So the paint problem on my power button got worse after i picked at with my finger nail ONCE just curious on the construction like a RETARD.
what followed was a week of pain and humiliation. The paint started coming off slowly leaving my hand looking like i was touching glitter, It was like a flesh eating virus, the glitter continued and button started looking worse and worse so i decided Saturday that i would end this once and for all, i got out nail polish remover, a magic eraser, and a microfiber cloth and the result is a BARE bright RED power button that is visible from 20 feet away and looks absolutely horrible. What i also didn't expect that the nail polish remover also took some of the paint off the area around the button and off the side of the phone.
The end result is that my phone is now an embarrassment, fully functional, the rest of the phone is in perfect shape but no matter how well i keep care of it now it will still have a huge red button visible from 20 feet away.
*sigh*
looks pretty cool
Bust out a silver sharpie and give it a quick paint job.
Note to self: "Keep phone away from nail polish remover." I have a slight bubble developing on my End button. I'm hoping I don't have to scrape everything off. On the other hand you could go ahead and scrape off the paint on the Call button and have a nice Christmasy-looking phone. LOL
is this a good enough excuse to get an EVO the day it comes out?
god i am bummed out
Glod said:
is this a good enough excuse to get an EVO the day it comes out?
god i am bummed out
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Duck tape fixes everything!!
Get small piece and stick it over the button.. Or take phone apart, rap duck tape around it.. In the process, dont break phone so you wont have to duck tape the entire thing together.
mine looks exactly the same dude.. :/
my back button even is starting to peel
I am afraid that if i start experimenting with paint and glue that my hero will end up out my apartment window.
no matter what i do it is always going to look bad, but seriously i need to make this less obvious.
did i mention that when the back light is lit on it, it is bright as hell too.
Glod said:
I am afraid that if i start experimenting with paint and glue that my hero will end up out my apartment window.
no matter what i do it is always going to look bad, but seriously i need to make this less obvious.
did i mention that when the back light is lit on it, it is bright as hell too.
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Take it to sprint and say the paint just wore away. You are a heavy phone user and you dont like how this happened. Ask what you options are and say you would like to get the buttons replaced. They do the work for free if you are insured.
It's a nice pic nonetheless.
it looks like t-1000
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Mine just started peeling off last week. Not a heavy phone user, but regardless, the End Key is now peeling . I have insurance, so I'm debating on whether to take it in or not. If they can just fix the button, great. If not, well, we'll see. That and I'd likely have to RUU before taking it in (unless I just leave it powered off .)
Get some silver nail vanish and reverse the issue
Scratch everything off both the call and end buttons and just pretend it's supposed to be that way. That works for me, but I know it would bug some people.
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jcaliendo said:
Scratch everything off both the call and end buttons and just pretend it's supposed to be that way. That works for me, but I know it would bug some people.
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That's what I did. It really does not bother me. At least I don't have the dust issue. I don't trust a sprint tech taking my phone apart for those two buttons. It really looks alright when both buttons are missing the paint.
my phone end button is peel off too. I guess phone was never meant for moderate to heavey usage for end button imho.
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Scratch everything off both the call and end buttons and just pretend it's supposed to be that way. That works for me, but I know it would bug some people.
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At 1st I was horribly upset that I had to carefully scrape the paint off of the button. But it grew on me over time & I can use the phone without graying hairs over paint peel.
on mine is the power button and the return button too sprint said that they can send me another one phone
Same thing here mine looks exactly like urs :/ Anthink i,m goign tto try and mask it off and get some hobby paint..idk what color thou
I completely peeled my power button months ago. It's red, I'm over it.
The "back" button has been doing the same thing. The little back arrow is a blob of naked plastic now. I don't care since I'm getting an EVO.
There are threads at Sprint and other Hero forums where people have been trying to get Sprint or HTC to replace the phone because of this. I think only one person got lucky and was given a new phone.
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Anyone else have a problem with the paint chipping off the three hardware buttons? Not gradually, but very suddenly. The Menu key especially... I pressed it a few minutes ago just to have a huge chunk of glittery metal paint stick to my finger.
