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T3i SD card reader broken? See pictures attached.

Started Jun 26, 2017 | Questions thread
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T3i SD card reader broken? See pictures attached.

My T3i is now telling me my sd card is write-protected.  I've read all about this online and tried all the tricks (pushing the card in and out quickly a bunch of times, compressed air, manually actuating the write-protection switch with a toothpick, etc).  Can't seem to get it to work.  The card is fine; tested in another camera.

This started after I had a hard time getting a card into my camera.  It wasn't sliding in easily so I removed it to find that part of the card lock mechanism was falling off.  I used a different card, which slid in fine.  Now the camera says all cards are locked.  I suspect the metal tab/switch which detects a locked card is stuck down/on.  I'm not sure what this would look like, so here are a bunch of pictures.

Thoughts?

Thanks

Ryan

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Canon EOS 600D (EOS Rebel T3i / EOS Kiss X5)
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