone, all i need to do is simply remove the micro from the top of the "trapped" mini sd and place it in my regular sd adapter and then into my laptop sd slot. it seems like a happy medium for now. we'll see how it goes.

TyTn II woes

Hi All,
I've got a tytn 2 (kaiser) and its having some problems. Basically the keyboard is stuffing up (again) and it won't read SD cards. I've changed sd cards etc etc and still no joy. What I'm wondering is if there are parts that I can buy to fix this problem? I know I can buy a keyboard but can I dismantle the phone to fix the card reader side of things?
Its worth noting that I have also tried to reflash the phone from the micro sd card, and at that stage the device cant even read from the SD card. This makes me think its an actual hardware failure.
Thanks,
Lewis

So nobody can help me? D:

I can't offer much help here, but this topic will have at least some info that might help you out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=337102
More to the point:
http://mikechannon.net/PDF Manuals/HTC_Kaiser_Service_Manual.pdf

Oh ok that helps. So where would I get parts for my kaiser? SD card reader etc.

Unfortunately I have no clue....
I would say check the threads about replacing the LCD panel, and the stores that have that, or the digitizer might have the LCM (Lower Control Module) that has the SD card slot

I've seen digitizers and housings -- but I'm afraid that for a lot of parts you'll have to buy an old Kaiser...

I have an LCM with a damaged flexi, the sd card slot should be fine, not sure how easy it would be to remove, or replace, it may be possible to do this if you have access to professional desoldering tools, or know someone who can do this for you.

Yeah well I got the kaiser to pieces, not sure how to get it back together lol
I think this will be my last HTC device. Looking at how it is made, the phone is 40% screws and 60% glue. It makes sense that when the device would warm up sufficiently that the glue would go everywhere. It just seems shoddily built.
I'll attempt to put it back together for one last boot to get my contacts etc however i'm not that hopeful. I think I'll be jumping to the nokia n900.

[Q] SD Card issues with N1 after taking apart for screen clean

I've searched quite a bit and didn't find anyone with the same issue. I even told my mother she was lying to me about my being special (as recommended by the "NOOB video").
I took my N1 apart according to a very thorough youtube tutorial and cleaned the lcd and touchscreen because I had dust coming in around the corners. Before this, there were no problems running CM7.2 and my 16gb generic class 6 micro sdhc card worked with not a single issue. Afterward, as I marveled at my beautifully clean screen, I began to notice that the card would eventually stop working, not loading programs, wouldn't allow me to save anything to it, etc. I've tried a 8gb toshiba class 4 card and a generic 2gb class 2 card. The only one that seems to have any stability is the 2gb card, where I can install apps for the first few minutes of the card reading to it, and then it's done. I can't save maps to it or take pictures. Music wasn't accessible. I've reformatted in windows (fat32) and checked for errors with all the cards. No problems. The 16gb card eventually threw out corrupted card errors, which Windows could fix.
The 2gb card works thus: the apps I've managed to move there (by installing on the phone and then rebooting & moving to sd asap after the reboot) all work. Kindle works, my Bible, etc. etc. all the apps work. Maps can't access the maps I've downloaded, but otherwise loads just fine. I sometimes can take a picture or two, but usually the camera says I need to insert an sd card to use the camera (even though the 2gb card is inserted). 8gb and 16gb cards don't work (as described in the previous paragraph).
Not sure what the deal is. Could I have screwed up the sd/SIM ribbon cable when taking the phone apart? replacements are cheap (like $6.50 shipped on ebay), but have I destroyed more than that? Should I take care of the problem using software fixes instead? Thanks for your input.

bumperoo
Bump. I'd really like to get some input before deciding to gut it again
Thanks!

solved?
I believe I have it working, but want to let it run for longer to be sure (sometimes things stopped working after a few minutes, sometimes after a few hours). I took the phone apart and took off the copper foil that went around the SIM & SD card slots. It was mashed up a bit from earlier disassembly and my guess is that it was shorting out some contacts on the pcb beneath it.
So far I seem to be able to take pictures & video, utilize my cached maps, use programs, and play music as I had been able to before. This is all on the 2gb card, however. I'll work on switching over to the 16gb card soon to see whether the problem is gone forever.
Just a side question - will removing the copper-colored foil endanger my phone in any way? I'm guessing it was in place as some sort of shield, but I've seen quite a few disassembled phones on the interwebz without that foil in place. Any advice there?

lhamilton1807 said:
I believe I have it working, but want to let it run for longer to be sure (sometimes things stopped working after a few minutes, sometimes after a few hours). I took the phone apart and took off the copper foil that went around the SIM & SD card slots. It was mashed up a bit from earlier disassembly and my guess is that it was shorting out some contacts on the pcb beneath it.
So far I seem to be able to take pictures & video, utilize my cached maps, use programs, and play music as I had been able to before. This is all on the 2gb card, however. I'll work on switching over to the 16gb card soon to see whether the problem is gone forever.
Just a side question - will removing the copper-colored foil endanger my phone in any way? I'm guessing it was in place as some sort of shield, but I've seen quite a few disassembled phones on the interwebz without that foil in place. Any advice there?
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ok so I repair phones for a living and to be honest, sometimes its just not feasible to put that copper foil back and I have really never noticed any negative effects from removing it. you should be good to go man.

