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Re: [PilotMgr] Digitizer SNAFU, desparate now!
- To: "Carl P. Soffronoff" <Carl.Soffronoff@xxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [PilotMgr] Digitizer SNAFU, desparate now!
- From: Ben Kilminster <bjk@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 17:04:46 -0600 (CST)
- Cc: pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- In-reply-to: <200111132249.fADMnoX00117@phys-ha1mtv-2.Eng.Sun.COM>
- Sender: owner-pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have a Palm 3xe with the hard plastic flip cover it came with. I have
had the same digitizer alignment problems as mentioned. Also, I have never
experienced any unplanned screen presses.
-Ben
On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, 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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