Trackball Cleaning and Disassembly w/ PICTURES

**reddog187** · #31 08-07-2007 -

oh man. That sucks.

Yea, you have to be super careful with it. Sorry to hear that man. Good luck finding a replacement.

regor99 · #32 08-07-2007 -

Replacement trackball assembly from bbrepairshop.com is $55! before P&P. So be careful out there people.

regor99 · #33 08-07-2007 -

Correction $60!

HEY MANG · #34 08-08-2007 -

Is there a way to manuever WITHOUT the trackball? haha

regor99 · #35 08-12-2007 -

Im using alt & esc to get to some of the progs eg messages, browser and phone so Im getting by.

But I canot get to other menus.

As Hey Mang has asked is there a way to manuever to all the icons on the main icon screen without the trackball? Help!

marigotrip · #36 08-13-2007 -

I had reached the point where the hard reset was not working, and I wanted to avoid taking apart the ring/trackball assembly. Tmobile service suggested first blowing with compressed air, then placing the unit face down on a table and rolling the ball around several times, and repeating the process four or five times. So far, fingers crossed, seems to have worked. Bill

**reddog187** · #37 08-13-2007 -

Good luck with that Bill.

But I would suggest if you're keeping it in your pocket without a case to cover the trackball it will eventually happened again

so I would get a case. Just from my experience.

If you have issues you know where to come.

2nd2none2 · #38 08-14-2007 -

Excellent post. My trackball stopped rolling left about a week ago and there arent any service centers in my area. Then this morning it stopped scrolling up. I was in panic mode. The detailed instructions were very easy to follow and I had my trackball back fully operational in 10 min. Thanks again!!!

**reddog187** · #39 08-14-2007 -

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2nd2none2

Excellent post. My trackball stopped rolling left about a week ago and there arent any service centers in my area. Then this morning it stopped scrolling up. I was in panic mode. The detailed instructions were very easy to follow and I had my trackball back fully operational in 10 min. Thanks again!!!

Thanks man welcome to the stacks!

ameilius · #40 08-16-2007 -

you have to be mega-careful with this..... if you dont normally mess with small electronics.... dont bother

rizzo70 · #41 08-16-2007 -

Great Post reddog!!
The pics turned out good...

dopeyloc718 · #42 08-17-2007 -

it was so fun doing this but yea i was trying to fiz the trackball because it wasnt clicking and i also tried cleaning it because my old pearl has a black trackball lol but yea i cudnt fix the problem but the surgery went well nothing was hurt and i sent my pearl 2 tmo heaven and they shipped me a new one XD!

trunkmonkie · #43 08-20-2007 -

Hey man that worked great my 8800 did the same thing "rogers" told me it was a software problem and wipe and reload my BB. Thats good i did buy that so i started to read around.

Thanks again.

HEY MANG · #44 08-22-2007 -

I just super glued it and told him it was defected. Just got another one 5 days later. haha

olestra · #45 08-25-2007 -

I am unable to view the pictures of your assembly. I made the mistake of taking it apart and now can't get the final silver piece back in... Any hints on how to view the pics?