Very cool hack, I love reading stuff like this, thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge. I was going to ask the same question about just re-solderin

Very cool hack, I love reading stuff like this, thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge. I was going to ask the same question about just re-soldering onto a new SD Card of a similar type, I was wondering if the controllers can detect the exact chip type they are connected to, if so it might work. Also, for de-soldering and soldering SMT's the hot air re-work station makes it easy, never hurts to have the right tools :)