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** UPDATE: OK, FIXED. Eventually with the aid of a kitchen knife and some very careful prodding, I managed to slide the card back in and then pull the battery out. But seriously. Just learn from my mistake and take the battery out first. **
OK. So as you probably have guessed, since unboxing the BlackBerry Bold 9900 I've been going non-stop putting the device through the ringer as I work on our CrackBerry review. We've already given our first impressions of this BlackBerry a few times over now (you know it's awesome!), so in CrackBerry fashion I'm making sure our full-out review is brimming with the nitty gritty details CrackBerry readers love.
Currently I'm in a bit of a pickle though, as I've done something apparently stupid.... I tried removing the MicroSD card from the Bold 9900 while the battery is still inserted. The location of the card slot is similar to that of the BlackBerry Bold 9780/9700 -- under the battery door below centered below the camera -- but on the 9900 this slot isn't angled like it is on the 9780/9700. So instead of the memory card nicely sliding out above an inserted battery, it slides out horizontally into the battery. And wouldn't you know it, but the battery has a perfect groove/indentation in it which the memory card slides into perfectly. So now I have a memory card wedged into the battery, and now I'm stuck. I need to either get the battery to pull out directly, or get the memory card slid back in fully so I can then get the battery out, but instead I'm just stuck here. Seriously, I've wasted over an hour now trying to get this resolved with no luck.
LEARN FROM MY MISTAKE... Don't try and remove the MicroSD Memory card from the BlackBerry Bold 9900 while the battery is inserted! Take the battery out. Then the card. Period. Watch the video for a good laugh.
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jaboory Aug 11, 2011 at 2:45 pm
needle use neddle ..................... first :P hehhee ( just wanted to be first)
Kevin Michaluk Aug 11, 2011 at 2:48 pm
trying.. needles, knifes, etc... so CLOSE.. but not fixed yet. will update when i'm good and what the trick was.
Kevin Michaluk Aug 11, 2011 at 2:49 pm
got it!! needle no go.. kitchen knife worked.
jaboory Aug 11, 2011 at 2:53 pm
woohooo , great ! waiting for my device !!
mikelcal Aug 11, 2011 at 2:56 pm
when in doubt...stab it!!!!!!!
lol jk...
did the memory card survive?
Lumute Aug 11, 2011 at 3:15 pm
Hey Kevin, could you take a closeup picture of that dent in the battery and post it here?
Jimcmf Aug 11, 2011 at 8:34 pm
Put a drop of crazy glue on your finger.
Press on the card.
Wait.
Remove finger with card attached to finger.
If that doesn't work, try peanut butter.
Lumute Aug 11, 2011 at 3:14 pm
What memory card??? isn't that the Battery anti-theft locking device???? :-P
hopefully the memory card survived the stabbing...
EDIT: you would think with all the spare time they had while waiting for certifications they would have had time for propper design... maybe they can redesign the battery to either allow pulling the card or remove the dent and do a battery recall / replacement program?
zensen Aug 11, 2011 at 5:06 pm
maybe they thought no one would know ;)
seriously this was done perfectly on the 9780 so to save a few mm's, you get this problem...
Jimcmf Aug 11, 2011 at 8:35 pm
The card had to go on less of an angle because the phone is razor thin. RAZOR THIN.
newcollector Aug 11, 2011 at 2:48 pm
Use a pocket knife to flick the card back in. Don't use a needle, it is too flimsy.
CLTrujillo Aug 11, 2011 at 2:48 pm
lol oh man that sucks dude. Goodluck with it though
Vinster78 Aug 11, 2011 at 3:50 pm
Kevin totally sounds like Christopher Walken in that video! Listen to it again!
pfluger Aug 11, 2011 at 2:48 pm
Haha, the same thing happened to me too.
I was under the impression memory card couldn't be changed without taking out the battery but in your HD test video you mentioned it would work, so I had to try...
