Wow!!!! I didn't even know there was a release button to slide the door. HA how stupid is that. When the t-mob rep put the battery in she didn't use any release and therefore I never realized it either. Glad I read this so I can save the life of the little plastic lip on the cover.
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Who me? Sorry officer it was the one thumb man.
under the shinny silver cover of that release button, is a tiny CHEAP fragile .........plastic "sh*t" piece with a crapy string.........the design of this part really SUCKS big time........
the 1st phone I ordered from Amazon actually came with a broken release button....just imagine that...they did DHL'ed me a replacement though