Greetings,
I've been using my Cruise 09 for a month by now and am quite satisfied with the quality and features.
Yesterday I noticed that the scroll wheel gets stuck or jammed after a few spins both ways. Even though I am a very careful user and have always kept the device in its pouch, something must have gotten under the wheel.
Is there any way to clean it without voiding the warranty? I am loath to turn it in for repair, especially for such a minor one.
Regards,
Madana
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Hello everyone,
I have a Jasjar but need a smaller second phone. To me the Wizard seems ideal but I am put off by one thing. I have heard that the keyboard slider mechanism is really poor quality and becomes loose with a few days of use. I kind of tend to believe this as I already have the experience of the I-Mate pda2k. In the eight months that I had the pda2k the keyboard had become so loose that if I held it vertically from the sceen side the keyboard would slide open of its own weight.
I shall be extremely obliged if you people can share your experiences and views regarding the robustness of the slider mechanism.
Thanks in advance and kind regards
Keyboard's no problem, but mind the stylus.
I've owned my K-Jam for four months now and pretty much always use the keyboard for texting etc. I've not noticed it loosening at all, it merely seems slightly smoother sliding since fresh out of the box. I've just tried to get the keyboard to slide out of it's own accord by shaking the unit - still no problems.
That said, you should be aware that there are problems with the stylus silo - see this thread for further details http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=31755&highlight=
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Keyboard's no problem, but mind the stylus.
I've owned my K-Jam for four months now and pretty much always use the keyboard for texting etc. I've not noticed it loosening at all, it merely seems slightly smoother sliding since fresh out of the box. I've just tried to get the keyboard to slide out of it's own accord by shaking the unit - still no problems.
That said, you should be aware that there are problems with the stylus silo - see this thread for further details http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=31755&highlight=
HTH[/url]
So, I'm loving the scroll wheel experience on all 4 of my Hermes units. It's not as effective as my 2 P990i's scroll wheel, but it's a nice change that allows better one-handed operation on Pocket PCs. I mean, try using an HTC Universal with one hand. It's a nightmare, either way! Laptop mode, OR tablet mode! With the scroll wheel we're one step nearer to it.
Without having the unit in my hand to actually try, I find it strange that the wheel is on the left side of the unit. I guess by your email, it still feels comfortable.
my best guess is that they figured that if you have the stylus in your right hand then you can use the wheel with your left. So I've had mine about a week now, and my impression is: NOPE If I've got the stylus out, why do i need the wheel? I need the wheel on the right to use INSTEAD of the stylus - just like my Blackberry. Nice try, but they missed the mark.
By placing it on the left they also have made it easy to by mistake touch the wheel, and change focus, when using the hardware keyboard!
And when in a car holder, if you have it to the right, you have to put your hand infront og the screen to be able to scroll!!
More and more often my wheel works not good: it either causes multiple scrolls on one click, or even scrolls to the opposite direction. I experienced a similar problem on SE P800, but only after almost a year of use.
Am I alone with this problem?
Mine is still working fine.
Mine does that too from time to time. Slightly mushy, sometimes goes backwards.
I tell you, it's not the 5 way piece of art on the p800/p900. I miss that...
It's taken so many years for us just to get a wheel
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I've had this problem with the wheel since I bought the thing! Seems to be getting better with time though.
Mine does it too mainly going down one place when I press the wheel in but it's not enough to drive me mad - yet.
The wheel work on digital encoding (usually 3 bit) when turning and just a simple push button for select - if the contacts inside get dirty (or worn) it can produce a bit pattern when turned which makes the decoder think you have gone the other way, i.e. it goes 000 > 001 > 010 > and insted of 011 it gets 001 thinking you have gone the other way. It is normal on these type of devices (more expensive rotary encoders use magnets) and if it gets too bad cleaning the contacts with isopropanol alcohol can usually fix it.
Gav.
I recently went to southern China, and I think due to the heat/humidity the touch screen has lost its accuracy. I've done the usual sensible stuff, like align screen, soft and hard resets, but it's still knackered. Opening a new Note and drawing straight lines shows how the linearity wanders: enough to hit the wrong key on the keyboard.
I generally keep the unit in a trouser pocket, screen facing towards me (done the walking into a table corner, cracking screen on a previous unit). However, in the 75% humidity, I noticed some condensation around the edge of the screen a couple of times (yes, down to a bit of sweating in the heat. I'm not a lizard). It was after this that accuracy on the pop-up keyboard became impossible.
Anyway, I have Orange Care, so a new refurbished unit is winging it's way to me as we speak, but in case this is news to anyone without such guarantees...
So i've been using my hermes since december i think but my scroll wheel has been acting wierd since day 1 and was wondering if anyone else experiences the same thing.
Basicly as i scroll down the page (or whatever i'm scrolling) jumps up.
It looks like for every 2 clicks down i get one click up... anyone else having this issue? should i send it in for warranty repair?
I get that randomly and I have seen it reported before. Not aware of anything possible to fix it though.
Mike
my scroll wheel has been playing up a month after i got it and now i don't even bother to use it since its useless and irritatingly so ie. you scroll down and the cursor goes up!
oh well, just ignore it till i upgrade to the next phone
my969 said:
my scroll wheel has been playing up a month after i got it and now i don't even bother to use it since its useless and irritatingly so ie. you scroll down and the cursor goes up!
oh well, just ignore it till i upgrade to the next phone
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yah i was thinking along the same lines... posted this cuz i was curious to how many are seeing this and if i should send it in for warranty repair...
mine works, but i feel the quality is poor.
I have to be EXTREAMLY carfull when i press the scrol wheel in that it doesn't scroll up or down as its being pressed in!
the quality when compared to a blackberry scroll is IMHO very very poor.
I have similar problem. I can scroll down without problems (and very exactyl), but scrolling upward need 2-3 times more finger action (and is not ecact too, sometimes jumps 1 line up or down).
First I thougt its hardw
re related (maybe dirt in the wheel) but after a hardreset its gone. But comes back after some software is installed.
Thats really bad, because the scroll wheel is the key for 1 hand usage!
Why HTC can not use Sonyericson (P900) type of wheel?
I have the same problem but it started after 5 months of my i-mate JasJam usage. I went to warranty claim center and they boot it up with clean installation. It seems work for some hours fine then again started to skip the lines of selection. Till now I am also searching for solution coz I can't go again and again to that place its far away man. I think it is neither hardware problem nor software problem. The thing is its flop and HTC has removed it from their new device HTC Touch.
This jog system came in Sony (not Sony Ericcson) mobile and it failed to take share in market even .000001 %. Now you will not find any device with this thing coz dust make it weak to sense and if I am not wrong just recall the 70's and 80's radio transisters
Decrease sensitivity?
Scroll wheel is perfect thing, but I experience same issues as mentioned above. I think that if possible to decrease it's sensitivity (maybe registry value or some more dirty software hack) will make it more precise and without counter movements (up instead of down or moving during push).
My opinion is that scroll wheel is order of magnitude better way of control than sliding with fingers over screen (iPhone is spreading this stupidity all over and designers are blindly copying that).
So, anyone that is capable of decreasing Hermes scroll wheel sensitivity?
My problem with the scroll wheel is that in a program or settings list, it scrolls up and down but jumps and doesn't go across first, then down.