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Hi,
I'm really hoping someone might be able to give me some advice.
I've had my Desire HD for about eight months now, and counting the one I lost about 10 minutes ago, I've gone through a total of ten memory cards.
Each time I get a message saying it's been unexpectedly removed, or that it is blank or damaged. I've tried Sandisk and Samsung cards, all Class 2 / 8GB.
I hardly ever remove the memory card, but when I do I am always careful to unmount it. The same as when I connect it to my PC via USB.
After the 8th memory card died, the Gingerbread update had just been released, and I was hoping it was due to a software issue. However, as expected, my 9th memory card died shortly after. I contacted HTC who sent me ONE replacement SD card, to which I explained that I wanted my phone repaired. Courier picked it up, they said that it was being caused by a software issue and simply done a reset.
I knew it wouldn't work, and low and behold my 10th memory card has just died.
I am now contemplating going to Phones4U and asking for a replacement, as someone else has mentioned in the forum. However, there was one thing I wanted to check with people first.....
I connect my phone to my car stereo via Bluetooth, which I use as a handsfree and to listen to music that is stored on my phone. Now, normally I just turn my car stereo off. How likely is it that this could be causing the card failure? I don't see how, as the memory card isn't physically being removed, but I wanted to get people's thoughts on this before I start pushing Phones4U for a replacement!
I don't think your cards are physically damaged. They just need to be formatted.
ozaghloul said:
I don't think your cards are physically damaged. They just need to be formatted.
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I don't think it's my cards that are physically damaged, but it must be a hardware issue with the phone. Each of the memory cards either say it's been removed, or that it's blank or damaged. Some of them I can put into my PC and repair. Some of them worked again after I had formatted them, however 5 out of the 10 would not even be picked up by my PC.
I have now emailed Phones4U, so I shall see where I get (if anywhere) with them.
What HTC firmware are you using? There was an issue with 1.72 that caused symptoms such as yours. That is one of the issues that got the OTA pulled.
I have the phone number for Phones4U's written complaints team, the team that you always get told don't accept incoming calls. Should you need it, just let me know.
Sounds a very similar problem to mine mate........
s32bauer said:
I don't think it's my cards that are physically damaged, but it must be a hardware issue with the phone. Each of the memory cards either say it's been removed, or that it's blank or damaged. Some of them I can put into my PC and repair. Some of them worked again after I had formatted them, however 5 out of the 10 would not even be picked up by my PC.
I have now emailed Phones4U, so I shall see where I get (if anywhere) with them.
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Hi there s32bauer,
I think i may have seen the same problem, although i have only tried 2 /sdcards and they BOTH work on the PC or lappy afterwards.
See this thread for more on my issue,
Hope you have a little more luck than myself.
I have had some great help off some great people on here at XDA though......Thanks guys...
P.S. Have you been running any custom ROM's? If so, what were they?
i had the same problem when on 1.72, i went through 3 16sdhc cards. i fixed this by rooting and using leedroids gingerbread.
all three cards which were broke i managed to fix and they are now in good use in my wifes wildfire and our galaxy tabs, the 32gb card i now have in my phone has been in there for about 4 months now with no more unexpected removals.
The only other time i had this problem was with my motorola milestone, it also ate cards - but the phone was next to useless as it was sig locked and never updated (got a full refund as flash never arrived in the 9 months i owned the pos).
Gone through 10 memory cards that's absolutely insane!! Even more insane that a OTA can be released that causes it.
I think your owed some replacements if the cards are screwed.
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The same has happened to me... I broke around 5 SDcards like that. Problem solved by rooting the phone and Gingerbread !
andyharney said:
What HTC firmware are you using? There was an issue with 1.72 that caused symptoms such as yours. That is one of the issues that got the OTA pulled.
I have the phone number for Phones4U's written complaints team, the team that you always get told don't accept incoming calls. Should you need it, just let me know.
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I've been through quite a lot. The first two died on 1.32 I believe. Then I lost SIX on the 1.72 firmware. Another one once I'd upgraded to Android 2.3, and then the final one the other once I'd received it back from HTC.
