I have a problem. I need to change SD cards (just a storage upgrade, it was supposed to be...) and have great troubles getting the SD card sled/holder out of its slot.
I already destroyed my fingernails, tried both short nails and long nails. Still hurts.
I wedged a thin slippery plastic sheet under the sled, trying to lift the sled up and then gnaw using fingernails, but to no avail
I overlaid a thin waxy paper over the edge of the sled to get a better grip, to no avail
I tried some tweezers (ill-fitting, failed to find a pair of precision tweezers with something like rubberized tips for better grip) but can't get a hold on the sled.
Alcohols or other non-watery lubricants are out of the question in that slot I think, there's paper(?)
Any suggestions or tricks as to how to remove the old SD card without destroying the hardware? Is the best way to order specialized kit (precision tools/tweezers/whatever) off the internet? I'm pissed off to have to shell out another 20-50€ and spend more time on this issue.
I inserted the original card with great troubles I remember some time in 2018. At the time I already thought that the "mechanism" is a piece of **** and unnecessarily troublesome because spring-loaded eject was a standard feature in the SAmsung devices I had before , but boy, today's in a whole different league of cumbersome. At the very least I know that I'll never buy Sony again if they kept this stupid design.
I bought a used XA2 and it had no SD sled, so I bought one. Problem was, the pins inside were messed up and SD card won't work. This is one of, if not the worst sony SD card slot designs. If it's not coming out don't force it. Chances are you'll bend a pin or two.
bobsright said:
I bought a used XA2 and it had no SD sled, so I bought one. Problem was, the pins inside were messed up and SD card won't work. This is one of, if not the worst sony SD card slot designs. If it's not coming out don't force it. Chances are you'll bend a pin or two.
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I have solved my problem using a slotted screwdriver, applying downward force and pulling sideways. The sled came out after some serious jiggling. The front is obviously scratched up but the remainder of the sled is intact and the slot seems to remain functional. After putting the sled back in, it seems now to come out normally (still a pain though). I switched the old 32G card for 256G and am unlikely to have to touch this slot ever again, so I'm pretty happy about having this resolved.
Sony is still nice enough to ship security updates quarterly to half-yearly; I hope this continues and I can get some more years of use out of the device.
Thank you all for reading.
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i keep getting a notification telling me that my SD card is ready to unmount, although ive not actually selected unmount SD card. When i then select mount SD card it only stays mounted for a few seconds before i get the notification again. Does anybody know the cause of this and how i can stop it?
Check the back cover
And make sure its properly closed
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Theres a tab in the top middle of the back cover, if its not properly supressed the SD card will keep unmounting...
Push down fairly hard and make sure the cover is on completly.
Make sure the back cover is properly mounted press it along the edges
Balur said:
Theres a tab in the top middle of the back cover, if its not properly supressed the SD card will keep unmounting...
Push down fairly hard and make sure the cover is on completly.
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I had this problem for two whole days when I first got it!
Why do android phones have the silly back sensor?
Had it as well on the first day - was too scared to break the back cover and did not push it in properly all the way - now I just press it firmly along all the edges and don't have a problem
The easiest way to put on the back cover is to slide out the game pad first, then press along the edges
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aaaaargh why would SE do something like that ?!?! i have just had the worst 30 minutes of my life thinking of smashing the phone after bazillion mounts and unmounts...and countless reboots..after upgrading my 8gig card to twice the size...does anyone have a reasonable explanation on why is the @#$%^&* button there?
Further than that thank you all for helping me out of this misery you guys really saved me
SE probably thought: main reason to open back cover is to swap SD card!
Unsafely removing SD card might mean loss of data though
let's automagicly have the SD card unmounted when the back is open!
svenk919 said:
SE probably thought: main reason to open back cover is to swap SD card!
Unsafely removing SD card might mean loss of data though
let's automagicly have the SD card unmounted when the back is open!
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Makes sense to me, however I do wonder, if the back cover wasn't so flimsy and light, making myself included have a fear of snapping it , if the original poster would have had this sd card issue in the first place?
