Good old trick. Thanks for passing it along to any who didn't know - Been "eraser-ing contacts" for 40 years. The pink eraser works, the new vinyl type not so much( as in zero)
Also be aware that all memory cards have a life span, SD's in devices and also SSD's in laptops/PC's. They do not last forever and contact wear and physical damage are not always the point of failure. Constant overwrites burn out the internal tracks within every card made. This can be seen most commonly on dashcams in cars, because they are constantly overwriting on a daily basis. Check your dashcam's memory card is working correctly every few months, because if you don't you may have not been recording vital footage.
I have a mirrorview dashcam with a 64gigs sandisk sd card. After 3 or 4 months daily use (surveillance mode included), the sd card is dead, can not even format it. Not sure if the hot weather contributed to killing it.
@@nunoact I've had two fail from use in my dashcam, and I work nights as a taxi driver. So in the daytime its always hidden away in my garage in the cold north of England where the sun doesn't shine, so I don't think its temperature related, just constant re-writing damaging the internal circuit tracks. Both were Kingston 32Gb cards, so not cheap and cheerful!
Yes Its scary. But one thing is really annoying they just die! Seems also there is huge differences between brands. Seems that sandisk the worst, already had 3 failed card, when Toshiba card works. But I dont more trust any sd card. Mechanical harddrives seems last better, never had failed ssd but can you trust them either?
Man this is great !!!! Runnin trail cameras for hunting some of my sds have done the same thing card error thought it was the camera at first but this may have save the 4 cards i thought were dead !!!
I have a micro SD card that got caught in the seat track of my toyota. On the opposite end food the connectors there's a small chunk of the black material broken off . I have all my children's photos on here & I need to know if it can be fixed
An abrasive isn't the best way to clean dirty contacts, a little bit of rubbing alcohol or contact cleaner will do the job without removing any of the contact surface. A very small amount on a Q tip should do the job.
Nonsens. Not per se = there are of course simple cases where contacts get corroded and it's OK to give it a try, if there's no other reason in sight. But thing is: these marvels do age with write load (just like an SSD, but much earlier), long usage beyond 80% of capacity and heat. It's quite the same with USB sticks and any other flash-based storage. The moment ANY storage device gets unreliable it makes sense to IMMEDIATELY copy its content and then do thorough testing, if there's anything else going on!
Man... I just wanted to type that this is the dumbest video I ever saw. But. It worked. I was trying to read this sd card for like 15 years! I was like, Okay, there is the rubber on the pencil, and did the trick. I was able to read the SD (because it is still bad) with DiskDrill. Thank you :)
Good old trick. Thanks for passing it along to any who didn't know - Been "eraser-ing contacts" for 40 years. The pink eraser works, the new vinyl type not so much( as in zero)
Also be aware that all memory cards have a life span, SD's in devices and also SSD's in laptops/PC's. They do not last forever and contact wear and physical damage are not always the point of failure.
Constant overwrites burn out the internal tracks within every card made. This can be seen most commonly on dashcams in cars, because they are constantly overwriting on a daily basis.
Check your dashcam's memory card is working correctly every few months, because if you don't you may have not been recording vital footage.
I have a mirrorview dashcam with a 64gigs sandisk sd card. After 3 or 4 months daily use (surveillance mode included), the sd card is dead, can not even format it. Not sure if the hot weather contributed to killing it.
@@nunoact I've had two fail from use in my dashcam, and I work nights as a taxi driver. So in the daytime its always hidden away in my garage in the cold north of England where the sun doesn't shine, so I don't think its temperature related, just constant re-writing damaging the internal circuit tracks.
Both were Kingston 32Gb cards, so not cheap and cheerful!
That's awesome advice. Thanks.
Yes Its scary. But one thing is really annoying they just die! Seems also there is huge differences between brands. Seems that sandisk the worst, already had 3 failed card, when Toshiba card works.
But I dont more trust any sd card. Mechanical harddrives seems last better, never had failed ssd but can you trust them either?
Thank you dude you litterally just saved everything on my phone
Man this is great !!!! Runnin trail cameras for hunting some of my sds have done the same thing card error thought it was the camera at first but this may have save the 4 cards i thought were dead !!!
didn't expect it to work
but it works like a charm
Awesome, this worked, but time to get a new one now. Cheers!
I tried it but I have an SD card with an adapter and it still didn't work. How would I go about fixing the SD card itself?
Thanks a lot! Now it’s working again!
a "scratch brush" works well for this as well. I recommend picking one up to have around.
I have a micro SD card that got caught in the seat track of my toyota. On the opposite end food the connectors there's a small chunk of the black material broken off . I have all my children's photos on here & I need to know if it can be fixed
Yes thank you
Good trick!
Thanks!
Oh shit it WORKED!!
I had this dead micro sd for years and could never get my pc to detect it . but damn the eraser worked!!!!
My card reverts to its pervious version if I delete something it comes back and if I add something it removes itself
I wonder if this works on rust
Yea I tried the eraser thing, but it still won't format in anything. Every camera, every computer.
Coast Airbrush has the ones with brushes on the end.
I was watching this video while holding a Faber-Castell Perfection 7058B eraser-brush.
No way... Those things are hard to find. LOL
Surprisingly worked!
Awesomesauce.
I think I found the erasers you talked about at my local Walmart for about $7 for a 12 pack I can try to find the link if you would like
Hi my SDcard is lifting up on the edges. can’t get it to connect to my computer. Do you have a solution?
Try taping the edges down?
Great trick thanks👍
Worked for me, but just for a few minutes, the micro sd dead again...
An abrasive isn't the best way to clean dirty contacts, a little bit of rubbing alcohol or contact cleaner will do the job without removing any of the contact surface. A very small amount on a Q tip should do the job.
where you see the abrasive? you think the rubber i s an abrasive?
😭almost lost it thanks man
Mine doesn’t Work!
Nonsens. Not per se = there are of course simple cases where contacts get corroded and it's OK to give it a try, if there's no other reason in sight. But thing is: these marvels do age with write load (just like an SSD, but much earlier), long usage beyond 80% of capacity and heat. It's quite the same with USB sticks and any other flash-based storage.
The moment ANY storage device gets unreliable it makes sense to IMMEDIATELY copy its content and then do thorough testing, if there's anything else going on!
Any luck fixing a partially cracked micro SD?
Uh, that's a little more tricky...LOL
Man... I just wanted to type that this is the dumbest video I ever saw. But. It worked. I was trying to read this sd card for like 15 years! I was like, Okay, there is the rubber on the pencil, and did the trick. I was able to read the SD (because it is still bad) with DiskDrill. Thank you :)
works 100%