Re: [PilotMgr] Digitizer SNAFU, desparate now!

[Jeff Solof <Jeff.Solof@xxxxxxx>]

My hard-shell cover was hitting the contrast button whenever I closed
it.  A small file did the trick -- I now have a small, square hole for
the contrast button in addition to the large, oval hole for the infrared
port.  Nothing comes without its share of problems.  :)

Jeff



"Carl P. Soffronoff" wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> In reading this mail thread, I came to realize that I have this problem
> on my PalmV many times.  It seems to occur when the Palm turns "on" to
> notify me of an upcoming appointment.
> 
> The problem seems related to the fact that I use a soft case pouch to
> hold my PDA.  There's a metal belt clip on the pouch that can sometimes
> cause the touchscreen to believe I've touched it with the stylus.  In
> reality, it's the corner of the clip pressing through the pouch.  This
> has happened when I carried my PDA in either my pocket or my briefcase
> and cramped quarters cause the "false" pressing on the PDA screen or
> one of the User switches.
> 
> I end up going to the Welcome application to recalibrate my PDA.  A few
> times, I was unable to find a place on the touch screen to get to the
> Welcome application.  For those instances, I used a hard reset followed
> by a full restore to get back to where I was at.
> 
> I've noticed some PalmV users with hard-shell, flip covers.  I've
> thought about buying one of these but couldn't find one.  If Palm users
> have a hard-shell flip cover, I'd be very interested in:
> 
> 1. do they have the problem of the touchscreen needing constant
>    or periodic recalibration?
> 
> 2. if not, where can I buy one of the hard-shell, flip covers?
> 
> kind regards...Carl Soffronoff
> 
> | From: Scott Rotondo <rotondo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> |
> | Agreed. This is a long-standing Palm problem, and it's very hard to believe it
> | has anything to do with applications. It does seem to be better on newer
> models,
> | however. I used to have this problem all the time with my Pilot Professional,
> | but only a couple of times with my Palm V.
> |
> |       Scott
> |
> | > From: KENT MADSEN <KENT.MADSEN@xxxxxxx>
> | > To: Mike Caracalas <mike.caracalas@xxxxxxx>
> | > CC: Steven Rice <Steven.Rice@xxxxxxx>, pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> | > Subject: Re: [PilotMgr] Digitizer SNAFU, desparate now!
> | >
> | >
> | > I had alignment problems with my Palm Professional, but haven't had it once
> | > with my Palm IIIc.  I don't think it would be applications, since I have
> | > pretty much the same set +.
> | >
> | > Kent
> | >
> | > Mike Caracalas wrote:
> | > >
> | > > I had the same problem and was in a similar panic until I stumbled upon
> | > > a solution...
> | > >
> | > > Launch the Welcome application (probably in your System applications
> | > > category).  It takes you through the Digitizer, among other things.
> | > >
> | > > Anyone know what causes the digitizer to get so out of alignment?  I
> | > > have to realign mine about once per day.  Palm Tech Support told me it
> | > > was probably an application I had added that was causing it, but I've
> | > > never figured out which one (if any).
> | > >
> | > > Mike
> | > >
> | > > Steven Rice wrote:
> | > > >
> | > > > My digitizer is so far out of alignment I can't access the top row
> | > > > of the screen- which is the only way to get to the digitizer aligning
> | > > > tool.
> | > > >
> | > > > After carefully doing a backup, I did a hard reset.  The alignment
> | > > > was ok initially, but after the restore it was out of whack again.
> | > > > After looking around a bit I tried the same process but without the
> | > > > Keyboard backup files.  Still no joy.
> | > > >
> | > > > How on earth can I get it realigned?
> | > > >
> | > > > TIA,
> | > > > Steve
> 
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