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@DarinG I bought this car stereo removal kit: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081SPBYFM?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1 I used one of the plastic pry tools to carefully wedge under the center of the screen and "pop" it out. If you are slow and careful you won't cause any damage to the screen or the plastic frame around it. I watched a guy on Youtube do it, and that gave me the idea. Should take under 1 minute. Once the screen was off, I manually pushed the metal panel that the screen connects to down. There is another video on Youtube showing how to do this with pliers

@Datsun ... Yes massive help. I would have never thought of that idea myself nor known where to drill into. Yours came out way cleaner than mine, but I did get the job done, so i'll take it. Thanks again.

@Stacey64 My unit is a 4500, so I bought a card for 4500 ... I don't know for certain, but since this seems to be such a wide spread problem, my guess is that someone is selling SD cards made specifically for 4400 as well. I assume the 4500 might work for you, but my guess would be that it would have a few bugs or be missing functionality. Probably best to stick with the specific model number SD card for your unit. I made sure to read reviews and make sure the seller I bought from had a lot of positive transactions in his/her profile. It cost me $35 all in. Plus another $6 for

I fixed my boot loop issue yesterday in about 30 minutes. I ordered a preloaded SD card from eBay with the NEX AVHW4500 software on it. I was not able to lower the front screen using the eject button (as I had no access to the settings functions due to the boot loop error), so i pried the front screen off with a plastic stereo removal tool, then I manually pushed/forced the motorized tray that holds the front screen down so I could get access to where the internal SD card is installed. I then used Datsun's idea of creating an access slot underneath the external SD card reader to