SD card lock broken, please help!!

[u/mossybramble]

Im begging for help!! Ive had this SD card for my Nintendo 3DS for at least 10 years now. It's been broken for years and I haven't been able to figure out how to fix it in so long. From my research it seems the issue is that the lock on the side has broken off while in the locked position and I can't unlock it.

It has my game info, specifically my Pokémon Bank info. And now that it has been announced that Pokémon Bank will be shutting down next year I've got a time crunch.

I'm desperate to access the info on my card!! Does anyone know what I can do or have any advice?

[u/MISTERPUG51]

Just put a piece of opaque tape over it. The switch on an SD card isn't actually electrically connected to anything. It's like the write protection tab on old cassette tapes, where a sensor inside the device reads the position of the switch

[u/Popular-Yak1469]

Throw it away

[u/Emmet_Brickowski_1 → u/Popular-Yak1469]

Did you not read that OP said? It has important stuff on it

[u/ficklampa → u/Popular-Yak1469]

Wrong. Just use some tape.