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making it flimsy it what actually prevents from breaking when you let it fall or hit a corner when it's in your pants. It bends a little and absorbs the impact. Flimsy material often is very light and besides that a lot of people are actually complaining about the phone being to have so possibly every gram mattered.
Personally I would prefer a heavier/bulkier phone (a thick battery with extra big back cover should ariver shortly ).
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making it flimsy it what actually prevents from breaking when you let it fall or hit a corner when it's in your pants. It bends a little and absorbs the impact. Flimsy material often is very light and besides that a lot of people are actually complaining about the phone being to have so possibly every gram mattered.
Personally I would prefer a heavier/bulkier phone (a thick battery with extra big back cover should ariver shortly ).
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Heavier phones are harder to slip out of your hand. Unfortunately, they are also more prone to taking damage.
I find the plastic back easy to hold, and the curvature helps.
Metal backings are harder to break, but they are easier to drop, and get dented.
All in all, I really like the way SE designed the Play.
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This worked for me too. Thanks.
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FK1983 said:
I had this problem for two whole days when I first got it!
Why do android phones have the silly back sensor?
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It's not silly. It's kind of important especially because you can eject your sdcard without pulling battery out which actually a few phones have. It's not safe to eject mounted sdcard as it's data may be in use therefore the sdcard in data may get corrupted. It's hard to find custom rom which is using this back sensor to unmount sdcard as IMO everyone which actually knows something about Android already is aware of this...
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You can disable this feature in sdcard under settings if you don't like it.
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I agree with people that XPlay is really durable, I drop it atleast twice a week... 5 times would be my record.
therefore I find this quote to be completely wrong:
Heavier phones are harder to slip out of your hand. Unfortunately, they are also more prone to taking damage.
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I dont know why but I just drop it
thankfully my play is still in top shape and only backside damage is not caused by dropping.
Im kinda curious though... is it bad that my SD card almost never unmounts automaticly when I rip the back open... it used to do that but not anymore.
So I got this brand new Galaxy Nexus today and when I press down on the cover (at the bottom of the camera) it makes this popping sound. It sounds like either I have a defective device or Samsung has pretty bad build quality.
Mine does it too, I think it's just a little gap between the phone and the cover under the camera hump. I think I'll try to stick a small piece of masking tape on the inside of the cover tomorrow to snug it up.
Oh thank God, I thought it was just my phone. I stuck some paper in there and it stopped.
fubaya said:
Mine does it too, I think it's just a little gap between the phone and the cover under the camera hump. I think I'll try to stick a small piece of masking tape on the inside of the cover tomorrow to snug it up.
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Fubaya, did that end up helping you? Placing tape right underneath the camera?
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Fubaya, did that end up helping you? Placing tape right underneath the camera?
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I had to swap my phone because of a hardware problem and the new phone's cover moves a little but doesn't pop and I don't have any good tape so I haven't gotten around to trying it yet.
Mine does it too. It seems to just be some kind of gap back there. I have a Diztronic case now and it doesn't bother me anymore.
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Ok guys,I had this same issue. And I fixed it. Here's what I did.
The LTE version of this phone has a small plastic rib on the inside of the battery cover right next to the sim card. I found that the sim card from vzw is just a tad too long and it interferes with that rib. That rib is supposed to hold the sim card in place so that it doesn't come loose. I took out the sim card and filled/shaved the card down by about 0.5mm. This still left plenty of material beaten the chip and the end of the card, but created a space between the rob and the card such that the cover can seat fully and no longer hit/rub on the sim card.
Everything is nice and tight and quiet now. Stupid vzw and their improperly dimensioned cards was the problem.
I cut my regular sim card down by hand with an xacto knife and a template I downloaded. It fit, but now its stuck. At least the phone works. Any ideas about how to get it out? I tried tweezers, but they won't fit under it to get a grip.
I just use anything with a slight edge. Screw driver, razor, paper clip.... just push it out from the top. (This is what I do on an actual micro sim, but mine was always difficult to get out too)
It actually happened to me once with my old Galaxy S. I put a MicroSIM into the regular sim spot and it stuck after one of the metals. I pull it with a paper clip, but I broke one of the metal pieces that touches the sim card. Be careful when you take it out.