The number for Phones4U would be brilliant, thanks!
LandUzu said:
Hi there s32bauer,
I think i may have seen the same problem, although i have only tried 2 /sdcards and they BOTH work on the PC or lappy afterwards.
See this thread for more on my issue,
Hope you have a little more luck than myself.
I have had some great help off some great people on here at XDA though......Thanks guys...
P.S. Have you been running any custom ROM's? If so, what were they?
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Hey, thanks for the link. I'll have a look through, although I'm going to continue to push for a brand new replacement I think.
Tried 1.32, then to 1.72, and then Android 2.3. One of them was a custom ROM, but had one die on that one too unfortunately, so I'm quite sure it's just my phone being a dud! lol
ToneyEricsson said:
Gone through 10 memory cards that's absolutely insane!! Even more insane that a OTA can be released that causes it.
I think your owed some replacements if the cards are screwed.
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Hmmm, HTC Support only feel that I'm entitled to ONE replacement card lol. Pathetic really. Still, hopefully Phones4U might be a bit more co-operative.
just to confirm...
s32bauer said:
Hmmm, HTC Support only feel that I'm entitled to ONE replacement card lol. Pathetic really. Still, hopefully Phones4U might be a bit more co-operative.
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i have bought another 4GB sd card and my DHD STILL wont recognise it......its a dud handset imo.
How old is yours out of interest? Ive had my DHD since January.
Good luck with Phones4U.
s32bauer said:
Hmmm, HTC Support only feel that I'm entitled to ONE replacement card lol. Pathetic really. Still, hopefully Phones4U might be a bit more co-operative.
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Just been looking at the SanDisk warranty on faulty non working micro SD cards - you should be able to get replacements as long as you have proof of purchase.
Maybe spread them out over a few weeks each if you have a few
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Ive gone through 2 (ebay) 32gb sd cards in 2 months, both didnt last a reboot, and were fubar afterwards, can anyone else who is running a 32gb card confirm it works ok? Or have I just been unlucky with 2 bunk suppliers?
Sounds more like you got crap cards off eBay, my 32gb card works great
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kujoswrath said:
Sounds more like you got crap cards off eBay, my 32gb card works great
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Any pointers on which type of card yours is? I think it needs to be a sdhc card but dont know what class number it should be. I seem to see that they have different classes.
Or which seller you purchased from??
My new NST does not seem to read my Sd cards anymore (I was able to use it only a couple of times). I don't really remember forcing the card but I don't really feel the spring in the slot anymore. Since I don't live in the US, I can't go to a BN store unfortunately. What can I do? I would appreciate any pointers and help?
leoparis said:
My new NST does not seem to read my Sd cards anymore (I was able to use it only a couple of times). I don't really remember forcing the card but I don't really feel the spring in the slot anymore. Since I don't live in the US, I can't go to a BN store unfortunately. What can I do? I would appreciate any pointers and help?
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I faced this problem before... After I replaced the SD card with original SD card HC
it is worked well.. If your SD card original HC then make format by PC using USB card reader..
Ketabi said:
I faced this problem before... After I replaced the SD card with original SD card HC
it is worked well.. If your SD card original HC then make format by PC using USB card reader..
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I think his problem is that the spring in the SD reader broke, not the SD card itself.
The card used to work so it's probably Sd vs SDHC issue. Also, I slide the card all the way in and use my nail to take it out, rather than pushing on the spring. I wonder what exactly happened. I have owned and used many devices with SD card slots and soemthing like this has never happened to me.
leoparis said:
The card used to work so it's probably Sd vs SDHC issue.
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I don't think that'd be an issue, but it might.
leoparis said:
Also, I slide the card all the way in and use my nail to take it out, rather than pushing on the spring. I wonder what exactly happened. I have owned and used many devices with SD card slots and soemthing like this has never happened to me.
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Huh. I tend to use the spring rather than trying to pry it out.
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I don't think that'd be an issue, but it might.
Huh. I tend to use the spring rather than trying to pry it out.
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Sorry a typo. I agree with you that it's probably not an SDHC issue.