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I have this problem too. Coating gone only on the edge of menu button.
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wonder if you can buy replacement buttons.. I have this problem also.
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Anyone else have a problem with the paint chipping off the three hardware buttons? Not gradually, but very suddenly. The Menu key especially... I pressed it a few minutes ago just to have a huge chunk of glittery metal paint stick to my finger.
Paint is not gone but the"x" on the back cover writing is gone. and in case of quality i notced when jo sqeeze on tho lower part of the backcover it sounds like its breaking :-(
What to do...
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Why suddenly today everyone's button chipping away.
Mine on the inner edge of all buttons (LED-light-gap-position)..
No. But my volume button has a horizontal crack in the paint down the centre of it.
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don't worry about it. its just a standard Sony Ericsson feature.
metcard said:
don't worry about it. its just a standard Sony Ericsson feature.
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I totally agree!! Bad quality!
My X1 had 4 cracks on case and good SE replaced the whole housing for free!
We need photos.
forzanerazzurri said:
We need photos.
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No need, it wont be long before it happens to you.
hubseven said:
No need, it wont be long before it happens to you.
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Bite your tongue.
Seriously.
hmmm ... mine has gone too ... leaving ugly white plastic underneath ....
I foolishly thought SE would use quality components in their flagship phone!!!
It probably doesn't help that I installed the 'Toddler Lock' application and allow my baby to use my fone as a teething ring whilst I change his nappy!
I just hope he didnt swallow any of the silver paint
A warning wld have been nice .... just a simple ... "Don't let babies chew on this device because its made of cheap ****" would have sufficed!
oh well!
Its happend to mines too
Ive found buttons on ebay for 10GBP from Hong Kong but dont know if its worth it,
since i had around 4 SE phones before .. all those shinning silver buttons will eventually loose thier coating ... unless u have a cover or something ... u will loose it faster..
its very sad to see ... but SE has always done it ..
naveen_reloaded said:
since i had around 4 SE phones before .. all those shinning silver buttons will eventually loose thier coating ... unless u have a cover or something ... u will loose it faster..
its very sad to see ... but SE has always done it ..
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Mine are OK for now, but since this thread started, I began to think and I realised I hardly press any of the hardware buttons
(I have even disabled the Home Button from waking up screen while locked
I have a shortcut on Launcher Pro's dock for Camera
and I put my phone to silent through the lockscreen and not the volume buttons),
so maybe it's true: after some extensive use, the paint deteriorates.
Hmm, I am a heavy user and use my fingernails to press the buttons. 5 months so far and no issues with the buttons chipping.
I mean, it's common for frequently used buttons to chip...my blackberry's volume buttons and area around the scroll ball did as well, just not in a randomly sudden manner.
I took the phone to a Docomo shop, and they said for $30USD, they'd replace the entire housing, including buttons. Sounds like a good deal, since I've dropped the phone a few times...hmm.
Weird.
Yesterday I was noticing a little flake that came out. Now I see this post.
Just to break the trend a bit here:
My buttons and all the "silver coat" are all fine, not even a scratch, yet I use this thing a LOT. a Heavy user even.
Instead I have some "wearout" on the scratchresistant Film/coating on the screen. Not much, but it's there if one look closely.
I don't notice it on daily usage anyway, so I'm not worried. I am a "heavy user" after all... (whole 100 kg )
And SE did ship this thing with an extra film to replace the pre-installed one with.
i am considered a "heavy user" ....i use the menu button the most to wake the phone up and the back button quite a bit..no chipping yet (knock on wood)
if you guys/gals could humor me and take a super close look at your power button and tell me what you see, i would appreciate it.
maybe, just maybe, im being anal, paranoid, whatever. this wouldnt be unusual for me as im super sensitive about my expensive electronics.....
but i swear one corner of my power button is starting to peel. one corner (botton right) looks like its starting to peel up. maybe im trippin'. im bout ready to bust out a magnifying glass and look at this thing (as soon as i can find one)
I can't see anything, but I have the feeling that my power button gets worn out from pressing. I don't know if I just became used to press the button or if it becomes easier to press, means I need less pressure almost like the spring is wearing out.