JasonM. Aug 11, 2011 at 2:48 pm
Don't worry, they'll fix that and the camera will have AF in the next sw update... 2 weeks.
jaboory Aug 11, 2011 at 2:50 pm
use the small tapes to just grip the card harder and pull it in ?
johnmoon Aug 11, 2011 at 2:51 pm
Kevin, that just happened to me as well
just use a very sharp razor to make a gap
(push it back gently from right to left or left to right end but not to from the top directly)
Kat0908 Aug 11, 2011 at 2:51 pm
This has not been a good day for the 9900!
ZMc1834 Aug 11, 2011 at 2:53 pm
Love the photo at the end Kevin, lol, but glad to hear your got it back in and fixed.
BerryPotter Aug 11, 2011 at 2:53 pm
knowing RIM, they're sure come out with a software update to fix this ;)
jlb21 Aug 11, 2011 at 2:56 pm
LOL. This is priceless. Leave it to our #1 Fanboy to muck this up.
dwain77 Aug 11, 2011 at 3:01 pm
So where can we get that wallpaper?
Irish_711 Aug 11, 2011 at 3:06 pm
Yes, this must be addressed! Especially since he mentioned it to begin with.
ffejie Aug 11, 2011 at 3:14 pm
He said in another video that the picture is of his wife, Mrs. Crackberry. Not bad.
Xader Aug 11, 2011 at 3:38 pm
He also said at that time that he had to take it off before he posted any more videos.
Oops! ;)
Xader Aug 11, 2011 at 3:38 pm
Bummer. I hate when cards (be it microSD, SIM, whatever) can't be removed with the battery in.
That was one thing I loved in the 8900. The microSD slot was completely separate from the battery compartment, though still behind the battery door.
kygator13 Aug 11, 2011 at 3:09 pm
the most useful tool that i carry with me daily is a mini swiss army knife, everyone should own one!
Flip4Bytes Aug 11, 2011 at 3:09 pm
Just cut a little hole into the battery and vola you can put the memory card in and out with the batter in as you please [: Any future problems that may occur because of the battery, not my fault, this is nothing but a suggestion. Good Luck Kevin!! :D
pinggwing Aug 11, 2011 at 3:09 pm
ilold :) please do an in dept review of the battery life Kevin. Thanks :)
adel1986 Aug 11, 2011 at 3:10 pm
Kevin - does the 9900 come with a microSD card? If so what size?
timmartin Aug 11, 2011 at 3:13 pm
QC and testing guy's need to be sacked. That is completely unforgivable. How could they not see that coming. So no hot swapping storage and below average still camera. What next?
ffejie Aug 11, 2011 at 3:16 pm
Too bad, I really liked this ability on my 9650. I think the Curve didn't have the ability. It's not a huge deal, but when the device takes 8-10 minutes to boot up and become usable (9650 on OS6) then this is a serious time waster.
It seems like shaving a few mm's off of the device really hurt the overall design. Rumor is the AF camera got axed to save some space, and now this design flaw. I would prefer a thicker phone if I could have both of those niceties.
tprime Aug 11, 2011 at 3:23 pm
Funny i was excited when my 9700 sd card was hot swapable without needing to remove the battery until i got my 16gb card. I never remove it. Until i get my new bold that is....
s.ben Aug 11, 2011 at 3:32 pm
I guess that’s the last time you’ll listen to deRusset.
htc_maple Aug 11, 2011 at 3:40 pm
well coming from a curve 9300 were my SD cad was under the battery it's not a huge deal to take out the battery, not that i will be removing my SD card anyways but still good info
snowfort Aug 11, 2011 at 3:45 pm
Kevin.... stupid question..... but.... what do the instructions say about inserting/removing the SD card?
f1mx Aug 11, 2011 at 3:50 pm
and now this is one of those days when I laugh really hard at work and everyone look weird at me :P
Houshinto Aug 11, 2011 at 4:06 pm
Hahaha. It's only been a day and you've already managed to make a mess of things. I guess that's why Kevin is our #1 blackberry crash test DUMMY.
