Re: AW: What to do with a broken touchscreen?
Neil Jerram wrote: > On 10 February 2010 11:57, Helge Hafting wrote: [...] >> That did the trick! Thanks for the tip - an easy repair when >> one knows. > > Could you explain more, because I think I have this problem too. How > do you make a suitable glue strip, and how and where do you apply it? > If you think it would help, could you take a photo? The fix is easy. The "glue strip" is ordinary transparent tape. Any supermarket or office supply shop should have it. Get a roll of tape, tear off a short strip, press it down on the bad part of the touchscreen where it will stick. Then tear it slowly off again. My touchscreen became "unstuck" at the first try. If yours doesn't, try a few times more. Note that the dent in the screen does not go away, but the troublesome behaviour ends. If you want to see what exactly the touchscreen is doing, then turn on the X mouse cursor. Open /etc/X11/Xserver in an editor. Search for GTA02. In that section, you'll find "-hide-cursor". Remove that word. (You may want to make a copy of the original file first, so you can restore normal behaviour later.) Then restart X ( /etc/init.d/xserver-nodm restart) or reboot. if the cursor don't show up after that, start the terminal app and click in the middle of the terminal. The cursor should show after that. The visible mouse cursor should stay under your finger whenever you press the screen. If you have a dented "bad spot" on the screen, then the cursor will jump to that place all the time, and cause fake mouseclicks there which can be extermely annoying. Apparently, a dent in the screen compresses the touch-sensitive layer. Pulling out with some tape seems to fix that. Helge Hafting ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: AW: What to do with a broken touchscreen?
On 10 February 2010 11:57, Helge Hafting wrote: > hab keen oh ne wrote: >> Hi, >> I had the same problem because I - why ever - kept my key in the same >> pocket as my freerunner, so the touch screen took a physical damage, >> which can still be noticed by a dint in the upper left of the screen. >> Nevertheless, I got rid of the problem by causing an underpressure at >> this place with a glue strip. > > That did the trick! Thanks for the tip - an easy repair when > one knows. Could you explain more, because I think I have this problem too. How do you make a suitable glue strip, and how and where do you apply it? If you think it would help, could you take a photo? Thanks, Neil ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: AW: What to do with a broken touchscreen?
hab keen oh ne wrote: > Hi, > I had the same problem because I - why ever - kept my key in the same > pocket as my freerunner, so the touch screen took a physical damage, > which can still be noticed by a dint in the upper left of the screen. > Nevertheless, I got rid of the problem by causing an underpressure at > this place with a glue strip. That did the trick! Thanks for the tip - an easy repair when one knows. Helge Hafting ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: AW: What to do with a broken touchscreen?
hab keen oh ne wrote: > Hi, > I had the same problem because I - why ever - kept my key in the same > pocket as my freerunner, so the touch screen took a physical damage, > which can still be noticed by a dint in the upper left of the screen. > Nevertheless, I got rid of the problem by causing an underpressure at > this place with a glue strip. After some cleaning and the usage of the > glue strip the permanent clicking stopped. Hope this will help, > otherwise you could use - as already said - the pulster repair set or > decrease the sensitivity of the screen for clicks. > I'll try the underpressure trick. But how do I decrease sensitivity? It seems like a nice workaround, for the "fake clicks" seem to occur with _very_ light pressure. I have enabled the X cursor, and if I press two locations the cursor will land between the fingers, closer to the place with the highest pressure. But a single finger will always grab the cursor completely, the pressure from the dentet region seems to be extremely weak. So, if the dent can be tuned out at the price of having to press only a little harder, then that would be great! How is this done? Helge Hafting ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
AW: What to do with a broken touchscreen?
Hi, I had the same problem because I - why ever - kept my key in the same pocket as my freerunner, so the touch screen took a physical damage, which can still be noticed by a dint in the upper left of the screen. Nevertheless, I got rid of the problem by causing an underpressure at this place with a glue strip. After some cleaning and the usage of the glue strip the permanent clicking stopped. Hope this will help, otherwise you could use - as already said - the pulster repair set or decrease the sensitivity of the screen for clicks. Von: Helge Hafting An: community@lists.openmoko.org Gesendet: Donnerstag, den 4. Februar 2010, 18:56:19 Uhr Betreff: What to do with a broken touchscreen? What to do with a broken touchscreen? I got trouble with the touchscreen. At first I tought it was dirty, and took the front cover off for cleaning. This only helped a little. Then I noticed a dent in the upper half of the display. I have enabled the X cursor, and see that while I can press the screen elsewhere and have the cursor go there, it always jumps back to the dent afterwards. And it will often move up and down a biut across the dent, causing all sorts of scrolling trouble. Is there any way to fix the dent? A small dead area wouldn't be a problem, as it is above the software keyboard region. Failing that, is it possible to replace the touchscreen hardware? Is spare parts available? Or will I have to replace the entire phone? Helge Hafting __ Do You Yahoo!? Sie sind Spam leid? Yahoo! Mail verfügt über einen herausragenden Schutz gegen Massenmails. http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
