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I had seen a couple threads with custom colored trackballs etc...
Look flat out i'll be honest i'm not tryin' to do anything special I got royally hammered with my brother and woke up 30 miles from home the next day missing a shoe, my back cover, and my trackball will not go left anymore...
Cleaned it quite a bit even a mild bit of wd40 on a rag hoping to break up anything abrasive which has semi-worked but now seeing various custom trackballs i'm curious...
Would anyone be able to point me in a direction for how to replace it? I'll find the ball itself unless you wanna link that too ... but is it nothing more than a ball just like an old mouse? I know people have tried to replace blackberry trackballs and never really gotten them to stay back in there so I thought i'd ask ...
thanks !
you need to fully disassemble the phone to get to the trackball assembly. Use the HTC manual that can be found by searching it, it is a step by step process with all the screws pictured so you can get it back together. It is a tricky procedure, make sure you are up for a challenge if you have never had a phone like this apart before. this is one of the harder phones to work on.
BTW, Blackberry trackballs come out the front, by removing the trim ring. No such easy process on the G1!
They have youtube videos as well!
Threads dead bud... appreciate your excitement to help
lol... did you end up getting a new track ball ?
Changed mine just for the color ...LED didnt work. Doh
Hey all,
I recently had an accident with my 32GB Touchpad I managed to recover from, so I thought I'd share the story for the benefit of anyone else who encounters the same issue. That said, if you do have this problem, proceed at your own risk. I am not advising you to do anything I did below, rather I am sharing my own experience.
Basically it got dropped around 6-8 feet down a carpeted stairwell. It appeared to land on the side edge with the volume button. To my surprise, the screen wasn't cracked and the buttons responded, but it wouldn't respond to touch.
First, I know this isn't covered by the warranty. [SOAPBOX] Of course, one could just lie to tech support and possibly get it covered, but that isn't how I roll. I've gotten by well in life by being straight with tech support but not taking any bs, not gonna change now.[/SOAPBOX] So, I did a live chat with tech support just to see what it would cost. Short answer, $238 for a tablet I paid $150 for. So no, I decided that if I couldn't fix it myself I'd part it out to others with broken displays etc, or give it to a dev. If I got any money for it, I'd buy an actual android pad.
Once again, PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK! I take no responsibility if you damage or brick your device.
Past experience told me that most likely a connector inside was the culprit. I search the forums and interwebs for dissembly instructions. I couldn't find any good ones, but managed to figure it out from the following two links;
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/globalcitizenship/environment/productdata/Countries/_MultiCountry/disassembly_handhe_2011617223529.pdf
http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/cracking-open-the-hp-touchpad/6253940?seq=8&tag=thumbnail-view-selector;get-photo-roto
If anyone knows a good dissasembly tutorial i missed on youtube or elsewhere, please post it. Anyway, I found the ribbon cables from the panel were indeed partially pulled from their connectors (see attached ribbon 1.jpg). Flipping up the black covers (see attached ribbon 2.jpg) I was able to reposition it and flipped the covers back down.
After a bit of trouble reassembling it (due to my being rough with the side catches around the bezel), my Touchpad is back to its former self, not counting a few scuffs in the plastic around the bezel from by hamfisted work. I'm happy, and my wife is happy I'm not eyeing the Touchpad I just gave her for her birthday . I hope someone benefits from this post, as I've benefited from others' posts here. Just trying to give back.
interesting read. Knowing what you know now, how long would think the whole process would take?
a40dayflud818 said:
interesting read. Knowing what you know now, how long would think the whole process would take?
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No more than 15 minutes. Of course, I'd try to find a better tool like the one pictured in the linked PDF in my post above. Just gotta be sure the catches around the bezel are free so as not to pull up them up as you lift the lcd panel. They're actually separate pieces of plastic, not part of the bottom mold. One had slide out from under one of the PCBs. I had to remove a few screws to lift said PCB to reposition the catch, otherwise the panel wouldn't snap back in fully.
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If anyone knows a good dissasembly tutorial i missed on youtube or elsewhere, please post it.
