Re: 71 digitizer not working

James Lorenzen <[email protected]> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:54:55 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.handhelds.palm.gtd
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Brenda, I had  couple of T3s repaired by the PalmDr (http://www.palmdr.com).
He was pretty quick and, I believe, reasonably priced. Check out his web
site and send him and email describing the symptoms of your 71.

I'm not affliated with PalmDr, just a satisfied customer.

James

On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:33 AM, Brenda <[email protected]> wrote:

>
>
> The digitizer on the 71 is not working. Any ideas? Here are the symptoms
> below:
>
> I can go to apps using the buttons. There is no response on the screen to
> taps. I cannot draw on Note Pad.
>
> Soft reset does not fix the problem. Of course I don't want to do a hard
> reset unless I have to. I have no way to back up the info first because I
> can't sync. (For some reason I can only sync with IR.. this has been going
> on for a long time. The button on the cable does not work.. I have to use
> the HotSync icon.)
>
> At one point I noticed the battery was at 0% which doesn't seem possible.
> The battery has been losing the ability to hold a charge. Charging to 100%
> did not fix it. I have not tried a hard reset, which of course I want to
> avoid if I can.
>
> I have Fitaly that is set to ask you if you want to reenable it when you do
> a soft reset. Sometimes I see a message try to come up that gets erased by
> the Fitaly prompt. Other times, the message comes up after the prompt is on
> and I try to hit a button since I can't tap. Before it goes to the app of
> the button I press, I see the message flash by.
>
> At one point, it was reacting like buttons were being pressed when they
> weren't or that it was delaying the response.. like I would press stuff and
> it would wait a while before reacting to it.
>
> --
> Brenda
>
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>


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