[facewizard]

I just got my Tangara today and while I'm having a lot of fun with it, I've gotten this issue several times. The SD card cover is extremely easy to press during normal handling and this can unmount the SD card while the device is on or playing. This tends to result in this uninserted/can't-be-opened SD card issue. I've had this issue happen to me three times today, all unintentionally - I find that I just can't handle this device normally without unmounting the card once an hour or so.  I don't think I'm even particularly clumsy! I just think the SD card cover is extremely large and pressable. It's basically the largest button on the device, haha.

Whenever I accidentally remove the card, I find that the only way I can clear the "not inserted" error is to delete the database and *also* re-flash the firmware. I see that at least one person has been able to get their Tangara to recognize the accidentally-removed SD card by repeatedly reinserting it, but I haven't been able to do that.

I'm no hardware engineer... so I'm curious whether it's possible or planned to mitigate this issue with any firmware changes in the future? Will there ever be a future where accidentally unmounting the card keeps the device usable?

If not, I'm curious whether there's anything I can do to the device to make it harder for me to remove the SD card while gripping or operating the device normally. Is there something silly and stupid (even destructive) I could do to the SD card spring to prevent it from being easily removed? I'd rather it be inconvenient to remove the SD card than possible to accidentally remove it. I don't think it's practical for me to use this as my daily driver until I can eliminate the ability for the card to become accidentally unmounted.

If not, I might actually try to design and print a new case which fully seals the SD card inside the device.