Flash memory is widely used in mobile phones, dictaphones, cameras, USB drives and many other portable devices. It is compact, inexpensive and easy to move between devices. The most common failure occurs when the device is disconnected or loses power during the last write operation. After reconnecting, the system often reports that the drive needs to be formatted.
The second type of failure we handle involves electronic damage: broken PCB traces, faulty capacitors, resistors or damaged pads. In some cases the repair is straightforward, but when the PCB or controller is permanently damaged and no donor board is available, there is one more method:
CHIP-OFF
When the controller is damaged, the PCB cannot be repaired, or communication with the device is impossible, the only viable solution is the chip-off technique. The memory chip is unsoldered, its raw data is extracted, and the logical structure is reconstructed — effectively simulating all functions normally performed by the controller.
Using professional equipment such as RuSolut VNR, we recover data from most flash memory devices, including USB drives, dictaphones, microSD, SD, CF and many others. We also support recovery from eMMC chips used in phones, tablets and embedded devices.