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It's not a video, but the steps for various replacements are quite well explained here : http://www.ifixit.com/Device/HP_TouchPad
Sine. said:
It's not a video, but the steps for various replacements are quite well explained here : http://www.ifixit.com/Device/HP_TouchPad
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I definitely give the thumbs up with that tutorial. Very good. A pocket knife blade was my tool of choice to take the cover off!
Thanks for the tutorial.
Sorry to revive the old thread. However, my touchpad is not responding to touch, everything else is functional (it boots perfect and able to update using JC toolbox to latest 4.4.4).
I tried to plug unplug the video connector few times (after disassembling) but still it does not respond to touch. Any suggestion will be highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Mac
Do you still have WebOS or a touch enabled recovery installed? That could help determine if the problem is more likely hardware or software. If it is hardware you have already done what I could do.
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Do you still have WebOS or a touch enabled recovery installed? That could help determine if the problem is more likely hardware or software. If it is hardware you have already done what I could do.
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I have completely wiped the system and removed the WebOS by using JC toolbox. However, I do have touch recovery and while booting in recovery also have problem for touch(does not respond to touch, can select using volume up/down and home button). Does it mean touch screen is now defective? Can it be replaced and is it worth try? Appreciate your input.
Thanks
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I have completely wiped the system and removed the WebOS by using JC toolbox. However, I do have touch recovery and while booting in recovery also have problem for touch(does not respond to touch, can select using volume up/down and home button). Does it mean touch screen is now defective? Can it be replaced and is it worth try? Appreciate your input.
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I would agree it sounds like either the digitizer or control board may be bad. I don't know enough to say more though. As for if it is worth it, do a search on eBay. Used Touchpads sell for under $100. New for around twice that. Nonfunctional units sell for under $50. Maybe you get lucky and can buy one with a working digitizer. If it were me, I would buy a functioning used Touchpad and sell the bad one. Or keep it for spare parts. With current more powerful 10" tablets selling new for $300-500, I'd be careful not to put too much into it.
Good luck!
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I couldn'd find any "more powerful" tablets with 32GB ram and wireless charging. Do you know some? I bought a used touchpad then.
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I couldn'd find any "more powerful" tablets with 32GB ram and wireless charging. Do you know some? I bought a used touchpad then.
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You got me on wireless charging. ☺ Not counting that I was thinking of a Nexus 9 or 10, or a Galaxy Tab. A Galaxy Tab Pro 10.1" 16GB goes for $320. It has a microSD slot and an Exynos 5 Octa CPU.
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Well if my son continues to beat my TP up the way he does, I will definitely look at this method for the first step to solving possible touchscreen issues haha, thanks
Nomedias said:
Hey all,
I recently had an accident with my 32GB Touchpad I managed to recover from, so I thought I'd share the story for the benefit of anyone else who encounters the same issue. That said, if you do have this problem, proceed at your own risk. I am not advising you to do anything I did below, rather I am sharing my own experience.
Basically it got dropped around 6-8 feet down a carpeted stairwell. It appeared to land on the side edge with the volume button. To my surprise, the screen wasn't cracked and the buttons responded, but it wouldn't respond to touch.
First, I know this isn't covered by the warranty. [SOAPBOX] Of course, one could just lie to tech support and possibly get it covered, but that isn't how I roll. I've gotten by well in life by being straight with tech support but not taking any bs, not gonna change now.[/SOAPBOX] So, I did a live chat with tech support just to see what it would cost. Short answer, $238 for a tablet I paid $150 for. So no, I decided that if I couldn't fix it myself I'd part it out to others with broken displays etc, or give it to a dev. If I got any money for it, I'd buy an actual android pad.
Once again, PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK! I take no responsibility if you damage or brick your device.
Past experience told me that most likely a connector inside was the culprit. I search the forums and interwebs for dissembly instructions. I couldn't find any good ones, but managed to figure it out from the following two links;
[Removed Links... Noobie here]
If anyone knows a good dissasembly tutorial i missed on youtube or elsewhere, please post it. Anyway, I found the ribbon cables from the panel were indeed partially pulled from their connectors (see attached ribbon 1.jpg). Flipping up the black covers (see attached ribbon 2.jpg) I was able to reposition it and flipped the covers back down.
