Posted: 6/14/2010 6:43:32 AM EDT
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Mine is a couple of years old and the trackball is starting to go. It occaissionally does weird stuff like type 'HLHLHLHLHLHHL' when I hit the "end" or "back" keys. I also lost a key, but I don't remember what it does so I guess it does not matter |
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You can pop off the bezel and pull out the track ball assembly to either clean it or replace it. That being said, I would just get a new one. What model do you have? I've never kept a phone for more than about a year. I have 5 Blackberries sitting in a box in my gun room.
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If you want to "fix" the one you have go here. |
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Quoted: You can pop off the bezel and pull out the track ball assembly to either clean it or replace it. That being said, I would just get a new one. What model do you have? I've never kept a phone for more than about a year. I have 5 Blackberries sitting in a box in my gun room. I think its an 8850? It's the only one without a phone (bringing a phone past the guards in some buildings is a pia) Is there somewhere where I can get a cheap replacement/refurb? |
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No shit, you can just pop all that stuff right off? I never tried it |
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Quoted: Quoted: You can pop off the bezel and pull out the track ball assembly to either clean it or replace it. That being said, I would just get a new one. What model do you have? I've never kept a phone for more than about a year. I have 5 Blackberries sitting in a box in my gun room. I think its an 8850? It's the only one without a phone (bringing a phone past the guards in some buildings is a pia) Is there somewhere where I can get a cheap replacement/refurb? http://cnn.cn/shop/blackberry-8830-c-200_342.html |
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Quoted: No shit, you can just pop all that stuff right off? I never tried it Yeah they are fairly easy to work on and the parts ore cheap. Just gotta get yourself the right size tools and be prepared to void your warranty if you have one. |
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You can pop off the bezel and pull out the track ball assembly to either clean it or replace it. That being said, I would just get a new one. What model do you have? I've never kept a phone for more than about a year. I have 5 Blackberries sitting in a box in my gun room. I think its an 8850? It's the only one without a phone (bringing a phone past the guards in some buildings is a pia) Is there somewhere where I can get a cheap replacement/refurb? You mean without a camera? I had the world edition 8830 which excluded a camera....didn't know they made Blackberries without phone features. 
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My previous Blackberry Pearl lasted for 4 years before I finally got rid of it a couple of months ago. During that time, I had to replace the trackball twice. It uses an old-school mechanical-style roller system (like those old mice with the rubber ball in the bottom) and those rollers accumulate crud over time. It is possible to remove the entire trackball assembly and clean it, but I wouldn't recommend it without a set of precision tweezers as the parts are very small. New trackballs are $10. Buy one, pop it in. Voila, Blackberry is as good as new. |
| My old Curve's trackball would occasionally go on the fritz. I would turn it upside down and roll the ball around aggressively on a rough surface to clean the crud out. Didn't feel like taking the retaining ring off and replacing it. It was a Craigslist special, so no warranty. |
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If it's an 8800/8820/8830 - there's a seller on Ebay called fastlanewireless that I bought a BB 8820 for my wife from. It was in great shape, and they even give you a 30 day warranty (which, unfortunately, I had to make use of). They sent us a (what looked like) new 8820 in return and even credited $5 return shipping. Not bad if you're looking to get a used replacement. |
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You can pop off the bezel and pull out the track ball assembly to either clean it or replace it. That being said, I would just get a new one. What model do you have? I've never kept a phone for more than about a year. I have 5 Blackberries sitting in a box in my gun room. I think its an 8850? It's the only one without a phone (bringing a phone past the guards in some buildings is a pia) Is there somewhere where I can get a cheap replacement/refurb? New every 2? And they won't let you have a phone but a device that can tae pictures and send email is OK? Curioser and curioser... |
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It seems the newer they get the less durable they are. My last one made it less than a year. Why should they bother to make them durable? Smartphones are now being released at an exponential growth rate. If the trend continues, the average lifetime of a cellphone will be approximately 2 hours by 2011. |
| I've had my 8330 for two years. In the past 6 months it has started exhibiting irritating chirping and clicking during calls. I think it is planned obsolesence in the software updates; somebody probably said "hey, these damn things will last forever, let's create a software patch that makes it do weird shit so the user thinks it is wearing out and thus buys a new one." |
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Quoted: My proofreading sucks, sorry. A phone is okay as long as it does not have a camera.Quoted: Quoted: You can pop off the bezel and pull out the track ball assembly to either clean it or replace it. That being said, I would just get a new one. What model do you have? I've never kept a phone for more than about a year. I have 5 Blackberries sitting in a box in my gun room. I think its an 8850? It's the only one without a phone (bringing a phone past the guards in some buildings is a pia) Is there somewhere where I can get a cheap replacement/refurb? New every 2? And they won't let you have a phone but a device that can tae pictures and send email is OK? Curioser and curioser... I have also had weird buzzing sounds from my blackberry |