Trackball replacement question.

[Faulk_Wulf]

My trackball did the (in)famous "won't scroll to one side" muck-up and so I pull it out to fix it by scraping the gunk off of it. In the process I completely snafu'ed it by both breaking the flimsy tabs AND losing one of the rollers.

I'm just going to get a new assembly and ring from eBay for like $1.00. There are DOZENS from Hong Kong, dirt cheap.

But here is my real question:
Under the trackball and its housing is a little metal thimble/dome/nipple/"button" that sets on a translucent golden square. I completely lost that. Is that important? Is it just responsible for the audible click NOISE / feel or does it need to be there for the button to WORK?

(Also: Can I just hit the enter key instead?) If the trackball will let me scroll my items, that's all I care about honestly, I'm up for a new phone in October anyway.

Right now I have to pop my contact list with the left side-button, hammer gibberish to send an email to a non-working email addy for it to drop me into my SMS/email inbox just to check messages-- so ANYTHING will be an improvement.

At anyrate, let me know, thanks!

[kylecore]

Pretty sure the little silver nippled dome is basically a little spring that holds your ball off the contact pad for you to scroll and springs your ball up after a click so you can scroll again..
Probably one of the most important pieces.
I live in canada so when I broke my trackball and lost all the pieces like you I took it into my local bell mobility center and they charged me $12 CAD to replace and install the new one, and I think it came with a 90 day warranty or something.

Sure it cost a few more bucks but hey I didn't have to do anything and I got a new ring, ball, rollers, housing, nipple dome and they cleaned the inside of the hole for me plus gave me a warranty, and to me that's worth the extra money.

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[Faulk_Wulf]

Okay then. That solves that. I'll just go to Verizon tomorrow and get it fixed. Did you have insurance on your phone? I ask because I don't on mine.

[Jared DiPane]

The little sensor underneath the ball that you are referring to is what recognizes the click of the trackball. If that is lost, you may not be able to press down to select, but as stated in your OP, you can always hit enter.

Hopefully the new trackball will get you up and running again, atleast until your upgrade