I would prefer the spring as well but it's not working for some reason. I still don't understand why or how the slot could have been damaged (this seems to be the only explanation). If that's the case, the SD card slot must be very very fragile.
leoparis said:
I would prefer the spring as well but it's not working for some reason. I still don't understand why or how the slot could have been damaged (this seems to be the only explanation). If that's the case, the SD card slot must be very very fragile.
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Was it broken when you purchased it?
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Was it broken when you purchased it?
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No it was fine for a day or so.
Micro SD cards are so fragile...
Yeah, be sure to use the spring when ejecting it.
brendan10211 said:
Micro SD cards are so fragile...
Yeah, be sure to use the spring when ejecting it.
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My cards are fine in fact. The slot seems to be damaged somehow and that never happened to me before.
hi there hd2 lovers.. i recently got a chance to buy this vivid phone hd2 ..but the owner says the memory card slot is not working..i just want to hear from you guys is it repairable? or whole if the main board needs to be replaced..it has been confirmed that the damage is physical.. i mean he has tried every other solution here like formatting via nokia phonez fat32 etc etc.. havent installed win7 ever..
so please reply and help should i buy this phone.. he is giving me cheap like 110$
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luciferps said:
he is giving me cheap like 110$
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110 US dollars? you can pick up a working one for about that or just a little more.
I wouldn't touch it, that's for sure. Without an sd card there's not a lot you can do, a new mainboard would cost about $110, and although im sure there are plenmty of skilled electronics engineers that can swap out teh sd card slot, its probably pretty tricky, and we all know how easy it is to accidentally destroy something else when opening them up. There are LOADS of threads that start 'i opened the case to fix X and ended up ripping the volume cable/button cables/gps antenna/and now wifi dopesnt work/touch screen has stopped responding', , even several cases where a repair shop hands teh unit back to teh customer worse than when they took it in to teh shop.
aww so its better to leave .. and my search continues...
TFYI.
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Hi guys could someone help on my SanDisk 64gb sdcard? it always corrupting the files and music always missing after I reboot my note 3 I'm using custom rom X note. And also the pictures I transfer from my pc. I already try the sd fix but still no luck. I already try the manual editing the platform.xml but still no luck. And how can I flash wiping the internal storage? Is this possible? Thank you
menotatrxs said:
Hi guys could someone help on my SanDisk 64gb sdcard? it always corrupting the files and music always missing after I reboot my note 3 I'm using custom rom X note. And also the pictures I transfer from my pc. I already try the sd fix but still no luck. I already try the manual editing the platform.xml but still no luck. And how can I flash wiping the internal storage? Is this possible? Thank you
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What I understood is the memory card is behaving as read only which means adding files to it acts normally but after a short while its back to the same condition before adding them and if that's true please confirm it
tharwat96 said:
What I understood is the memory card is behaving as read only which means adding files to it acts normally but after a short while its back to the same condition before adding them and if that's true please confirm it
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yes sir
Well, sorry to tell you but you have a faulty card only thing you can do is backing up your files and tell sandisk they will either tell you to send it and they will send a new one back or to break it and shoot a picture for it to proof honesty in both ways they will send a new one this issue happened to me twice last time they said they fixed the producing line which had this issue with both 32gb and 64gigs and i must say the last one (same packaging as the new 128gb card) worked so far so great the last 2 didnt continue for more than 2 months anyway they will replace it isA
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What I understood is the memory card is behaving as read only which means adding files to it acts normally but after a short while its back to the same condition before adding them and if that's true please confirm it
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tharwat96 said:
Well, sorry to tell you but you have a faulty card only thing you can do is backing up your files and tell sandisk they will either tell you to send it and they will send a new one back or to break it and shoot a picture for it to proof honesty in both ways they will send a new one this issue happened to me twice last time they said they fixed the producing line which had this issue with both 32gb and 64gigs and i must say the last one (same packaging as the new 128gb card) worked so far so great the last 2 didnt continue for more than 2 months anyway they will replace it isA
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Thank you for your help
anytime bro
tharwat96 said:
anytime bro
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i think you buy fake sandisk card.. maybe you can cross-check to your seller or directly to sandisk service center...
