Re: 71 digitizer not working
James Lorenzen <[email protected]> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:54:55 -0500
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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 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]