Recovering data from my broken SD card

[@andrewsmith1520]

I genuinely mean this. Your screw ups make some of the best videos. And I love how where others would see defeat, you see opportunity. It's basically your defining and most admirable characteristic. You don't give up, no matter who or what gets in your way, even if it yourself! Plus it turned into extra content! You rule man!

[@mrcodez]

Yeah, agreed. this was such a fun video to watch and hear the thought process. Steve got me into electronics repair and hobby. So much fun 😎 great guy.

[@maxiewawa]

What we're saying is: you have to find a way to recover the audio from the first half

[@The_Prizessin_der_Verurteilung]

The sheer joy when it works near the end. Gotta love it.

[@andysmith1706]

Nicely done! Glad you managed to get your data back mate. I never would have realised about the grounding when you insert the card, so well spotted!

[@DamienCooley]

The absolute jank of that thing was mind blowing. But hey, if it gets the job done!

[@paulsengupta971]

"I really really really need this file." "It's not that important really."

[@hugosantos1476]

Your soldering skills are amazing!

[@alexanderroyle]

Nice Monkey Island wallpaper.

[@maxigabime5308]

Great solution. We all think different and your way it's great to see. Great video! I'm glad you could recover your video!

[@TobyTobias2024]

I’m learning so much from your videos! Keep up the good work :)

[@samwilliamson_74]

Would be handy if you had like a little sd break out board that has a clamp of some sort where the pads connect so you could just insert the remainder of the card and clamp it onto the connectors and then use ‘normally’ - loved your excitement when the fix worked :)

[@Jesselovespinball]

Love how excited you get every time you get something working !

[@CowzyGames]

You should add a 3D printer to your tool collection! Theres already sd card cases to make repairs like that on thingiverse that print on a few minutes! Nice video!

[@andrewsmith1520]

I prefer when he wings it about as far as one can wing it and it still works out. That would have been a good fix in general, but not near as entertaining video.

[@paulmai]

I agree, 3D printers are so handy for those little repair jobs and in my opinion a good fit for an electronics/makers workshop. Also handy for making soldering tools and other accessories. Actually some of my workbench furniture was created using 3D printing. My soldering station is on top of a simple table made from scrap wood and 3d printed legs. Need a circuit board holder? print one... Need a jig for soldering LED strips?...print one, and so on... And your hot air station, perfect for fixing nozzle leaks and jams. For me 3D printing is helpful for electronics and electronics equipment is handy for maintaining the printer.

[@BimbleWithBruce]

That was epic! Reminded me of an awesome episode of Macgyver and you just saved the world!

[@Adam-Mei]

I would never have done it the way Steve did, but I enjoy seeing different mindsets from mine.

[@CubbyTech]

Wow! The interface is twice as big as the memory chip itself! I think there are aftermarket housings that you can pop these in now...

[@metalgjohn4462]

That was masterful jankiness 👍

[@vernonzehr]

This made me cry. I just had a huge hard drive crash recently. It was going to cost me close to $700 (not SE, it was an old disk drive) to have a company try to retrieve the data and it was still a long shot if they could. I decided not to waste the money since I had most of the important stuff backed up. But this made me sad because I hoped for that result with my drive and also, I will never know what was on the drive that is gone forever.

[@acidhelm]

It's amazing that 128GB of storage is on that tiny board. Also, hello fellow Drobo owner!

[@StillConfusing]

just wait til you see 2tb microsd cards

[@EgoChip]

Even more amazing when you consider how fast the data transfers over. I remember loading tapes with 64k of code that took 5-10 minutes. Now with faster SSD's you can transfer GB's in seconds.

[@thadofalltrades]

I used to build my own computers in college. Then got out of it. The leaps that data storage has taken since then is truly mind blowing. I remember paying $30 for a 32GB USB drive.

[@iaincowell9747]

You can even use a device that transmits audio to people in different countries!😮

[@paulBurkekiger1985]

0:22 0:22 0:22 0:22

[@swifty2844]

Well done Steve, looking forward to you next vid. It's like watching an old friend for some reason 😀 peace

[@raymers]

Yay you! It's so much fun to see you solve problems. Great job Steve!

[@ScottMadeAThing]

Amazing work as always! That clip at the end that you recovered... I saw the 'melted plastic' counter at 00... I thought 'noooooo' and then I looked at the sub counter and can see this must have been a while ago. Whoop! (or should I say Big Whoop?)