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i think you buy fake sandisk card.. maybe you can cross-check to your seller or directly to sandisk service center...
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maybe he did but anyway they going to ask for the serial number behind the card which is a pain in the ass to read but in case he read it right xD they going to know for sure if it's genuine or not but so you know sandisk on launch of the 32 and 64gb sdxc specially ultra and extreme there was a "read-only trigger" so they call it was sth of a card lock in case the card was going to damage like a fuse xd so that trigger in those cards go for some cases now the cards which triggered was like 98% of the cards… so yea they removed the idea and just made it harder to corrupt or something i don't really know what they did after but as i know..it work like a charm after that
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i think you buy fake sandisk card.. maybe you can cross-check to your seller or directly to sandisk service center...
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maybe he did but anyway they going to ask for the serial number behind the card which is a pain in the ass to read but in case he read it right xD they going to know for sure if it's genuine or not but so you know sandisk on launch of the 32 and 64gb sdxc specially ultra and extreme there was a "read-only trigger" so they call it was sth of a card lock in case the card was going to damage like a fuse xd so that trigger in those cards go for some cases now the cards which triggered was like 98% of the cards… so yea they removed the idea and just made it harder to corrupt or something i don't really know what they did after but as i know..it work like a charm after that
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No he didn't buy a fake Sandisk card. Usually Sandisk cards love doing this when it detects a hardware flaw in which it enters a state of read-only mode.
My 64GB UHS-1 Class10 decided to die on me that day, I transferred a ROM file over into my microSD, then when I rebooted the file wasn't there. As well as trying to reboot my phone after deleting 42gb of data, the data still remained, even though Windows explorer told me that it was deleting with fluctuating I/O speeds. Sandisk did a good job in failproofing this device so that when it malfunctions you can still grab your old data.
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maybe he did but anyway they going to ask for the serial number behind the card which is a pain in the ass to read but in case he read it right xD they going to know for sure if it's genuine or not but so you know sandisk on launch of the 32 and 64gb sdxc specially ultra and extreme there was a "read-only trigger" so they call it was sth of a card lock in case the card was going to damage like a fuse xd so that trigger in those cards go for some cases now the cards which triggered was like 98% of the cards… so yea they removed the idea and just made it harder to corrupt or something i don't really know what they did after but as i know..it work like a charm after that
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No he didn't buy a fake Sandisk card. Usually Sandisk cards love doing this when it detects a hardware flaw in which it enters a state of read-only mode.
My 64GB UHS-1 Class10 decided to die on me that day, I transferred a ROM file over into my microSD, then when I rebooted the file wasn't there. As well as trying to reboot my phone after deleting 42gb of data, the data still remained, even though Windows explorer told me that it was deleting with fluctuating I/O speeds. Sandisk did a good job in failproofing this device so that when it malfunctions you can still grab your old data.
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ahhh.. i see...
i just remembered sandisk has suffer these problem before...
maybe you can refund that card to your seller...
w1ndfly3r said:
ahhh.. i see...
i just remembered sandisk has suffer these problem before...
maybe you can refund that card to your seller...
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I actually could refund mine, but I've used mine for over a year. I bought a Samsung replacement which reads files much faster.
OP you should give those a try.
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No he didn't buy a fake Sandisk card. Usually Sandisk cards love doing this when it detects a hardware flaw in which it enters a state of read-only mode.
My 64GB UHS-1 Class10 decided to die on me that day, I transferred a ROM file over into my microSD, then when I rebooted the file wasn't there. As well as trying to reboot my phone after deleting 42gb of data, the data still remained, even though Windows explorer told me that it was deleting with fluctuating I/O speeds. Sandisk did a good job in failproofing this device so that when it malfunctions you can still grab your old data.
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yep that's the trigger going and device to read-only state of mind xd which is brilliant and fail itself because it is going in so much conditions some of them if the file state is changing for some time which means in some cases downloading xD anyway i knew that after 2 cards which was my trigger
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I actually could refund mine, but I've used mine for over a year. I bought a Samsung replacement which reads files much faster.
OP you should give those a try.
