Morning
After some IT advice. I have a memory stick that has the USB bit broken off of the main body with a load of pics that I want to get back.
Any suggestions on where to send it to recover the info or someone that can do this for me?
Many thanks
[quote=JDS]Morning
After some IT advice. I have a memory stick that has the USB bit broken off of the main body with a load of pics that I want to get back.
Any suggestions on where to send it to recover the info or someone that can do this for me?
Many thanks [/quote]
Nephew works in it recovery business.
I will ask if he can help,Wont be cheap with my added charges though.Unless you want your special photo’s all over exiges.com!!ha ha 
[quote=JDS]Morning
After some IT advice. I have a memory stick that has the USB bit broken off of the main body with a load of pics that I want to get back.
Any suggestions on where to send it to recover the info or someone that can do this for me?
Many thanks [/quote]
John
You might want to look at the spellin of the title, It may help!!! :whistle:
Its early for a sunday!!!
They’re not my pics, they’re all my sister pictures of her kids growing up, holidays, etc, that have been taken off various pc’s as they’ve been replaced. That she’s gutted is a bit of an understatement!!
Thanks for looking into the nephew option.
If all else fails and but a bit dangerous you could use a USB cable, cut back the wires and solder them to the wires of the memory stick after you check which one is which with a multimeter.
You will need a very thin hot iron and be very fast with the connections …
Hope that makes sense …
Ps one false move could destroy everything so maybe there are better options !
It’s been done before …
Have a good soldering iron if you want to try …
Any chance you can post a pic (or PM to me) of the offending item?
If it’s just the USB plug that’s broken off, then there’s a decent chance the 4 solder pads will be intact enough to cable onto.
We work with some very fine PCBs on lab instrumentation & sensors and I’m happy to have a look at it (not wanting to tread on anyone’s toes if you’re already sorted elsewhere, though!).
The last thing I did was a replacement LCD that needed some tiny surface-mount components swapping, as well as a bit of rewiring…all because the original component is now obsolete and the nearest-fit replacement wasn’t quite a direct swap.
Worked a treat, though it took a couple of days to uncross my eyes from peering at the minute tracks & pins…
Blimey, first time!!
I does look like it should solder to fix temporarily to get the info off.
Should be no problem - as you can see three of the solder joints have gone, so as long as it’s not lifted the pads too, it should be a straightforward job to solder on a USB lead and recover the data.
Use a fine tip soldering iron and keep the tip clean using a wet tissue.
Freshly clean & re-tin the tip for each joint and you should be home & dry…plus shedloads of brownie points for saving the pics and the joy of doing proper ‘man work’ with electronics & hot things, lol!
Not often you see JDS asking for advice…somebody sticky this thread lol.
Did 5 years pcb assembly so if you get stuck john you know where I am.
I’ve had the same thing happen a while back & managed to resolder the joints temporarily, as already said make sure you use a small tipped iron though & don’t let the PCB get too hot. I actually used small wires to connect the PCB rather than trying to get the plug back in. If you’re not handy with a soldering iron I’d let one of the guys used to PCB assembley have a go for you if they will 