After a bit of trouble reassembling it (due to my being rough with the side catches around the bezel), my Touchpad is back to its former self, not counting a few scuffs in the plastic around the bezel from by hamfisted work. I'm happy, and my wife is happy I'm not eyeing the Touchpad I just gave her for her birthday . I hope someone benefits from this post, as I've benefited from others' posts here. Just trying to give back.
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I know this has probably been posted a ton of times but has anyone actually & successfully exchange there "defected" Rezound with the "pink" buttons for a Rezound that actually had red buttons? This problem has been a nightmare for me, VZW thinks I'm crazy.
For a lot of people the "pinkish" capacitive buttons doesn't bother them, but for me it's a big issue. I'm paying a lot of money for this phone and also agreeing to another 2 year contract, I want my phone to be perfect. My Rezound is perfect besides the bright pink buttons, I just feel like I was sold an unfinished/rushed device. I can post pictures of my phone if needed, I wouldn't care if they where a little pink but there not even red at all which is hilarious. I already returned my Nexus back for the Rezound thinking that I wasn't going to have any problems with this phone. I'm not trying to be picky or fuss over something small but If this is going to be my phone for the next 2 years why not make sure it's the right one?
I went into the VZW corp store today and they pretty much said "that's how the phone looks" and that "everyone views "red" differently". Of course the model they had on displayed looked pink so trying to convince them was pretty hard and not like they would believe me or care anyways. I said well couldn't you just open a few Rezounds in the back and see if you have the same issue with those. She tried telling me that you have to activate the phone to get the lights to turn on, LOL. They where extremely rude and just not willing to help. She told me that an associate had a Rezound that works in the back and of course that phone was "perfect" too but she wouldn't bring it out, I have no clue if she even checked any other Rezounds back there? What can I do to get the Rezound I should have received in the first place. I was thinking about calling VZW today and talking to a CSR instead of going into a store? Can anyone who has maybe been through this explain to me how to go about this?
This is what I want (check the pics): http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Verizon-Galaxy-Nexus-vs-HTC-Rezound_id2938
I appreciate the help guys.
There is a thread where two memebers found a "do it yourself" solution. If you search the forums you should find it. 1st solution was he took out the old white led's and then soldered the red leds in. People have sent their devices to him to do so, and good results have been obtained. 2nd solution is to open it and get a red perm marker, or thin red paint and paint/mark over the leds. Both are confirmed to work and will give you "red" capacative keys.
The fact you quoted words you wanted to emphasize makes me realize you aren't good at reading. There is a DIY thread, go find it yourself.
What bothers you more?
The color of the buttons or the battery cover squeaking/creaking?
Just curious...
Tikerz said:
What bothers you more?
The color of the buttons or the battery cover squeaking/creaking?
Just curious...
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To be honest...
the haircut on your avatar guy's head.
Here's the thread to the DIY
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362330
to be honest what I noticed, was of the 5 rezounds I have had, the two with pink buttons had the least issues. Infact the last one was PERFECT, but the mobo fried...we figuired due to the idiot at BBYM who put the sim card in backwards? It still worked, for like 5 days, then wouldnt boot or detect the sim card. Another guy at BBYM opens it to pull the sim out, and goes, "oh it is in backwards..."
5th phone has pink button and no issues. First 3 phones had SUPER red buttons, and SO MANY dead pixels.
And, I'll just throw this out there, I already posted a thread about this, that you could have searched for, would have taken less time than typing your paragraph that I barely read due to knowing where it went, and saved a lot of people a lot of time reading it...
if the phone works perfectly and has no dead pixels, I say deal with it. Mine are not pink, but they are not red either. Somewhere in between. I could really care less.
Turn them off.
I can't even think of the last time mine came on. What makes them come on
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blestsol said:
I can't even think of the last time mine came on. What makes them come on
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When it's dark out they will come on.
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Mine are not pink, but they are not red either. Somewhere in between. I could really care less.
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I have had two rezounds, my first was replaced for overheating.
Both of them had buttons just like this, they are kind of a light red color but definitely not pink. I could care less also really.