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mgymnop said:
I can't see anything, but I have the feeling that my power button gets worn out from pressing. I don't know if I just became used to press the button or if it becomes easier to press, means I need less pressure almost like the spring is wearing out.
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Same feeling here, but I'm certain that I'm just used to it now. When I let friends play with my phone they struggle like I used to. Wimps
Man_of_Leisure said:
Same feeling here, but I'm certain that I'm just used to it now. When I let friends play with my phone they struggle like I used to. Wimps
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lol! yeah thats my favorite. "how the hell do you turn it on?!! oh" "how the hell do you unlock it??!!! oh" --- MY phone *****!
But to the OP, yeah I notice my top left corner has a slight gap but isn't pealing.
To the above two posts, yes, the button on my atrix and my room mates have broken in since we got them a week ago. At first we were both pissed off because we couldn't turn the **** on. Now its almost tolerable although I would still appreciate an extra 1/2mm of button.
Also, my finger print reader area already looks 'worn.' We'll see how well it holds up. Always have that 1 year warranty and if it does break from normal use, you can always talk to ATT and have them give you a different phone...
Hi guys! I just took my new Tab out for a spin for the first time in direct sunlight. It worked pretty much as expected, totally OK!
But there is this smudgy rainbow-colored, oily-looking thing under the screen. Just like when you press to hard on a display with your finger, you know?
Has anyone else got it? I thought it dissapered but I realised it was the sun that had gone so it's probably still there. I suspect I will have a hard time getting the bestbuy staff to realise what I even mean. I'm just her on vaccation and english isnt my native language. Can you somehow see the effect without the sun? Kinda of cloudy today and I'm leaving on thursday
Should I even bother? Will it get worse? Will it dissappear?
Could that be the liquid crystal layer?
It's in the center of the screen and maybe a cm in diameter, growing and shrinking while you touch (other and that area of) the display. Oily, transluscent. Only visible in direct sunligt.
Last Sunday my wife and I are in the car I went out while she's playing with it.when I came back she's done and I pick it up, I saw this like an oily stuff like what u said.I ask her if she accidentally push it hard she said no.u can see it clear under the sun.I panic and I decided to call bestbuy regarding exchanging my tab. Then my wife took a look on it she hold it using her thumb in the side then suddenly its gone.its like an oil. Just an advice do not bend ur tab side to side ok.
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landrian18 said:
Last Sunday my wife and I are in the car I went out while she's playing with it.when I came back she's done and I pick it up, I saw this like an oily stuff like what u said.I ask her if she accidentally push it hard she said no.u can see it clear under the sun.I panic and I decided to call bestbuy regarding exchanging my tab. Then my wife took a look on it she hold it using her thumb in the side then suddenly its gone.its like an oil. Just an advice do not bend ur tab side to side ok.
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Its probably just the petroleum convertor abstractor leaking a little bit of petroleum from the manifolds. I suggest using Penzoil or Mobile1 on your next tablet fillup.
MrSewerPickle said:
Its probably just the petroleum convertor abstractor leaking a little bit of petroleum from the manifolds. I suggest using Penzoil or Mobile1 on your next tablet fillup.
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Lmao that was pretty good. that is all.
I speak portuguese, but you dont need to understand everything.... the only thig that i says that is important is that the side with the triggers was just done and that after a day it would loses its white marks and became like the other
I have my play for a year now and it is in pretty bad state.... the construction quality is not the best...
and what more I care about is the power button because it is pretty much gone, I'm using apps to lock the screen and the home button to unlock...
found out that some one used a nail file to fix it, so I tried and it was better for the first 3 presses.... I noticed that the light was passing though the part I sanded down, so I did the same on the whole button.
I think It looks pretty cool and all the button lights up and catches more attention..
when its off, it is ice/transparent with the power icon in the middle...
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I'm the kind of guy that has no limits, if I something cool, I keep doing it till it finishes bad... but not this time!! I sanded down the side that has no triggers and it looks like a very dark wood with a lovely texture on it... have to fell it...
