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Anthem · 11-23-2007, 01:35 AM

I did a test. I removed the trackball assembly from my Pearl and the trackball assembly from my curve as I had the same scraping sound with the curve as mentioned above.

Since the Trackball was so dirty on the Pearl I installed the ball from the Curve into the Trackball assembly from the Pearl. What I noticed is the ball rolled much smoother and there was no scraping sound. It seems the rollers in the trackball assembly are where the difference is.

One other thing I noticed when I removed the trackball assembly from both devices the Pearl had the internal retaining ring that kept the assembly secure in the device whereas the Curve did not have the internal ring so I installed the one from the Pearl and there was no more rattliing when I shook the Curve.

11-23-2007, 01:35 AM	#28
Anthem Thumbs Must Hurt Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northeast Model: 8300 Carrier: AT&T Posts: 176	I did a test. I removed the trackball assembly from my Pearl and the trackball assembly from my curve as I had the same scraping sound with the curve as mentioned above. Since the Trackball was so dirty on the Pearl I installed the ball from the Curve into the Trackball assembly from the Pearl. What I noticed is the ball rolled much smoother and there was no scraping sound. It seems the rollers in the trackball assembly are where the difference is. One other thing I noticed when I removed the trackball assembly from both devices the Pearl had the internal retaining ring that kept the assembly secure in the device whereas the Curve did not have the internal ring so I installed the one from the Pearl and there was no more rattliing when I shook the Curve.
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