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2008-04-13 , 10:22
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#11
Ok, got a solution:

When I want to calibrate my screen in a correct way, then i have to put my stylus a little bit higher and a bit to the right side from the middle of the second cross in the calibration utility...

Hmm...

I donīt think itīs realy ok, so what would you do? Is it important to calibrate in a correct way? Will it get even worse someday?
 
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2008-04-13 , 11:45
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
Generally speaking, these issues are driver/software related and mostly new with OS2008 and mostly (apparently, anyway) fixed with Diablo.

So, no, it's not usually a hardware issue.
That is worrying as someone who is getting a 810 soon. You are saying that the default OS on the 810 doesn't work properly with the screen? So they have broken what worked on the previous 800 and 770 (and every previous touchsceen device)?
And also that it can't be fixed without upgrading to a currently non-available operating system?

I wish I knew this before I ordered my 810, as I wouldn't have got it.
 
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2008-04-13 , 11:46
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Originally Posted by cybic View Post
Ok, got a solution:

When I want to calibrate my screen in a correct way, then i have to put my stylus a little bit higher and a bit to the right side from the middle of the second cross in the calibration utility...

Hmm...

I donīt think itīs realy ok, so what would you do? Is it important to calibrate in a correct way? Will it get even worse someday?
No, that is not acceptable. I would return something that did that as not fit for purpose. I wouldn't accept that defect on an expensive device (well, I wouldn't accept it on a cheap device either).
 
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GeneralAntilles is offline GeneralAntilles
2008-04-13 , 11:55
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Originally Posted by tabletrat View Post
That is worrying as someone who is getting a 810 soon. You are saying that the default OS on the 810 doesn't work properly with the screen?
It's nowhere near as bad as you seem to think it is.

Originally Posted by tabletrat View Post
And also that it can't be fixed without upgrading to a currently non-available operating system?
Diablo is maybe a month or two away, so I don't really see the issue.

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I wish I knew this before I ordered my 810, as I wouldn't have got it.
It's not nearly as bad as you seem to think and Diablo is only a month or two away.

No point in losing your head over a minor bug.
 
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2008-04-13 , 17:36
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Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
It's nowhere near as bad as you seem to think it is.
If as you suggested, the software prevents the touch screen from functioning (ie, making it hard to select something on the screen), how is that not bad?


Originally Posted by GeneralAntilles View Post
Diablo is maybe a month or two away, so I don't really see the issue.
Maybe, but Diablo being a month or two away is not a release schedule, it is a guess on your part.

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It's not nearly as bad as you seem to think and Diablo is only a month or two away.
Yes, got that the first time thanks!

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No point in losing your head over a minor bug.
you didn't describe it as a minor bug. It is registering a position on the screen, not rocket science.
 
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2008-04-13 , 17:46
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Tabletrat, really it's not a big deal. There's been maybe three times in total where I've pressed a button on the keyboard and another key was selected. The wrong key wasn't even entered, it was more of a "mouseover" event. I thought I was the only one with this problem but apparently not. But hey, life still goes on. In the three or four times that this has happened in the past month I've had my n800, I wouldn't call it a critical bug. It seems the original poster is having more than software issues though. It's probably a hardware bug if it happens that often.
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2008-04-14 , 00:52
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Originally Posted by tabletrat View Post
If as you suggested, the software prevents the touch screen from functioning (ie, making it hard to select something on the screen), how is that not bad?
But that's just it, it doesn't make it difficult to select stuff on screen.

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Maybe, but Diablo being a month or two away is not a release schedule, it is a guess on your part.
No, that's the release schedule . . . "Q2 2008"

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you didn't describe it as a minor bug. It is registering a position on the screen, not rocket science.
Have you ever programmed a touchscreen driver?
 
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2008-04-14 , 17:16
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But that's just it, it doesn't make it difficult to select stuff on screen.
ok, I got the impression that it did from the post. If not, fair enough.

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No, that's the release schedule . . . "Q2 2008"
Ah yes. The release schedule. They are never wrong!

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Have you ever programmed a touchscreen driver?
Yes, several times going back quite a long way. I have always had an interest in touchscreens, and drivers are not always available, or at least were less common until this century.
 
kstromjensen is offline kstromjensen
2008-04-16 , 00:26
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Sometimes when I turn my n810 on, the touch screen is spot on, and sometimes it's very unresponsive (basically unusable) and doing a calibration only gives me ~30 seconds of use before it's off again.

I'm willing to wait for a software fix, but I'm worried it might be better to exchange it for a new one while I still can. Are these screen problems really common or just on some units with troublesome screens?

Thanks
 
Makurosu is offline Makurosu
2008-04-17 , 00:05
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I'm having this problem on my 770. I've had it for over a year, and it just started doing it today. It only happens in the lower-right quadrant of the screen though. When I run the screen calibration tool in control panel, I'm able to tap targets 1 and 2, but on 3 it tells me to tap closer to the center of the target even though I'm dead on.

I tried removing the battery for 30 seconds and replacing it. Then I flashed the device with the most recent OS2006, but the problem persists. Any ideas?
 
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