why take out the sd card? with 8gb and bluetooth or usb tether you can migrate files all over the place. thats my solution until a new phone is available with easy to access sd on the side as it should be. pre purchase research on this phone at sites like
http://www.mobiletechreview.com/phones.htm
said the sd access was a negative so i knew that going into the touch.
on my replacement phone ive taken care not to use the volume slider. there are many other software ways to to that task. so far about a month into it no cracks.