[@StezStixMix]

Yeah, twas a few weeks ago. And 10 points for the Big Whoop reference! 😅

[@orange11squares]

amazing work, this is how they do it on recovery labs.....soldering tiny wires, they do that even on microSD.

[@simclev9406]

Holy cow!! This is the most Frankenstein thing I've seen!! I was waiting for the mushroom cloud. Lol! Well done, mate!!!!

[@vas729]

Brilliant! I never would have thought to do something like this. Memory stored in brain SD card if I ever need it in the future...

[@RealNovgorod]

There's a way to over-complicate everything. You could've even sticky-taped it to a cardboard to fit it into the reader...

[@fs_dave]

I need a picture of this "device" on a Captain Bodge teeshirt.

[@Flashy7]

There is only one reason for wanting to recover an SD card this much: you took something apart and now you dont't know how to put it back :) I don't record videos for youtube, but I often think about putting a camera above my desk just to record the way I took something apart. The worst is when I have to order a part but don't want to put it back fully together until then, and as days go, the process of the disassembly starts to fade from my mind and I feel it.

[@No1BRC]

I had a similar issue... Just ripped apart a mSD adapter and stuck the front part on it. Works just fine- even up to now in my Gp2xWiz 😂

[@JaymanOttawa]

Nice work dude! Well, not about the rolling over it with your chair part... ;)

[@duranduran4386]

Fantastic wallpaper on your pc. Cheers (grog)

[@brotherhay]

Solder a wire or two to it, then jam the guts into the reader. You can pull it out with the wires after.

[@KLGChaos]

Phatt Island Wharf! Good old Lechuck's Revenge.

[@infin1ty850]

Two videos in one day? I must have hit the lottery

[@EgoChip]

I didn't know the lottery did booby prizes!

[@Vibropollo]

Press F for respect, one time for the job and one for the wallpaper 😊

[@iaincowell9747]

Thank you for commenting on the Monkey Island wallpaper

[@Vibropollo]

@@iaincowell9747 the librarian telescopic chair gave me bad feels 😅😅

[@brooklyn11218]

You could have taken one of those micro SD to SD adapters and swapped the guts.

[@StezStixMix]

That's a good shout! I didn't think of that 😬

[@lukeb0030]

thats a 'solid' idea

[@bokkenka]

If only there were a substance like cardboard that came in sheets like cardboard that you could cut like cardboard to the shape of the original SDcard and glue like cardboard to the guts of the SDcard. You know... Something like cardboard.

[@DavidWilson-vo5rl]

Or glue the bit of sd card into a dismantled sd card adapter. Reassemble and voila

[@1337Shockwav3]

This comment is perfect :) I have to admit I recently did a similar project glueing an SD to micro SD adapter to a PCB, since I had ordered suitable slots for my project which ended up being stuck in customs.

[@bart.k]

Idk man this sounds impossible. I think it would be better with even more copper wires.

[@StezStixMix]

Is cardboard the one like paper but a bit thicker?

[@Bloodybradmusic]

Great video but I do enjoy the fact you could have made a substitute sd card body out of styrene or something… still, wonderful content

[@danimourinho]

you can 3d print a new case for the sd card, there are loads of designs for different chips

[@ibrahimkocaalioglu]

King of brute force method.

[@electronicengineer]

Well Steve, you can now diversify into solid state media recovery services! Nice 🙂

[@strikelight]

The one time we need an appropriate "get in there!", it wasn't to be found :(

[@leavemyrightsalone]

wow...never knew that with the grounding.

[@bart.k]

This makes sure your card is connected to usb with all SD card pads making contact. Neat little feature.

[@TheBrokenPast]

Oh man, Steve... Sometimes we just have to laugh at our own misfortune! You rolled over your SD card, and then in an attempt to make a video salvaging the contents for another video, your camera doesn't record audio in that video. Misery loves company, but you overcame and managed to save BOTH videos. Well done!

[@devttyUSB0]

Ayyyy, i really didn't know that the actual SD-cardy-bit was that small! Nice one!

[@MayaPosch]

They have to fit the guts into microSD cards somehow, after all :)

[@devttyUSB0]

@@MayaPosch that's true, ofcourse! but if you got the space, why not use it, eh? must be cheaper i imagine. :D

[@1337Shockwav3]

@@devttyUSB0I've seen full sized SD cards which micro-SD cards soldered to full sized PCBs from factory.