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can you post the sd-test (read and write speed) for samsung card?
i think i want to change my sandisk micro sd card too....
So here is the AXON Sim Tray.
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It looks like it is either SD Card or Sim Card and not both at the same time with the way the slot works. (People who have it can confirm whether or not it's true.) But I have a theory of how to get both at the same time.
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With the above photo, you can see that I took the sim card out of they plastic using a hair dryer, some scissors to cut the edges off, & a knife to separate it from the plastic.
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We can then take the card & attach it to the back of the SD card. Theoretically it should be able to read all 3 cards at the same time. The pins are clearly visible for the SD Card and both sim cards when in the slot. I'm in the US so I won't be able to test my theory out until it launches here, if someone wants to try it and report back that would be awesome! I'll end up getting this phone regardless, but if this works it'd just be icing on the cake!
Edit: Thanks to 'jkuczera' we have a couple videos for you to see it.
We have confirmation that the mod works for the Axon 7 guys! 2 Sim cards & an SD card!
Part one of two
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That's one hell of a hack, let's see if anyone does try it
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Impressive! Would love to see someone test it.
it should work according to this website https://tweakers.net/geek/111323/tw...de-dual-sim-met-sd-kaart-voor-smartphone.html (it is in dutch) it works for other phones with a similar 2sim/1 sim +sd slot
JCroese said:
it should work according to this website https://tweakers.net/geek/111323/tw...de-dual-sim-met-sd-kaart-voor-smartphone.html (it is in dutch) it works for other phones with a similar 2sim/1 sim +sd slot
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That would be freaking awesome! Looks like a solid possibility.
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Wow, nice idea! I thought about opening the phone and see if there's room inside to move the contacts for the second SIM card to a different place, maybe with flat cables, but in this case, the second SIM wouldn't be replaceable on the fly.
How thick is the disassembled SIM card? Is the chip flat enough to minimize the pressure on both cards? I think about if we have to worry about both SIM and SD card getting damaged.
hmm...damn didn't know about that Slot when i preorderet one...
But this hack is awesome as hell! i think i gonna do it when i got the phone and some reports, that this truly will work.
I'd be worried about this getting stuck in the phone if I tried it
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Wow, nice idea! I thought about opening the phone and see if there's room inside to move the contacts for the second SIM card to a different place, maybe with flat cables, but in this case, the second SIM wouldn't be replaceable on the fly.
The disassembled card is super thin, I really wouldn't be worried about damage from the pressure to either peice.
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Someone should try this... I haven't been able to get the phone. :/ first kids are expensive.
Taking this topic to the top again, very interested in this tweak !
Anyone has tried it or is willing to try it ? Thanks .
I will when I get my device tomorrow
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I will when I get my device tomorrow
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Thanks, i'll be eagerly waiting for an update .
djona12 said:
Thanks, i'll be eagerly waiting for an update .
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Pretty sure this is going to work. I had to use an old SIM card in slot2; I'll try a working one tomorrow.
jkuczera said:
Pretty sure this is going to work. I had to use an old SIM card in slot2; I'll try a working one tomorrow.
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Dude! That is awesome! Hopefully I'll be able to get my hands on it soon.
Success!
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Dude! That is awesome! Hopefully I'll be able to get my hands on it soon.
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Managed to make it a somewhat temporary modification. Now I need to order a proper microSD!
Youtube linked below:
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jkuczera said:
Managed to make it a somewhat temporary modification. Now I need to order a proper microSD!
Youtube linked below:
Part 1 of 2
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Awesome ! Thanks for the great news
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Managed to make it a somewhat temporary modification. Now I need to order a proper microSD!
Youtube linked below:
Part 1 of 2
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That is awesome man. Thanks for pioneering the mod installation! I'll add your video links to the OP.
Do you think double sided tape would work?
RojasTKD said:
Do you think double sided tape would work?
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I thought about using double sided tape but it would really need to be thin. The great thing about the hot glue is it can be removed cleanly and won't stick to the inside of the phone.
I haven't had any problems yet and I anticipate the phone would be in pretty bad shape if it received the force required to dislodge the SIM card.