<p>My Printrbot simple metal's extruder is jammed and I need to heat it up to unjam it. Unfortunately, the printer does't want to connect to my laptop regardless of the program I'm using (Repetier-Host or Cura 15). </p>

<p>Is there a way to use a micro SD card to heat up the printer hotend but not print anything?</p>

Sure there is. As you use Cura, you can grab any G-code file (you already have) and use it to set hotend temperature (delete the actual printing part from the file) to get something like this:
```
```
;FLAVOR:Marlin
;TIME:102
;Filament used: 0.0573674m
;Layer height: 0.2
;Generated with Cura_SteamEngine 3.3.1
; M190 S60 ;-> this sets the bed temperature so we can comment it out
; the next line sets the hotend to 200 degrees Celsius
M104 S200
```
```
As every line that starts with a semi-colon is a comment and is ignored by the printer,
```
M104 S200
```
, would be the only line you need in the printout file.
If you're interested in knowing more - look here:
G-codes on reprap wiki