[@MayaPosch]

@@devttyUSB0 I imagine that with the higher capacity cards you get a larger PCB inside, much like with SATA SSDs. Those are mostly empty inside for the

[@devttyUSB0]

@@MayaPosch i have seen 2.5" SSDs and NVMe's with just a tiny pcb inside, so i guess it shouldnt be that surprising indeed. ;)

[@castlecodersltd]

Nice one, well done. Just shows how much of the card space isn't needed 🙂

[@tonybrown7408]

@ 4.30 .... 'Mull Tim iter in Constant Nudity !'

[@StezStixMix]

😅

[@voltazkai]

Wouldn’t it be easier to stick the sd part onto that one half of the broken housing…and just plug it in? This way you don’t need to dismantle the sd card reader. And even if I do solder directly onto the sd contact…wouldn’t it make more sense to solder onto a random microsd to sd card adapter…those are cheaper and always comes with microsd card so I have a litter of those around. Again this is to save it from dismantling the sd card reader…which seems way more intrusive and destructive. Edit: oh you said it doest work when you plug it in in the beginning…that’s probably because as you found out later on…there’s a card detect mechanism in the reader that the reader rely on to “see” the card. And it’s probably not triggering it with the broken half.

[@thenintari]

Monkey island 2 back ground?!?! This guy knows quality

[@missionpassed4584]

Poor SD card was crushed you ran over it

[@slaphead2965]

A bit of a hack job but at the same time...a stroke of genius! Nice one 👍😎🇬🇧

[@TheRestorationShack]

Haters always gonna hate. I'd have not even thought to do any of the repairs and would have binned the card. Had a LOL reading all the sarcastic comments from the KZbin influencer's (with 4 subscribers) about how they would have done it - still waiting for their video on it 🤔. Keep on Keeping on - your videos are awesome and love that you learn how you go Steve - EXCELLENT!!! P.S. "Really important video file - thats not really that important" 🤣🤣🤣

[@PJ-wm9nq]

Pure brilliance from an absolute disaster!

[@JoshWeeks]

I'm only a minute in but this sounds like it's going to be exciting

[@AndyDo]

Captain Kate is just off screen, fuming.

[@kinglu001]

awesome recovery

[@ModelsExInferis]

I'm forever doing things like this! The amount of times I've had to fix my 2012 laptop because I've buggered something up you wouldn't believe. Still works, even if it ain't pretty So I was thinking all the way though this, wouldn't it have been easier to take apart another SD card, remove that chip/board, put this one in and then glue it back together? Or did you do what I do when I fix a toy, think, "That'll make a good video!" and just do it the hardest way possible for fun? 😉😁 Regardless, I always enjoy your fixes, Jo matter how you get there!

[@teropirttimaki]

i have done the same "repair" but I used an old plastic card what comes with new sim cards. cut a slot, glue, in, worked.

[@hypermegaman3145]

Dammit stop breaking $h!+ Steve! 🤣

[@orbita1]

What wires did you use? I have a load of wire like that but they have a stubborn enamel coating. Also these adapters tend to have failed write protection mechanisms where they think everything is locked. You can fix that by bridging the two small pins on the end

[@michallukaszek]

Honestly, I'd probably attempt to glue something with CA glue to the remainder of the card to let it insert into the reader without ripping it apart.

[@Pandor25]

I was sure those wire were gonna short each other.

[@tobynmanthorpe]

You'll never see a better bit of bodging in your life.

[@Effect2o]

I know its too late, but what if you glued or melted plastic to something on the end of the good half of the SD card, like a handle, and inserted it like normal? Then with the "handle" glued to the SD card, that would allow you to remove it? Then you would not have to open a reader up? Just curious.

[@peterl2866]

“I never joke about my work 007!”

[@benoitmorin7008]

3D printed shell for this sd card surely exist for sale somewhere?

[@Zanth123]

all you had to do was open a MicroSD to SD Memory Card Adapter and replace the guts with your sd card board. glue it in if you have to and it's saved.

[@axemanracing6222]

Having data only on SD card (whatever drive) is like going out with 1 shoe.

[@Nandoazul1119]

That's awesome man! You taught me something new! ( Stupid SD card)! 😂

[@AdirColonnaofficial]

could you use another SD card while connected to the first one?

