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AARRGGHHH!! I've just lost my SD from my Exec

I've only had the Exec for a week and I've had to secure the SD card a few times where it's been accidentally been clicked out. I've just tried to save a doc and noticed that it's missing! :evil: :evil: :evil:
What a crud design. Surely there should be a cover over the memory card slot?
I do love my Exec, but right now I could launch it out the window!!! :evil:
Sorry, just had to vent!
BTW, great forum. Loads of useful info for a new user.

Tis a bad design.
I suggest a little 3M ghost cellotape over the slot. Keeps it in, dust out, and doesn't look to cr*p (it's transparent)
V

Hey Vijay,
I think you're right. I'll do that, just as soon as I get my new card. At least I've got a good excuse to get a 2gb card now. :wink:
Jud

Guys, this might be a problem in need of a good solution either way. Just looked into my slot (!) and there's a lot of dust. Although the slot looks enclosed internally, we had big problems with SPV phones getting dusty through open slots in the old days...
V

I've absolutely no problems with my Qtek 9000, the SD-card is firmly fitted within the device.
When I want to remove it I have to press firmly and push it back at least 1,5 mm so I'm not afraid of losing it.
Maybe it is a problem with your device?

vijay555 said:
Tis a bad design.
I suggest a little 3M ghost cellotape over the slot. Keeps it in, dust out, and doesn't look to cr*p (it's transparent)
V
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Or maybe this.
Just for my 1gb card protection and answering the phone like the xda2 ( without opening it).

Hye, don't get me wrong, I don't use this idea myself, because I switch SD and wireless (between my magician and universal).
But I think generally, a small rubber flap over the SD flap would have been a good design. I think the Orange models have this feature.
V

This happend to me days after I got mine. The problem is that the SD slot is on the bottom. You put it in a pocket that has something in it, coins keys postage stamps , and it depresses the SD card. You pull it out your pocket not realizing and the SD card falls out. :evil:
Cya
Stot

My Memory Card wont stay in anymore :'(

Anyone know why ??? It just wont click in anymore... I woke up one day and it was just sticking out - Ive tried jamming it in but its just not reading it!!
Anyone have any problems like this before ? All my stuff os on the card :'(

Only replying so you dont feel alone. But 1st off check if anyone broke inside it, Anything stuck? I could suggest opening it if you have the tools to check it out and maybe fix it if its not latching right.
Also you can still get a adapter at radioshack for the mini sd. I did. It was 20$ came with SD, Mini SD and Micro SD all in one. So least you could get your stuff. =)

Mem Card
Does it work if you hold it in? If so, I didn't like that mine came out occasionally so I hot glued it in. Hold it in, run a small bead of hot glue on top wait a sec and press the glue into place with your thumb. The glue wont run into the phone and it's easy enough to remove when you actually want it out. If your careful you can even heat it a little with a hair dryer to smooth out the glue. Personally, I don't ever take mine out. I had problems with the device not recognizing my files after removal. I install most everything to the SD that works right there.
**Try this at your own risk. I've done it several times and never had a problem. Just don't blame me if you break something.**

You can apply a thin layer of sticking tape around it to keep it firmly in the slot,but make sure you don't cover the connections with it.It'll stick in there and work proper.
Cheers

It just doesnt seem to be reading it at all - But when I plugged in into my wii all the music is still on it and it seems to be working fine.
When I try and jam in my old card it flashing for a second to say would you like to format the card so it must be working kinda... Argh!
Its really annoying - I used it as an mp3 player quite a lot and theres just not enough internal space...
Hopefully it will fix itself soon as that appears to be the only hope

I'm wondering if maybe the mech is loose and pushed inside. May take a little surgery. If I remember right there is some sort of spring loaded mech that keeps pressure on the card connections while in the slot.

Mini-sd slot broke

Today I removed my minisd card and put it back in shortly after, but something went horribly wrong
Somehow I broke the thing that holds the card in position so now it wont stick in.. so I tried to make it stuck in with a paper which works but it doesn't get recognized then, I guess the mechanism which holds the card always turns on a switch thats tells my wizard to start reading the card
Does anyone got any idea to fix it, cause this sux big time (I bought the phone a few months ago for €200), I cant find my receipt but ill try to get a copy of the shop .
Im so pissed right now

Nobody knows, the warranty is overdue
Could I open the phone and maybe fix it myself?
I got the service manual but not the tools, anyone ever seen the inside of the phone, would it even be possible to fix it?