I have recently removed and inserted the SD card several times and I now notice a little bit of play in the SD card cover opposite the hinge mechanism. While it does sit flush, it can be moved back and forth very slightly. Is this normal? Does anyone have it where it does not move at all?
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It depends on your definition of "very slightly". I can move mine very slightly but it never opens unless I use my finger nail.
To be honest it sounds like yours is moving more than mine because the amount mine moves is not noticeable and nothing I would complain about but it does move so I voted that it moves but in reality it is very secure and not a problem.
I have an T800 10.5" and my card slot cover does not move at all,I have to use my fingernails to pull the door open, I suppose how loose it is might opened on how ofter you change your microsd.
At least Samsung gives us a microsd cover, the Asus Transformer had the card sticking out of the slot by a couple of mm, and it could fall out with ease and lost, so a lot of people cover the card slot in sticky taper.
John.
Pleske said:
It depends on your definition of "very slightly". I can move mine very slightly but it never opens unless I use my finger nail.
To be honest it sounds like yours is moving more than mine because the amount mine moves is not noticeable and nothing I would complain about but it does move so I voted that it moves but in reality it is very secure and not a problem.
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I think yours may be similar to mine. I also have to use my finger nail to actually open it.
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I have an T800 10.5" and my card slot cover does not move at all,I have to use my fingernails to pull the door open, I suppose how loose it is might opened on how ofter you change your microsd.
At least Samsung gives us a microsd cover, the Asus Transformer had the card sticking out of the slot by a couple of mm, and it could fall out with ease and lost, so a lot of people cover the card slot in sticky taper.
John.
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For reference, I have a T700 8.4" unit. The movement is very slight. Specifically, the movement is from side to side on the end where the little hook is located, opposite of the hinge mechanism. I only noticed it by accident when I was using a can of compressed air to blow dust off. You could try that with yours and see if you notice any movement.
I was curious to see if it was limited to a select few units or if this is a common trait.
Im a bit worried as this is my first premium phone in a long while and My first time cutting the sim with a sim cutting tool.
I have never been one to take the manual at heart but since I spent a lot on this phone, I do not want to stuff up.
In the manual, it has a symbol representing "Do not cut your sim" - Now is this just a general warning or something ?
I cut mine with scissors and it worked just fine.
The only problem was that i cut very close to the chip and it became loose in the SIM compartment.
Buuut once I actually closed the compartment it stays there just fine and pressurized and it's working fine until now xD
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I cut mine with scissors and it worked just fine.
The only problem was that i cut very close to the chip and it became loose in the SIM compartment.
Buuut once I actually closed the compartment it stays there just fine and pressurized and it's working fine until now xD
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Thanks a lot for your post ! I will cut it tonight
I believe it's pretty safe if you use a sim cutter. I used scissors on my old sim card and it worked just fine, never got stuck on the sim slot(it was a Nexus 4 with the same type of slot as the Z Play).
I recommend using a nail filer after using the cutter just to smoothen the rough edges (don't want to cut fingers on sharp plastic). I've cut several sims with scissors. Now with sim trays, it's virtually impossible to get the sim stuck in the phone. Only downside is that if you break your sim tray, you can't use the phone until you get a replacement. You'd have to be fairly aggressive to break the sim tray.
Sim cutter is fine. Just make sure its lined up and push down quickly and hard. It needs a clean cut. As above, a nail file MAY be needed on the plastic edges. Do not file anything metal.
Sim cutting is fine, make sure to file the edges to make sure there are no burrs.
The risk is it getting caught on a lip inside of the edges are not straight/smooth - this will damage the sim tray. The issue is the past was people using nano to other adapters. Sometimes the sim card would pop out of the adapter and the adapter would snag on the sim tray connectors, then people would force it out (and this would rip the connectors out as well).
Been using a sim card I free hand cut with scissors from a full sized and again down to nano for years in +40 different phones. Never had an issue. When you cut, print off a template online that shows your current sim size @ 100% scale and a to scale nano sim overlayed. Tape to your sim card and use that to help you cut. Don't sweat it, it's a lot easier than you think!