[@diegomartinez7180]

Just as an idea for a next time... All you needed was for that piece of SD card to fit inside the reader and to be able to take it out afterwards, right? Well, two pieces of thread (for example dental floss) around the front of the card, and a second SD card to push it in (or anything around the same thickness). And there you go, no soldering necessary, no breaking of the reader case needed.. And, in the end, you just pull the threads and take it out. Worried that the pins will be obstructed by the threads? Well, the pins are springed so most likely the threads will be moved to the sides by the device itself.

[@user-dw6fj1py1o]

1:12 it's card reader?

[@sn_all_test]

Steve what happened to the mario kart video ? upload it again, that's not fair!

[@tokyogentleman]

i would have ripped about a microsd to sd cheap adapter instead. if you coat the tips your transformer (varnished) wire in flux and tap with a solder iron for a few seconds they will solder easier

[@guidomersmann9744]

I would have probably used another SDcard as a template, cut out of card board or some plastic waste and glued the pcb on.

[@VashStarwind]

Could of tried to take apart a cheaper SD card, and just put the broken ones internals inside of it. Might be been able to keep re-using it that way also

[@nourasalhab6432]

My sd card is too small and I don’t think I can take the Plastic case apart!!! Any suggestions?? Mine broke in half and I’m devastated. All my memories from 2018 to 2020 are in it💔💔

[@technoman9000]

Wow is that all that's in an SD card package nowadays? Nice.

[@imaginitivity7853]

Having watched so many of your videos where enameled wire came into play, when my wife's toothbrush charger died recently I had actually thrown it into the bin, before I had second thoughts and realised there was a transformer in there full of the stuff. From what I can see, you're not stripping the end prior to soldering it. Is that right? The heat is sufficient to remove it from the soldered region?

[@meetv7700]

That was sheer good luck saving data from near dead sd card

[@the_box13]

It's not dead at all Actually only the case got damaged

[@Msound500]

🤩❤️ Great video, maybe you can try solder it inside micro sd adapter card For re use it freely like normal

[@sk4lman]

You have encouraged me to try installing a chromecast and a 5v litium battery into a pair of hearing protectors I use at work :) Wish me luck, i have no microscope and a cheap-as-dirt soldering iron 😂

[@perfektrepairs7934]

Hi mate, I have an old Robert’s radio it was my was my dads he’s no longer here and I would love to get it repaired are you up for it ?

[@wisher21uk]

Nice rescue Steve thanks 😊

[@UKHope384]

Very resourceful.

[@chriscarter8593]

With enameled wire - do you need to use heat to remove the enamel from the end or do you just count on the "tip" of it being inside the solder bubble to provide conductivity

[@melotrashcontent]

There's actually a Memory Stick Card from my Old DSC-W170 Camera which got broken unfortunately... Would it be possible to fix the same way (although Memory stick and SD-Card are quite different)

[@shadoom]

time to buy a sd card spider board?

[@goldenreel]

Two questions: 1. Would this work on a Lexar card? 2. What type of glue are you using?

[@MADMC2012adv]

You can’t do a video on an external HD that is detected but can’t be opened on the computer?

[@Denis7947.]

I want that piece of sd card now :)

[@foguista]

6:14 you sounded like hank hill

[@sanityormadness]

26/03/2023 date on card files 🤔

[@StezStixMix]

They're all out. It's the date on my camera, I never set it!

[@griffog2001]

What are you using for the bodge wire?

[@Mobin92]

Wouldn't getting another SD Card and (temporarily) replacing the shell have been easier?

[@StezStixMix]

I don't think they come apart without breaking them. They're essentially one piece...

[@the_box13]

Heyyyy that sd card is still good and it's 128 gigs You shouldake a case A 3d printer woulbe handy....

[@aethersx2-samsunggalaxys206]

I would put it into another shell if you can find one it fits and save the card

[@andytipping70]

i know the soldering makes for a better video, but, why didnt you simply superglue the circuit board onto a piece of plastic - such as an old cd case cut to sd shape/size?

[@michaelmiller641]

So most of the SD card is just uninhabited landscape! Weird!

[@Jsgarage270]

Good Job man, great fix!

[@keironcornell9396]

Monkey island screen background? Nice!

[@Come_take_em]

You should see if you can get someone to 3D print a new plastic bit 👍🏻

[@VashStarwind]

Or just use an old/cheaper sd card and take it apart and use its case.