I searched on this, but I couldn't find anything. My trackball works when I'm trying to scroll, but for some reason it won't click.
I tried cleaning it, and then I opened the phone and changed the trackball. It still won't click. Any ideas on how I can get this working? Am I just having bad luck with the trackballs themselves, or is this a signal of something else not working properly?
I can't say for sure on the Storm but on other BB's, there's a spring loaded armature on the main board that causes the TB to click. If the armature is broken, you'll have to replace it or, get a new BB.
well the trackball is really a ball on a set of rollers that go every which way with a circle plastic pad in the center that touches the part of the square chip that acts as a button and gets depressed when u "click" so im thinking maybe that part is bad or piece on the trackball is broke.
I have attached a few pics from when I disassembled my 8220 its very similar AFAIK
well the trackball is really a ball on a set of rollers that go every which way with a circle plastic pad in the center that touches the part of the square chip that acts as a button and gets depressed when u "click" so im thinking maybe that part is bad or piece on the trackball is broke.
I have attached a few pics from when I disassembled my 8220 its very similar AFAIK
That button is the armature I was talking about. You can replace it, but it's not an easy task for faint-of-heart. You could replace the entire track ball assembly to see if that is the problem.
ya but I guess you wouldn't know whats broke unless you took the trackball out because then you could see if the piece is gone and/or maybe try to manually press that button on the board
I have the same problem. I took the bold apart and replaced the trackball plug in module. This didn't fix it. The ball scrolls fine and it phyisically clicks when I press it but will not register a "select".
What gives? Also, not sure if related or not but the bluetooth went out a day after the trackball quit working right
Man, don't buy new trackball. Just update your os then it will work again......
I've got some problem 2 months ago but i just update my os and it works again