Bummer that you cannot hot swap the media card. I enjoy that feature almost religiously with my 9630.
cBOLTz4 Aug 11, 2011 at 4:12 pm
that sucks
ritzcrakca Aug 11, 2011 at 4:26 pm
yeah i noticed with the 9900 that the micro SD card doesn't "spring out" like it did with the 9700. thanks for letting us know !! i'll probably just access memory from the Micro SD via USB cable
pre456 Aug 11, 2011 at 4:30 pm
Kevin! how about the Hard Shell White Case for BOLD 9900! where is that?
ciscobear Aug 11, 2011 at 4:38 pm
LOLOLOL That's what you get for buying four BB 9900s :P
Well at least this is documented :D
liquid_metal Aug 11, 2011 at 4:43 pm
(sigh) Hot-swapping should be a requirement for all media card devices, you shouldn't even have to take it out of the case and remove the back, it should be a slot in the side. And another sub-par camera? Still no mobile hotspot? Oh, it's coming in a software update... wasn't that what they said when OS 6 came out too? (sigh)
zensen Aug 11, 2011 at 5:08 pm
well I'm fine with it being inside the back is a lot safer but removing the battery to get to it, is a problem.
a lot of sighing mate, its okay. its not the end of the world :P
liquid_metal Aug 12, 2011 at 3:24 am
no, but they really need to catch up
and yeah, it's hard to explain why you need to but several times I've popped a card in or out of my Bold and appreciated that I could do that without having to reset like on my old Curve. It's not like it's an SDRAM card that's a computer's main memory, it's a media card, removable storage...
leontam Aug 11, 2011 at 5:03 pm
Hey Kevin, thanks for telling us. I love your ever enthusiastic voice even when you're under dire circumstances :)
Kuttysark Aug 11, 2011 at 5:20 pm
2nd time Mrs. Crackberry has been seen!
Cantime77 Aug 11, 2011 at 7:55 pm
I wonder how many people will find themselves in this predicament.
Hey Rim HR - you should hire Kevin for all of your testing, seriously he will save you from many of the flops and blunders!
psiclne Aug 11, 2011 at 9:02 pm
You forgot the signature "Kevin Out"
frfghtr Aug 11, 2011 at 9:49 pm
Don't worry Kevin, you've got 3 spares. Consider it as a justifiable loss or taking one for the team.
kickass2k1 Aug 12, 2011 at 12:21 am
This is terrible. On my 9630 non camera, when I'm out and about I take pictures with my real camera, then pull the sd card out and put it into my phone so I can upload pics to the web. Now to upload pics once I get the 9930 non camera, I'm going to have to pull the battery and wait for it to boot again? Way to fail blackberry.
soundproof8@yahoo.com Aug 12, 2011 at 12:39 am
wow.
stankis Aug 12, 2011 at 12:59 am
Kevin, I love your blog! It‘s an awsome job you are doing here... But how dumb can BB user be, if he tries to take out microSd card if there is no open space to do that?
p.s.
I hope you didn‘t mess up ypu card slot...
liquid_metal Aug 12, 2011 at 3:11 am
Ow! I just stabbed my finger with the swiss army knife I was using to get the card un-stuck in the display model. Can I get a free 9900 now?
overhere Aug 12, 2011 at 4:27 am
Doesn't anyone read the documentation that comes with their devices anymore? I've had 5 different RIM products over the years, I know how to use them and the different features that are on them (thanks crackberry) but I still read the documentation. One of the first things you'll read in the little package is to always remove the battery before inserting/removing memory card.
Nickerz Aug 12, 2011 at 3:26 pm
It also says not to text and drive...do you always follow that too?
shadysprings Aug 12, 2011 at 4:54 am
At least the battery comes out. If you know what I'm saying..... (other phones have non-removable batteries if you can believe that.)
BBB78 Aug 12, 2011 at 10:45 am
Something had to give with the 9900 being the thinnest bb to date. Thumbs down to the design team for not having the microsd slot accessibla without removing the battery door.
Nickerz Aug 12, 2011 at 3:24 pm
Soooooo...now the 9900 is NOT hotswappable, correct?
Falcondude Apr 14, 2012 at 4:31 pm
Used a dental pic to dislodge the remaining part of my micro SD disk in the Bold 9930!
Photo available.
Max741 Aug 31, 2012 at 12:01 am
I CANT BELIEVE IT!!! I feel so stupid -.-.....I did exactly what Kevin said i shouldn't and voila, IM stuck now