MicroSD card jammed in Palm Centro

Well, I just recently got this phone about 2 hours ago from a lady down my street. I went to put the SD card in, I think I might have put it in backwards, I'm not completely sure, but the card is jammed into the slot so much that I can't even try to retrieve it with tweezers. I was thinking about taking the back off and trying to get it out that way, but I only have a phillips precision screw driver. Can someone help me out?
Post relates to: Centro (AT&T)

Yeah that doesn't work, since it was kind of jammed in diagonally (don't ask). I got it out using a knife and tweezers but I ruined my SD card. I don't have another card to try out to see if it was my SD card or the slot that was defective.
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