Well, it seems to be solved! I've been using the 16gb card (it's actually a Strontium card, not a no-name) for a few days and have also discovered using an ext3 partition to make more space for apps. Running without a hitch!

SD Card errors

Starting yesterday, I've been getting a popup that says "sd card unexpectedly removed" on my incredible s (stock 4.0.4, sense 3.6) even though I haven't taken the card out. I've found that this is only when putting the back cover of the phone on, it works fine with the cover off. I've tried reformatting both on the phone and on a computer, and the card works fine copying data between my two computers and even another phone. Any idea as to whats going on? It doesn't make sense that it's a bad card because it works fine everywhere else.

maybe try reset to factory defaults your phone, in my case after reset it works fine

DeBored said:
maybe try reset to factory defaults your phone, in my case after reset it works fine
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Just tried, its still not working

OversizedBass said:
Just tried, its still not working
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If you try your card plug to PC via cardreader? Maybe try copy all data from card to pc and format it?

I tried formatting on my pc multiple times and it still isn't working. Interestingly enough it worked for a day or two and just started up again
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Same problem here
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SD Card Errors
I have the same sd card problem on HTC incredible S for months. I remember seeing someone suggest lifting the two pins up a bit at the back of the phone. I tried all four pins that I can see that but still not successful. Before S-off and after S-off, also see the issue.Tried different ROMS, VivoKat, Revolution-HD, also not successful. Flashed my radio to the current version, also see the same issue.
If I do not closed the back cover of the phone, it did not removed the sd card, though the signal strength for the radio drops drastically.
What are the pins at the back of the phone meant for? When we put on the back cover, aren't we shorting (1) shorting the pins at the side of the rear camera, (2) shorting the pins at the bottom near the sd card. Or should they be shorted?
What is the function of the phone back cover? Ground Plane? Attenna and/or sd card on/off switch? Is there something we need to do to the back cover for the sd card to function properly? Or is it shorting the SD card that forces it to eject? Should we snip away the plastic metalized pins at the back and solder a short wire shorting the pins? Maybe one pin must touch the back cover while the other one should not?
At this moment, I still cannot differentiate whether it is a hardware/software/firmware issue. Any help is appreciated.
Right now using
HTC Incredible S
Android version: 4.0.4
HTC Sense version: 3.6
Software Number: Android Revolution HD 6.0 by mike 1986
Kernel Version:
3.0.16-g271fd09
[email protected]#1
PREEMPT
Baseband - 20.76.30.0835U_3831.19.00.19_M
Build no: 4.14.405.2.CL408426 release-keys
Browser version: WebKit/534.30

Think I figure out but need other people to confirm the method.
1. The two pins at the bottom near the sd card is meant for antenna, putting the back cover on will increased the signal strength, so they must contact.
2. Put a piece of paper on top of the two pins next to the rear camera before putting the back cover on. This will block the pins and prevent them shorting with the back cover, thus preventing the sd card from being removed. Well, I still do not know the function of these top two pins. It may be meant for detecting shock when the phone hits against something.
It has been hours and still the sd card is functioning well. I think this will solve the mystery for many people.
Hope it helps.

My Bad. The method does not work. SD card issue again.

Probably irrelevant, but I had the above SD issues for a while – like you say *intermittently*, though I also had a few other software anomalies which is why I decided to flash a custom rom; I thought, what the hell?! Anyhow, swapping the card between a couple of phones prior the flash – it still did it, so I thought, cleary the card is stuffed – but after GoldCarding and getting #6 ‘I think it was’ running, it never [well, so far] did it again…Good luck with it, cheers Dyr

mskwang said:
Think I figure out but need other people to confirm the method.
1. The two pins at the bottom near the sd card is meant for antenna, putting the back cover on will increased the signal strength, so they must contact.
2. Put a piece of paper on top of the two pins next to the rear camera before putting the back cover on. This will block the pins and prevent them shorting with the back cover, thus preventing the sd card from being removed. Well, I still do not know the function of these top two pins. It may be meant for detecting shock when the phone hits against something.
It has been hours and still the sd card is functioning well. I think this will solve the mystery for many people.
Hope it helps.
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I'm not sure, but I suppose those pins are the WiFi antenna and the other pair it the GSM antenna. All of them sould have contact with the back cover. Poor antenna means higher transmit power and more battery drain.
I had this SD card issue once. I think i just wiped clean the contact points on the SD card and it never occoured to me again..

same sd card intermittently removed problem after factory reset
I couldn't find any solution for this problem.
my assumptions were defect on card slot but there is no any issue of hardware.
drastically signal strenght drop and Sd card defect problem stil exist. any suggestion do you have.
thanks foryour valuable suggestions.

Micro SD Card Issue

I have the latest Kindle Fire 8 (OS 5.6.0.0) and I am having an issue with the SD card slot. Sometimes the cover will open when I am not trying to open. It doesn't open very far, but it is far enough open that the card will move enough that it will not be read by the tablet. I am a little worried that I could lose the card because of this if it happens when I am not paying attention. I suppose I could put a piece of tape over the cover but that seems like an inadequate way to fix the issue, and the tablet is a recent enough purchase that it still has a warranty on it. Anyway, I was wondering if anyone else had this issue and how they resolved it.

If the card can move the slot cover, it may be not properly inserted - there's a spring to help remove it. When inserting, you should hear a slight click sound, and the card should not move on its own anymore.