~John
I have red buttons and no issues with my phone, so it possible to have a phone with red lights and no other issues. That being said, the color of the lights really should not be that big of an issue. If your phone is flawless other then the color of the lights I would not take the chance of having a phone with issues just for red lights.
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My phone has pinkish LEDs and It's the best phone I have ever had... Unless you are allergic to Pink LEDs... I wouldn't chance it.. I guess since I didn't pay for my Rezound it doesn't bother me
I payed $399 for my phone and a new 2 year contract, damn right I'm going to be picky. My first Rezound had bright pink buttons, you didn't even have to compare it, it was that bad. After going to a few stores I found a demo unit that had "red" buttons and I got my new Rezound yesterday. The difference is like night and day and if you where in my shoes it would have def bothered you. Why settle for a phone that is clearly not finished correctly? Almost rushed out? The Verizon reps thought I was crazy and sat there for an hour trying to "fix" it like I didn't know they where just bullshitting me the whole time, LOL. After about 45 minutes they just gave up and brought a new one out. Lucky me it was a "good" one, I would have made them go through everyone until I got the right one.
Funny thing is that they had 2 demos in the store. The one in the front that all the customers first see had pink buttons. There was 2nd one in the back, kind of walked right by it a few times, the buttons where red as blood. Went over to the CSR and said "booyaaah"!. I new I wasn't losing my mind. I'm satisfied now. Oh and they also took back my rooted Rezound for anyone worrying about them finding out. These reps are so clueless, it was sad to say but I knew more about there phones then them. I don't know what the qualifications are to be a Verizon CSR but they don't know there product. They didnt even know how to get the buttons to light up on the phone, I had to tell them, it was hilarious!
In all the years and all the different Verizon reps I've talked to in the stores I can only remember one who was as excited or more excited about new phones than I was. I do have a guy now that is awesome. He doesn't know too much but most importantly he doesn't act like he knows it all. Up front and trustworthy. I'll take that in a sales guy all day long. He's gotten me my last two phones and he gets all my referrals.
KORM via the beast known as the Rezound.
Minor cosmetic issues, it's not a big deal. This isn't a car, no need to be super picky. If you find an issue with it, you can always fix it.
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Went over to the CSR and said "booyaaah"!. I new I wasn't losing my mind. I'm satisfied now. Oh and they also took back my rooted Rezound for anyone worrying about them finding out. These reps are so clueless, it was sad to say but I knew more about there phones then them.
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Glad you were able to get those red buttons you wanted, you certainly put those Verizon reps in their place. I'm sure they all appreciate the lesson, and don't think you're a huge ****.
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Glad you were able to get those red buttons you wanted, you certainly put those Verizon reps in their place. I'm sure they all appreciate the lesson, and don't think you're a huge ****.
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LOL, couldn't have put it better myself.
I was in retail for years, I absolutely hated DB's like that......
~John
bal1985 said:
I payed $399 for my phone and a new 2 year contract, damn right I'm going to be picky. My first Rezound had bright pink buttons, you didn't even have to compare it, it was that bad. After going to a few stores I found a demo unit that had "red" buttons and I got my new Rezound yesterday. The difference is like night and day and if you where in my shoes it would have def bothered you. Why settle for a phone that is clearly not finished correctly? Almost rushed out? The Verizon reps thought I was crazy and sat there for an hour trying to "fix" it like I didn't know they where just bullshitting me the whole time, LOL. After about 45 minutes they just gave up and brought a new one out. Lucky me it was a "good" one, I would have made them go through everyone until I got the right one.
Funny thing is that they had 2 demos in the store. The one in the front that all the customers first see had pink buttons. There was 2nd one in the back, kind of walked right by it a few times, the buttons where red as blood. Went over to the CSR and said "booyaaah"!. I new I wasn't losing my mind. I'm satisfied now. Oh and they also took back my rooted Rezound for anyone worrying about them finding out. These reps are so clueless, it was sad to say but I knew more about there phones then them. I don't know what the qualifications are to be a Verizon CSR but they don't know there product. They didnt even know how to get the buttons to light up on the phone, I had to tell them, it was hilarious!
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So, you are mad because you overpaid for the phone???
