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    Nokia N900 Keyboard Slide Sensor

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    Reffyyyy | # 1 | 2010-11-02, 19:40 | Report

    Well, my slide sensor decided to not function anymore so could someone tell me where it's located on the phone and/or a Dbus command to make the N900 think it's open.

    Thanks.

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    Reffyyyy | # 2 | 2010-11-02, 20:03 | Report

    Ok, I found the location of the sensor and I found the magnet that came off.

    The sensor is located just above the "P" and "O" keys.

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    SavageD | # 3 | 2010-11-02, 20:29 | Report

    Just incase you still need it, the files you would need to mess with are located in:

    /sys/devices/platform/gpio-switch/slide/

    You would of had to:

    chmod a+x state
    leafpad state

    and change the text from 'closed' to 'open'.

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    richard.lawry | # 4 | 2011-01-22, 12:00 | Report

    may be due to similar type of problem I am unable to multiboot to android.... is there any possibility that we can fool the phone that the keyboard is open after switch off & switch on??????

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    matstumpf | # 5 | 2011-02-02, 14:48 | Report

    I have the same problem!

    Reffyyyy, can you send some image of where is the sensor located? i opened my n900 and can' t find the sensor!

    and.. did you changed the sensor or only repaired it?


    richard.lawry, that's the reason i want to make my n900 sensor work again! did you found some solution?

    Thanks a lot!!

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    taril | # 6 | 2011-04-09, 19:45 | Report

    Cannot be modified.

    Originally Posted by SavageD View Post
    Just incase you still need it, the files you would need to mess with are located in:

    /sys/devices/platform/gpio-switch/slide/

    You would of had to:

    chmod a+x state
    leafpad state

    and change the text from 'closed' to 'open'.

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    multimoe | # 7 | 2011-04-11, 03:52 | Report

    Originally Posted by matstumpf View Post
    I have the same problem!

    Reffyyyy, can you send some image of where is the sensor located? i opened my n900 and can' t find the sensor!

    and.. did you changed the sensor or only repaired it?


    richard.lawry, that's the reason i want to make my n900 sensor work again! did you found some solution?

    Thanks a lot!!
    hello, i have the same problem, the sensor is not working. i have opened my phone and couldnt find it. could you help me? thanks a lot.

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    SuperDumb | # 8 | 2011-04-13, 00:19 | Report

    If you need the exact location,you can have a look at the N900 Service Manual Level 1&2.
    I had the same problems, but i changed the housing from black to white. When i was done, the slide function was gone. First i thought i did something wrong, but then i found out that the white housing had no magnet. I took the one from the black and now everything is normal again.
    Here are some pics (from the manual) that show where the sensor and the magnet is :


    You will see the magnet way before the point where you disasemble the screen. It is just a pic to show you where exactly it is.
    Hope this helps some of you.

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    johncaswell | # 9 | 2017-04-18, 11:46 | Report

    I have the same problem!

    Reffyyyy, can you send some image of where is the sensor located? i opened my n900 and can' t find the sensor!

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