Tip. Try to do it all ways in the same direction, along the side so that you have these tiny lines right. Or use a very smooth(?) /for more delicate things sand paper and don't put any pressure on it...
Pics from the update here
https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B3UKRg_ISzYKcFJUTXBUN09WOG8/edit
Sorry because I have to accept... can't make it public somehow.... just ask permit ion and I'll give you as fast as I can...
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Wow that looks hardcore. I'm gonna try it cause I have the same issue too
That's so badass, I'm filing mine down right now even though my button works fine. It's looking awesome
I can't imagine why they covered up most of the LED to begin with...
I'm going to do that. I sanded down my other buttons so they're now black. Never thought to do the power button.
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How can filing down the surface of a button make any difference to its responsiveness? surely the problem lies beneath the button with the connector?
I agree with you on the build quality. My power button hasn't gone yet but its probably on its way out. It didn't work at all a couple of days ago until I kept pressing it and luckily went back to normal normal responsiveness after that, can't be a good sign though. That and the R trigger on my device has lost its springiness, it goes down with little to no effort now. Still raises back to the surface so I suppose I should count myself lucky.
Looks cool anyway and might make it so the LED light can actually be seen in normal circumstances.
So if I sand down my power button it will make it do that? GENIUS. I never thought of that. Time to go find a nail filer.
Sweet. Going to try this in a few
I just tried it out, and the power button felt a bit weird so I licked my finger and got it a little wet, but with the case on you don't even feel it. But my god, it looks 100x better. Thank you dude.
Totally awesome. Made my other buttons black b4. Didn't think about power either. Awesome now I can actually see my notification light
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Beautiful!
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How can filing down the surface of a button make any difference to its responsiveness? surely the problem lies beneath the button with the connector?
I agree with you on the build quality. My power button hasn't gone yet but its probably on its way out. It didn't work at all a couple of days ago until I kept pressing it and luckily went back to normal normal responsiveness after that, can't be a good sign though. That and the R trigger on my device has lost its springiness, it goes down with little to no effort now. Still raises back to the surface so I suppose I should count myself lucky.
Looks cool anyway and might make it so the LED light can actually be seen in normal circumstances.
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The surface between the back of the button and the back cover...
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Glad you guys liked!
I'll sand the buttons because they re wearing off anyway... didn't think of that...
Have any one though about the sides of the device, make it all black? From like the first mouth the paint/metal effect has came out a little... I'll do that when I get home
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How can filing down the surface of a button make any difference to its responsiveness? surely the problem lies beneath the button with the connector?
I agree with you on the build quality. My power button hasn't gone yet but its probably on its way out. It didn't work at all a couple of days ago until I kept pressing it and luckily went back to normal normal responsiveness after that, can't be a good sign though. That and the R trigger on my device has lost its springiness, it goes down with little to no effort now. Still raises back to the surface so I suppose I should count myself lucky.
Looks cool anyway and might make it so the LED light can actually be seen in normal circumstances.
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I think the R button loses its springiness because of the way the phone is held. At least when I hold it its usually being pressed.
To get back on topic, how is the surface of the power button when sanded?
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What do you mean sanded down? I dont understand English much. Will the sleep button work when i mod it?
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MilkyJoePD said:
I think the R button loses its springiness because of the way the phone is held. At least when I hold it its usually being pressed.
To get back on topic, how is the surface of the power button when sanded?
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Not to go off topic again but I had to replace the back cover underneath the battery. As the triggers started to get sticky and not move as they looked liked they were pressed all the way down. So bought a new backing and bang... works like like new. Now.... back to our regular scheduled topic on hand.
I did this last night... so much nicer to finally see the danger led as the whole button rather then what looks like a pin needle
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leetxperia said:
What do you mean sanded down? I dont understand English much. Will the sleep button work when i mod it?
