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is there any way to get the feel of the old trackball back? as in, when you first get it there's some resistance to the scrolling. now that my pearl is about a year old, the trackball doesn't have that "clicking" feel to it. would cleaning or replacing the ball/pads underneath do anything to restore that "clicking" feeling when scrolling the ball?
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I broke both rings when following these instructions but was able to purchase a new outer ring with a trackball for $9 at Cellular National Network (cnn.cn). It didn't include the inner ring but it works fine without it. This place is in Hong Kong, so it take a while to arrive but it is very cheap and the trackball seems like it is brand new.
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I tried cleaning my track ball on my Blackberry and when i took everything off, the white plastic piece came apart from the piece with the rollers. How do I fix this?
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and what about if the trackball does snap but does not select nothing when pressing directly on the metal tab on the motherboard under the trackball??
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Ok, here is the final fix! I already made it on my device while waiting for some replies, and it worked good! ;)
The problem is the copper push plate underneath the trackball that is placed directly onto the motherboard of the device. The problem is that underneath this plate there must be some corrosion or some kind of dust or some glue slipped due to the heat of the device (you'll understand why the presence of glue by reading ahead in the post). In my device there was some glue and some corrosion! :? The part we are talking about is a little black plastic square with a round metal plate in the centre. This square is placed at the centre of the 4 leds and 4 trackball sensors. The round plate we need to clean is placed up on the plastic base and is keeped still with a light brown square tape that is glued on to of all (there goes the glue!). Here is what you need to do:
That's it!! now it should work. It took me about 15 minutes to do everything (same time as writing this post!) :) Hope this could help. Thank you all. |
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can anyone help with my trackball problem
i press the trackball and it doesnt go into a sms but shows 1 on the dial screen and after that when i press it again it show 1qe and for every click on the trackball it show more qe letters and i have no idea why did that start sorry for bad english i hope u know what i talk about |
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Thanks for the great tutorial! I just cleaned my trackball and things are working grand. I had one tip to share with other BB owners- to clean in between keys and around tiny parts- I use a wooden cuticle/manicure stick (aka "orange" stick). Dip the pointed tip in a tiny bit of alcohol and use it to remove bits of dirt and grime. Works super for cleaning in grooves, corners and between keys. :)
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On my phone (8100) the trackball worked perfectly, the problem was the contact underneath the trackball on the main board (see picture step 8 above). Part of the copper colored tape had peeled away from the switch and let dirt and lint in not allowing the trackball to do its job. I figured it doesn't work now so I couldn't make it worse. Take the battery out or you wont be able to see what you are doing with the LED blasting holes in your eyeballs. I took forceps and peeled it the rest of the way off. What I ended up with was a small square piece of tape with a smaller round slightly dish shaped piece of metal. I cleaned the switch contact point on the main board. I then peeled the tape from the small round metal disk. I took some electrical tape (hoping to find something better later) and cut it into a small square. Placed the small metal disk on the tape and trimmed it a little more so it wouldn't cover the LEDs. Then I positioned it over the switch, pressed it down (you could use a pencil eraser) to the switch base. Put the battery and trackball back in. Guess what happened then. No....it worked just like new. Even if it came loose the magnets would catch it and keep it from falling out. I am hoping to find some other kind of tape that is thinner but will stay put for the long haul. If you have an idea for something better please post it. |
An extra step that worked for me...
....i took apart and cleaned the tracker ball like everyone recommended. it got 3 of my 4 directions working. i found i had lint rapped around the arm of one of the black directional wheels. i got to that by very carefully taking a needle under the silver metal tab right above that arm. i got a ton of lint from that arm and now it works. hope this helps!
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Worked perfectly for me after losing the ability to scroll down.
Perfect now, cheers! |
Cleaning sometimes helps, unless it doesn't!
I cleaned my trackball a few times (didn't break it!(y)) But finally it just stopped scrolling too much. I tried cleaning it again and no go. Anyone else have same problem? Am I the only Klutz?
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Good stuff!! Excellent additional comments too! Glad I didn't get rid of the alcohol and Qtips after getting rid of all the cassette players (!)
My wife has a Pearl (which is what this applied to) and I have a Curve. My battery overheated in the Curve and took out the trackball circuit, so sometimes you do have to replace the phone. Thanks so much! Z Quote:
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Thanks very much for putting this together. It was very helfpul and great to get better results after cleaning the track ball.
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Nice Tutorial It Is The Best One That I Have Seen!!!
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my trackball was scrolling but not "selecting" when i clicked it. thank you for this tutorial! all works fantastic now.
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Am I the only one who can't see the pics? I need to do this but would prefer to see the pics. *fret*
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hey thanks for sharing your ideas it will helpful for me for cleaning my 8100 trackball.
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