What're you doing to keep the MiniSD from flying out of your Apache?

Image911 · #1 (**permalink**) 11-14-2007, 12:53 PM

Yup. You read correctly. Like me, I'm sure that many of you have suffered the, "HEY...! Where the F#@K did my Storage Card Go...?!?" bug. Without a protective cover over the card insert port, a number of users have discovered that simply using some of the plastic belt clip designs will set the handy memory cards flying anywhere from 4 to 10 feet away. In fact, some poor, bored VX6700 owner made a YouTube video of him SHOOTING his miniSD cards at unsuspecting co-workers (now, how bored does one need to be to to THAT...?!). Anyway, I'd think that with the top port access open all the time, dirt, dust and rain (?!) could gain access and render our prized and expensive communication/entertainment devices inoperative!

So, I pose to you - my fellow VX6700 users... what have YOU done to protect your memory cards and prevent them from taking an unplanned exit? Do you Crazy Glueâ„¢ a plastic cover over the opening... or, maybe cover it with electrical tape? I know one person who has used silver colored lettering tape to cover the slot. (At first glance, I couldn't even tell she had a port on her device. Maybe that was the desired effect.)

Anyhow, I pose this question to the rest of you.

Me...? What do I do...? Well, now that I have upgrade from a simple 2Gig SanDisk MiniSD disc to that of a 4Gig Kingston HC MiniSD - I'm one of those who use clear packing tape (it's thicker than the tape from your office desk dispenser and has greater adhesive quality, too), and trim it to fit.

scotbotmosh · #2 (**permalink**) 11-14-2007, 12:54 PM

pour rubber cement in the slot before inserting card...

*kidding*

verizonguy · #3 (**permalink**) 11-14-2007, 01:33 PM

there is an app in the kitchen that alerts you when the sd card is removed if I'm not mistaken

**colonel** · #4 (**permalink**) 11-14-2007, 01:54 PM

Yes, the app is called NotifyMe. It is in the kitchen OEMs and can also be found at xda. It sounds when your SD is removed.

Robtao · #5 (**permalink**) 11-14-2007, 01:57 PM

Went with a Seidio Black cover that covers half of the slot. I have lost memory cards before, but not since.

Image911 · #6 (**permalink**) 11-14-2007, 02:58 PM

Yes, there IS a warning alarm... but - it's not "timely" - in that you can be yards away from where you were when the card came loose. I got into another room before I was "warned". Had to retrack my steps to find where I was when the card was accidentally ejected. Of course, I would have NEVER known that it happened - until I needed the files on the card, had it not been for the alarm.

varaff · #7 (**permalink**) 11-14-2007, 03:14 PM

just put a piece of scotch tape over it. That is what I did, and has never poped out again.

divedr · #8 (**permalink**) 11-14-2007, 03:22 PM

A piece of silver duct tape over the card works for me! The slot is a total POS bad design!

scotbotmosh · #9 (**permalink**) 11-14-2007, 03:30 PM

HTC can't win, when they put the slot on the bottom of the 6800 underneath a cover reviewers complained that it was hard to get to. I would rather have it hard to get to once, rather than easy to lose every day. I also utilize the scotch tape method. I am thinking of devising a elctrode connected directly to the genitals that automatically emits a charge when the card comes out. It's in early development stages right now, and I am really sore.

gcode_81 · #10 (**permalink**) 11-14-2007, 04:02 PM

Im using a belt clip from seido and it works great. the top part of the clip springs up so that it doesnt press the sd card and pop it out. check out the site for further details.

Verizon
http://www.seidioonline.com/index.as...ROD&ProdID=304

Sprint
http://www.seidioonline.com/index.as...ROD&ProdID=304