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Use something like this
You can find this on nail cutter or swiss army multipurpose knife. Gently scrub it on your power button. You can use sand paper also which you can find it on any hardware store, but I don't prefer sand paper because the sand will come off and run into your device
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I have my play for a year now and it is in pretty bad state.... the construction quality is not the best...
and what more I care about is the power button because it is pretty much gone, I'm using apps to lock the screen and the home button to unlock...
found out that some one used a nail file to fix it, so I tried and it was better for the first 3 presses.... I noticed that the light was passing though the part I sanded down, so I did the same on the whole button.
I think It looks pretty cool and all the button lights up and catches more attention..
when its off, it is ice/transparent with the power icon in the middle...
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Is that a crack in your back plate by the power button? (White line in first pic)
Just wondering as I have a crack on mine in the exact same place
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Growling Clover said:
Is that a crack in your back plate by the power button? (White line in first pic)
Just wondering as I have a crack on mine in the exact same place
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I had the same crack as well
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Lol that does look cool!
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Growling Clover said:
Is that a crack in your back plate by the power button? (White line in first pic)
Just wondering as I have a crack on mine in the exact same place
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Lol... I haven't noticed it before 0.o yep, its a little crack.... I got I big one on the aperture where you put the your nail to take the back cover... do you have that one too?
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Why? Why not ?
Turns out the buttons are not really attached to anything. Pulled it out, removed the black coating. Used red touch up paint and Walla
zathus said:
Why? Why not ?
Turns out the buttons are not really attached to anything. Pulled it out, removed the black coating. Used red touch up paint and Walla
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Heck yeah why not!! Good ol fashioned ingenuity! ??
How'd you pull it out?
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I thought about it before but sold my black one and picking up a panda! Looks good though!
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How'd you pull it out?
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A small piece of plastic and a drop of super glue. Put it on there, let it dry then pull it out. Yeah I pretty much committed before I knew what to expect lol
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A small piece of plastic and a drop of super glue. Put it on there, let it dry then pull it out. Yeah I pretty much committed before I knew what to expect lol
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I didn't even have to do that. Just used my thumb nail under the bottom and it came right out
Did mine. Let's see how long it last but it looks really good.
Looks good but no way I'd rock this thing without a case.
Even with cases I can destroy phones with my Butterfingers, lol.
Wait, so you literally just pulled the button off and then had no issues popping it back into position? Nothing broke?
If it's really that easy, that means we could buy a spare colored button from a parts site, like the orange button from the Clearly White variant or the green button from the Kinda Blue variant and pop it on.
How has this not been discovered, previously?
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Wait, so you literally just pulled the button off and then had no issues popping it back into position? Nothing broke?
If it's really that easy, that means we could buy a spare colored button from a parts site, like the orange button from the Clearly White variant or the green button from the Kinda Blue variant and pop it on.
How has this not been discovered, previously?
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This has been discovered before...i remember it being talked about in a thread way back about how the power button was easy to remove
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Wait, so you literally just pulled the button off and then had no issues popping it back into position? Nothing broke?
If it's really that easy, that means we could buy a spare colored button from a parts site, like the orange button from the Clearly White variant or the green button from the Kinda Blue variant and pop it on.
How has this not been discovered, previously?
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That's correct. I put my thumb nail under the bottom of the button and it popped right out. If you do it make sure your over a table. I didn't expect it to be so easy and it went flying. Almost lost it.
The button it's self looks like it's made out of metal but the back looks like plastic. I had a little bit of a hard time getting it back in but not overly hard. Don't think it matters which way is up
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That's correct. I put my thumb nail under the bottom of the button and it popped right out. If you do it make sure your over a table. I didn't expect it to be so easy and it went flying. Almost lost it.
The button it's self looks like it's made out of metal but the back looks like plastic. I had a little bit of a hard time getting it back in but not overly hard. Don't think it matters which way is up
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It matters. The clip that locks it in is offset. Only goes in one way.
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It matters. The clip that locks it in is offset. Only goes in one way.
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Maybe that's why I had trouble. Just thought it was my fat fingers trying to mess with a tiny button. The first time I put it in it didn't go in right so I pulled it out and dropped it. The second time went right in.