[maemo-users] N810 - hardware lock key intermittnently not working???

[From: Joshua Layne]

Hi guys,
Thanks for the replies.  I know about the catch bit and the 'hold to see
effect', it just wasn't working.

OTOH, I experienced a VERY hard crash that required a reimage to even
complete booting shortly after, so I imagine the two events were
correlated.  There is certainly nothing wrong hardware-wise with the switch
on my unit, as it now works perfectly, it just required a re-image.... :(

Best Regards,
josh

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:34:56 -0800, Sameer Verma <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
> Scott Carr wrote:
>> Joshua Layne wrote:
>>
>>> Is anyone else having intermittent problems with the hardware lock key
> on
>>> the N810 (the slider) - mine will just randomly fail, sometimes even
>>> immediately after a cold power down (with the battery out).
>>>
>>> It is a really annoying problem.
>>>
>>> Yes, I activated red-pill mode and have installed countless third party
>>> apps, but this still shouldn't be happening.
>>>
>>> Any pointers greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> josh
>>>
>>>
>> I have seen this before, what I have found is that the slider has a
>> "catch" it seems.  When I thought I had slide it far enough, there was
>> actually a little more that it was needing to slide before it recognized
>> it.  If I find I am having problems with the slider, if I push a little
>> more it works.
>>
>> Another item I have seen is that if you push it, and get frustrated and
>> push it a couple more times, it kind of "catches up", and all of the
>> sets works in succession.
>>
>>
> There seems to be a bit of a lag between sliding the key and the screen
> prompt. I usually slide the key, hold it until I see the prompt.
> 
> Sameer
> 
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