My phone doesn't read my memory card! - Memory Card Reader A Good option?

TommyCarey

Hey hitmeasap,

My girlfriend actually went through the same problem with her phones micro SD card. She had a few corrupt files on her card and it affected almost everything. She actually thought she lost all of her photos because her phone didn't recognize the SD card where she stored them.

She was panicking while I was rummaging through my closet to find my micro SD card reader. I took her "corrupeted" micro SD card and plugged it in. Then I plugged the reader into my laptop and started to transfer everything to a folder I created specifically for her photos and videos. I would say that I got around 95% of what she had on there transferred to the folder on my desktop, but some things were lost unfortunately

She lost a few pictures and videos, but nothing too bad like baby pictures of her daughter from 8 years ago. It would have been a bad day if she lost those

After I got what I could off of the micro SD card, I backed it up again on my external hard drive just so there were 2 places the photos were at. I did this as an added line of security just in case my laptop ever decided to fry itself.

As for which reader you should get, that's a difficult question. If you have an old phone you'll definitely want to ask the seller or company if their reader supports what you have so that you're not just wasting money on a reader that you'll have to return. Most readers will plug into your latpop or desktop, probably all of them, so you don't have to worry too much about transferring your pictures and videos.

I would say to go with a high quality one because you'll probably never need to buy another one again. A really good one will probably cost, at the most, around $30 or $40. They're not super expensive and that means you can pick the best of the best lol

If you go on Amazon.com or their app, you can probably find some good deals there. If you have amazon prime, like I do for christmas shopping lol, you can get the reader in 2 days.

Hope that helps

Hey hitmeasap, My girlfriend actually went through the same problem with her phones micro SD card. She had a few corrupt files on her card and it affected almost everything. She actually thought she lost all of her photos because her phone didn't recognize the SD card where she stored them. She was panicking while I was rummaging through my closet to find my micro SD card reader. I took her "corrupeted" micro SD card and plugged it in. Then I plugged the reader into my laptop and started to transfer everything to a folder I created specifically for her photos and videos. I would say that I got around 95% of what she had on there transferred to the folder on my desktop, but some things were lost unfortunately :( She lost a few pictures and videos, but nothing too bad like baby pictures of her daughter from 8 years ago. It would have been a bad day if she lost those :( After I got what I could off of the micro SD card, I backed it up again on my external hard drive just so there were 2 places the photos were at. I did this as an added line of security just in case my laptop ever decided to fry itself. As for which reader you should get, that's a difficult question. If you have an old phone you'll definitely want to ask the seller or company if their reader supports what you have so that you're not just wasting money on a reader that you'll have to return. Most readers will plug into your latpop or desktop, probably all of them, so you don't have to worry too much about transferring your pictures and videos. I would say to go with a high quality one because you'll probably never need to buy another one again. A really good one will probably cost, at the most, around $20 or $25. They're not super expensive and that means you can pick the best of the best lol :D If you go on Amazon.com or their app, you can probably find some good deals there. If you have amazon prime, like I do for christmas shopping lol, you can get the reader in 2 days. Hope that helps :)

7 years ago