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similar problem
Hi there
i had a similar problem - had to buy another htc 8125 and unfortunately it came with a broken slot for the minisd card. At first i thought i wasn't pressing the card enough for the thing to click and hold it. Then i realised it was broken. As far as i could see from the little opening there was a white slider which is pushed down by the wider side of the minisd card. It has a spring behind it and somehow it has to click in down position and hold the card.
i tried to push it down with a very very small screwdriver and understand the way it worked. With my bad luck i pushed a little harder and broke that white slider. It just broke in the middle and one part stayed down and the other was pushed up by the spring. It broke exactly at the place where it was pushed by the memory card. So my card was not jumping anymore out - it just stayed in but was not recognised by the phone.
I didn't know what else to do so i found some instructions on how to open the phone and went for it with the hope to reach the memory card slot an hopefully fix it. HTC has taken good care of the stupid slot. It is soldered to the motherboard and nothing much could be done. There are 4 points that hold it but i didn't go that far to unsolder it (didn't know how many springs and other parts would jump out of it). Anyways - what i noticed was the following:
there are two small "plates" at the bottom of the slot. Wheny ou isnert the card they touch and i think this is what makes the slot active and knowing that there is a card in it. I had some dirt betwen them and that was preventing them from making a contact. After i removed that small piece of dirt and inserted the card it worked like a charm. It stays so tight in there now that i hardly can get it out - which is not that bad because i can always use the usb cable to transfer whatever i want.
I think i still have those manuals for opening the phone, so if you decide to go this far and can't find them i can send you an email.
Hope i was of any help

There's no need to open or disassemble the phone to repair the slot,just apply a thin layer of any adhesive tape around it but make sure you do not cover the connectors and insert the card firmly in the slot.
Cheers !

But well even if I push it in it doesnt get detected(I added a piece of paper to hold it in but it didnt detect it still).
I think ill buy a torx screwdriver and open it.

I'll still advise you to check the mini sd in some other phone,if it still doesn't get detected than get a new one or it may need to be reformatted.Opening up the phone might lead onto more problems.
Cheers !

zabardast_1 said:
I'll still advise you to check the mini sd in some other phone,if it still doesn't get detected than get a new one or it may need to be reformatted.Opening up the phone might lead onto more problems.
Cheers !
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I got a 2gb minisd and a 512mb minisd both dont work so im sure its the phones fault , they have always worked fine.

HTC Universal SIM Card is missing

My HTC Universal says the SIM Card cannot be found or is missing, which of course is not true. I have tried with several SIM-Cards, but none of them work better. The error message appears as follows: Sometimes the phone connects to the network, but then suddenly the connection is cut off.
I bought a second-hand device, but before I jump to any conclusions I would like to rule out whether:
-it could be related to a radio upgrade
-it could be related to the SIM-Lock removal
-it could be related to a ROM-Upgrade
I am using Radio 1.18 and maxstegi's ROM 4.7.
Besides, I would like to know where to fix the device. It was originally a T-Mobile MDA Pro, but now that their software isn't any longer installed, they would probably refuse.
Thanks in advance
Michael

I had the same problem with mine. I eventually solved it by playing a hot-air rework blower over the radio chips, It's a bit of a drastic job, but it worked for me.
Here is the background:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1757576
John

i had the same problem .. and i tried another solution .. i got a dry magnetic head spray cleaner and i sprayed the whole mother board connectors .. it worked as a start with me and i am waiting if it will remain good or will happen again ..

3 days now and my xda didn't give the sim card message - my problem solved

Great idea. I'll try today!

Sorry..but..for "dry", what do you mean? Is it the isopropyl alcohol based liquid?

i mean dry that it does not leave any traces on sprayed place after a while .. some other magnetic cleaner sprays leaves an oil layer over the sprayed area ..
ask in your location for a magnetic head spray cleaner and i am sure you can found one easily
it is now about 1 week and i had no problems
thanks

hey aymn_louis
I also suffered with sim card problem and got the solutions please check your PMs, sent you the web address to download it, have used it myself, works good.
Currently i m usin' this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=332071
good luck

aymn_louis said:
i mean dry that it does not leave any traces on sprayed place after a while .. some other magnetic cleaner sprays leaves an oil layer over the sprayed area ..
ask in your location for a magnetic head spray cleaner and i am sure you can found one easily
it is now about 1 week and i had no problems
thanks
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Hi aym_louis "big mind"!
Yesterday I immediately went to buy the spray "deoxide for contacts" instead of "magnetic heads cleaner". It was not the kind that also protect the contacts, so it doesn't leave the oil layer on them.
Well...I opened the mda pro, sprayed all over the motherboard and waited for 20 mins. I inserted the sim and didn't work....at first!
I tried after some more time, and it worked, and kept working 'till now...thing that never happened before! Maybe it needed more time to deoxidate the mysterious contacts.
Really good idea! You solved a big problem, in a easier and more secure way, compared to the hot hair flow!
Weeel done!

thanks dear .. any time

ajay8008 said:
hey aymn_louis
I also suffered with sim card problem and got the solutions please check your PMs, sent you the web address to download it, have used it myself, works good.
Currently i m usin' this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=332071
good luck
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sorry .. didn't notice your PM . anyhow you've got your problem solved

Yes problem solved

Hey Guys,
I also have this problem for a long time and I'm using another device now..
to summarize:
1. I need a magnetic head cleaner? not contact cleaner?
2. Which chip should I spray? on which side of the MB?
3. Should I go the "hot air blower" route at all?
It's a really annoying problem!
Thanks,
Ariel

aymn_louis said:
i had the same problem .. and i tried another solution .. i got a dry magnetic head spray cleaner and i sprayed the whole mother board connectors .. it worked as a start with me and i am waiting if it will remain good or will happen again ..
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I've got the same problem, and I've tried yuor solution but it doesn't work for me.
I've used a dry magnetic head spray cleaner on the motherbord (front and back) but the problem is the same ..Sometimes SIM Card is missing..
I noticed that if the settings of the phone (Band) I force GSM (not Auto) error occurs less frequently..
any Idea?

