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Solution: "My mobile phone does not recognize or detect the memory card"

La internal storage capacity of cell phones always has a limit, so they have a slot for attaching an external memory card which increases the memory space of our phones and allows us to store more images, videos and other files; however, there are times when the mobile does not recognize or read the memory card.

When the phone is not able to recognize or detect micro SD card , as memory cards are also called, it is necessary to know why this problem occurs, because there are different types of breakdowns which range from a simple movement of the card to damage or detachment of one of the legs or pins it has.

Find the problem

These types of errors are common and can be software or hardware, so the fault can reside in the cell phone or in the card itself.

Sometimes the memory moves or has simply been inserted incorrectly and for this reason the phone does not detect it; The first thing that is usually done in these situations is to take out the memory card, first it is convenient to turn off the mobile, later it is reinserted in its place and the phone is turned on.

After the cell phone is restarted, it should read memory and work fine, otherwise there are other ways to try and fix the problem. 

Try to clean the groove! ; Cell phones get filled with dust inside and the memory card slot is no exception, so it should also be cleaned, for this process the previous one is repeated, the memory card is removed which is cleaned very carefully for a dry cloth; in some phones the slot has a removable tray which also needs to be cleaned with great care.

Alternatives

If at this point the memory is still not detected, this may require another type of more complex process and may require expert assistance.

To exclude that the problem is not in the card slot and check whether the fault is in the phone or in the SD card, we take the memory card and the let's test on another device , either on another cell phone or on a computer, if the card is read by another device means that the problem is with the phone; On the contrary, if you don't read it, the card is damaged.

When the card acquires failures mainly seeks to delete content and open space in memory by deleting unimportant files, but the problem may still persist, in which case the best solution is to perform memory format wherein it removes all data from the map SD , said formatting is best done from a computer

Memory card repair

To resolve these faults, it is necessary to make a repair , in many cases the legs or pins come loose and therefore have to be soldered, but this process is complicated and must be done with extreme subtlety because if the wrong pin is touched, it can be worse, it is recommended to entrust the phone to a technician. 

If it is not the card and the phone is faulty, try another memory card and insert it into the the microSD port.

When it is the phone that does not read any memory, the pins are checked and we try to solder them in the same way; In case of software problems, you can reset the cellphone to the way it came from the factory, this is an extreme solution because you delete everything from the mobile and besides losing the memory data, you would also lose the apps and other important information.

After performing any of these procedures , the phone should read the memory card, but there are times when the failure is fatal, in which case it is advisable to extend the phone's internal memory to have more storage space.

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