What is your time worth? Seems like a lot of time wasted over something so trivial.
I have been having issues with my touch screen on my evo. I dropped it in water a while back for like 5 seconds but I dried it and it worked fine till today. I have a band across the bottom that wont register touches. I took it apart, and tested it and it worked, but when I put the screws back in it quit again. pixels are fine, just touch. And when I get it to work, If I put the back cover on it quits, and sometimes if i press the back of the phone it registers touches on the front...weird right? SO anywho Ive out this off, but I can't find anything about it on google so if anyone can help me you have my thanks. New digitizer? Im sitting it in rice now, but if theor is an issue, its way to late lol
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I have been having issues with my touch screen on my evo. I dropped it in water a while back for like 5 seconds but I dried it and it worked fine till today. I have a band across the bottom that wont register touches. I took it apart, and tested it and it worked, but when I put the screws back in it quit again. pixels are fine, just touch. And when I get it to work, If I put the back cover on it quits, and sometimes if i press the back of the phone it registers touches on the front...weird right? SO anywho Ive out this off, but I can't find anything about it on google so if anyone can help me you have my thanks. New digitizer? Im sitting it in rice now, but if theor is an issue, its way to late lol
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I actually have been having some problems too. Started about a month ago. Nothing to do with water though. I came across some people talking about this in the following link...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1411461
search "touch issues"
Theres nothing really you can do except try to get a replacement and hop they dont figure out it took a swim.
If you cant find the answer , it basically states that the Evo 3D has a defect with its touch screen. Im actaully unrooting mine now to take it back to best buy (where I took out my insurance plan). Much better that Sprints coverage. Its a few dollars more a month and you have to provide a credit card but so work it.
Hope this helps a little.
Peace
Hmm I got my evo off eBay. They won't replace it if I don't have a sprint account correct?
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Hmm I got my evo off eBay. They won't replace it if I don't have a sprint account correct?
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What carrier do you use the device on? If Sprint, they might be willing to look at it. Actually, whatever carrier you are using for service on the device *might* be willing to take a look at it for free. If not, they might be willing to take a look at it for a specific charge/estimate fee.
Really depends on the store/technician as to what they're "willing" to do.
Otherwise, sounds like you have experience taking the device apart and experimenting. Might be worth getting a new digitizer off ebay and swapping.
Although, before you start throwing parts at the issue, would be worth hoping you can find more details. Unfortunately, most users swap the devices out for replacements so many hardware issues don't get a lot of attention for troubleshooting.
The only thought which occurred to me that wasn't covered in the previous posts was the issues sounds almost as if a short/ground was being created somewhere registering the false touches for a particular area. Perhaps the cable is crimped or being pinched in some area?
Hope that helps and keep us updated! Good luck!
Ok I took it apart and looks like a cable was getting smashed. Anyways I sold it.
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Ive got your answer guys! its the screen digitalizier had the same exact problems for months to the point of throwing it, sometimes i would put a new rom on it and it would fix it for a couple hours and then it would come back I called a cell phone repair place in st louis called. CRP they have local shops and a website you can send it in. It takes about 2 hours if you have a shop around you or send it off. Call around to see if you have any cell phone repair shops near you Ok by now, you guys are dieing too know the price right, $89.99 plus tax for local repair was my price. Beware you can buy this part from amazon with a kit for $25 and theres video guides online too but unless your use to this kind of work ,pay for a shop to do it or buy the whole lcd screen which is over a hundred dollars anyway. I hope my advice helped you guys because im so happy to have my 3vo running like new again.
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Does anyone else have this problem? My camera button gets jammed inwards a little bit. I can always get it back out, but it is very annoying when you are trying to take pictures. I have it in burst mode and it will take twenty pictures. Thank goodness for best shot.
Same here. It's actually kinda stuck inside now. Sprint said they need to replace the phone, but I do not want to do it to keep my nice hackable hboot.
Yea. I do not want a replacement phone. I just want a fixed phone. I'm kind of hoping it will fix itself after being worn down a bit. We'll see. It's such an annoyance though. Good luck with yours.
In the accessory section there is a website that you can by parts for replacement if I remember correctly the camera button was cheap
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