It worked great!!!
Just tried the dry magnetic head cleaner spray and all I can say is it WORKED GREAT on my Uni, which was displaying that «Invalid or missing SIM card» annoying message!!!
I disassembled the unit completely (this included removing all the inner metallic "shields" fitted to both sides of the mainboard), sprayed the mainboard on both sides repeatedly and quite abundantly and allowed it to dry for an hour.
On the first reboots it kept getting stuck on the 1st splash screen, so I waited for another hour, for it do dry completely.
I then performed a hard reset on the Uni(t).
It simply worked. My SIM card is now recognized again.
I'm on my 4th reboot since I've reassembled it and the OS loads completely, I've reinstalled the software applications I lost after the hard reset and my SIM card keeps being recognized by the Uni and allowing me to make / receive phone calls & text messages.
Thanks a lot for the hint.

pitermaikal said:
Just tried the dry magnetic head cleaner spray and all I can say is it WORKED GREAT on my Uni, which was displaying that «Invalid or missing SIM card» annoying message!!!
I disassembled the unit completely (this included removing all the inner metallic "shields" fitted to both sides of the mainboard), sprayed the mainboard on both sides repeatedly and quite abundantly and allowed it to dry for an hour.
On the first reboots it kept getting stuck on the 1st splash screen, so I waited for another hour, for it do dry completely.
I then performed a hard reset on the Uni(t).
It simply worked. My SIM card is now recognized again.
I'm on my 4th reboot since I've reassembled it and the OS loads completely, I've reinstalled the software applications I lost after the hard reset and my SIM card keeps being recognized by the Uni and allowing me to make / receive phone calls & text messages.
Thanks a lot for the hint.
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congratulation on your WORKING mobile

Hi Guys,
For what it's worth i have exactly the same problem on my G3 device. I used Servisol Video 40 from www.maplin.co.uk which is a tape head/disc drive cleaner, and it says on the can that it "removes tape oxides and dirt". I removed the shields around all the qualcomm chips and covered the MB, let it dry in sunlight (took 10 mins), reassembled and the problem is still exactly the same, i.e. this method DID NOT work.
For those of you who DID get this to work it would be very useful to know EXACTLY what cleaner you used.
It would also be helpful to know how 'permanent' the fix was, and if anyone else has tried what I have and succeeded or failed?
Many thanks for the helpful posts, if I can get this solution to work it would be awesome. If not then it's onto the rework station and who knows what then.
Cheers,
Appy

I am suffering from the exact same problem; can those of you who fixed this horrendous issue by spraying your motherboards, could you please confirm that your devices are still free of that "missing sim card" error. And what brand of spray did you guys use? If at all it makes a difference.
Thank you.

I cannot find anything in stores remotely similar to "dry magnetic heads cleaner spray" if you guys know the brand name of this product or an alternative, please post your replies.
Your help is greatly appreciated!

found contact/head cleaner at the source; sprayed once then tested, it didn't work. Sprayed second time then tested, it didn't work either but managed to keep the phone alive without loosing the sim for a few hours. I guess will be spraying the third time in a few days...
If anyone has any suggestions please feel free to share.

jammed Sim tray/Sim not recognized now

So this is probably my worst case scenario and I'm depressed to no end, I literally got this phone 3 days ago and cut my micro Sim down to size going by guides and templates found on Google since my last phone got cracked an wasted the digitizer, I couldn't wait for my new Sim to get delivered.. (I'm sure everyone could understand)
Well, it worked great, fit about as good as I could expect for doing it without a cutter, BUT, today my new Sim came and I tried ejecting the tray and bam! It's jammed... (insert internal screaming here) looked up how to unjam it and I got it after a few minutes and I thought all was good, however the Sim that came out was dented on the contact side, and putting the new one in, or the old one back in, neither are recognized now.... Why it jammed in the first place is beyond me, maybe it was defected? Idk.
I'm so frustrated with myself that I could lock myself in a closest and I have no idea what to do, I never screw up my phones like this. I've contacted support but I was hoping someone here would have any ideas on how I might get it to work at least for a short time, or anything.
I really love this phone it's the first "high end" phone I've even owned :crying: thanks in advance for any opinions and ideas...

Sounds like you broke one or more sim contact pins. This is a common issue on poorly cut sims and adapters. If this is the case, then your options are limited. You may be able to find someone who might be able to repair the damage. Otherwise you might be looking at the need for a new board.