Problem with the G1 track ball..

[golferguy17]

Well, today was the sad day that i sent back my G1. The trackball would get stuck every time i tried to scroll down through a list, (landscape mode), and it was very annoying to play pac-man haha. Now i have to wait until the 10th until they will ship me another. Back to the razr for a few more weeks...I was just wondering if anyone else has had this problem?

[Re@lly Dope!]

Nope, not the trackball. I did have defective device though like you as well. Sorry bro, I feel your pain.

[bluprintid]

g1 trackball death? Ouch sorry to hear man. but look at the brightside NEW PHONE sweet

[golferguy17]

Too bad i have to wait a few more weeks!!! GAH it feels like i did after the pre-order except this time i know what it is like to have one . Maybe my new one will have more internal memory... haha

[~LeX~]

Well, today was the sad day that i sent back my G1. The trackball would get stuck every time i tried to scroll down through a list, (landscape mode), and it was very annoying to play pac-man haha. Now i have to wait until the 10th until they will ship me another. Back to the razr for a few more weeks...I was just wondering if anyone else has had this problem?

i used to have this problem with the sidekick2/3 all the time. what was actually happening was that dust was building up under the trackball. I would either A. take apart the sk and clean under the trackball to get the dust out or B. use a babywipe to dab the trackball lightly and scroll it in the direction it wasn't working. or C press down on the trackball firmly and continue to scroll and it would usually start working again.

[gsxrmike04]

yea same problem but i used a q-tip and a little alcohol and wiped it down and it was fine after that should of never returned it lol to late now

[tread]

if reports are true, this device uses the same trackballs as the ones in blackberries...

a good amount of people are going to have stuck trackballs if this is true... granted, its just a quick fix to clean it, but i don't know about that on the g1

[Jet]

One thing I learned from my Curve, don`t touch the trackball with a wet finger.

[K.Krstnsn]

yesterday my trackball wouldnt go up for about 3 minutes.. but it eventually started again.

[GrimShadows]

That was the last problem that I had with the Blackberry Pearl before I gave up on it.. later I took it apart and cleaned off all the lil wheely bits and it worked just fine.. I don't think I would want to try that with the G1 tho..


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At least I don't NEED the trackball on the G1.. if it gets stuck, everything else will still function fine. Very much the opposite of the blackberry..