Re: Nokia 6133: Sudden Total Touchpad Failure?

On 2007-09-26, (PeteCresswell) <x@y.Invalid> wrote:
> Not only did I post this on alt.cellular.cingular by mistake,
> I even got the model# wrong on that post.

Well, alt.cellular will work, but I added alt.cellular.tmobile because I know
T-Mo sells the phone (I just bought one from them)

> SHB here... so here it is...
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>
> I've had plenty membrane failures with other phones, but the
> pattern has always been that one or more keys slowly get flaky
> over time until some just don't work - and if the membrane is
> inspected, it's visually apparent that it's worn for those keys.
>
> But my relatively-new Nokia 6133 doesn't fit that pattern.
>
> One day I tried to press a key and got no response at all....
> nada, zip, bupkis... even with repeated pressings. Turns out
> that all of the keypad keys are similarly affected - including
> the "Select" and navigation keys.
>
> Anybody heard of this?

On a non-membrane keypad? No.


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Steve Sobol, Victorville, California PGP:0xE3AE35ED
"Drench yourself in words unspoken / Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins / The rest is still unwritten"
- Natasha Beddingfield

Not only did I post this on alt.cellular.cingular by mistake,
I even got the model# wrong on that post.

SHB here... so here it is...
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I've had plenty membrane failures with other phones, but the
pattern has always been that one or more keys slowly get flaky
over time until some just don't work - and if the membrane is
inspected, it's visually apparent that it's worn for those keys.

But my relatively-new Nokia 6133 doesn't fit that pattern.

One day I tried to press a key and got no response at all....
nada, zip, bupkis... even with repeated pressings. Turns out
that all of the keypad keys are similarly affected - including
the "Select" and navigation keys.

Anybody heard of this?

Probable causes?
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PeteCresswell

Per Steve Sobol:
>On a non-membrane keypad? No.

Is that to say that my 6133's keypad is non-membrane?
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PeteCresswell

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On 2007-09-26, (PeteCresswell) <x@y.Invalid> wrote:
> Per Steve Sobol:
>>On a non-membrane keypad? No.
>
> Is that to say that my 6133's keypad is non-membrane?

I'm probably using the wrong terminology.

I also own a PEBL and it has the flat keypad that most Moto handsets do now.
The Nokia actually has buttons. I think. I'm not completely sure.

--
Steve Sobol, Victorville, California PGP:0xE3AE35ED
"Drench yourself in words unspoken / Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins / The rest is still unwritten"
- Natasha Beddingfield

Per (PeteCresswell):
>ne day I tried to press a key and got no response at all....
>nada, zip, bupkis... even with repeated pressings. Turns out
>that all of the keypad keys are similarly affected - including
>the "Select" and navigation keys.
>
>Anybody heard of this?

Took it to a retail store.

Rep yanked the battery, replaced same, started it up, and it
worked a-ok.

Some kind of software problem is my guess.
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PeteCresswell