...yeah...I'm a winner.

It's not easy to do, but if it's necessary, we have to do it with no choice.

Did anyones delete button stop working after this cleaning mod?

had no plans to do this until i bounced my curve across the car park this am when it jumped out of my pocket [still don't know how]

when i got into the office the trackball was half out

took the chance to prise the rest out and left it for a few hours till lunchtime

then came in here and got the cleaning done

its a bit fiddly when you have no dexterity like me but it worked well and now i have a cleaned trackball as well as it being back in place.


thanks for the guidance

Well it took several searches to find this thread, but I did.

And, I cleaned out my trackball and now it is working again.

And I didn't even wait for my geek, err, my boyfriend to get home, did it all by myself!

(Yeah, I'm bragging, so what??)

Thanks for this tutorial!!!!!

thanks for the tutorial.

btw, how long was it on average for you guys to clean the trackball since you bought it?

wonderful thanks, have just done it and result is perfect, deformation in the shape of steel can be observed, pls pay utmost attention to that step!!

Brgds
Utku

I'm curious to know this too.

Any advantage to cleaning the trackball before we notice any real problem?

will use eventually...thanx!

Thanks so much!! I followed the directions and my trackball now moves correctly!!

So my Boss seen me cleaning her 8330 and decided to try it herself this time around. Somehow she managed to make it so that the trackball now makes the directions on her screen messed up. When she scrolls down or up it goes left and right and when she scrolls left and right it moves up and down. Anyone else have this issues? Is there a fix for this?

I have taken back apart multiple times and rearanges the sensor wheels as well as taken my ball out of my curve and put it in her (which worked fine). I am at a loss as to what could be causing this. Any suggestion?

She put the sensor wheels in facing the wrong direction. I had to swap them 180 in their current slot to fix it.

yh this is great... hope i dont eff it up =]

I just did as you said！！

I work better now！

THis is great, thanks much for sharing this.

Kind Regards,

very nice guide, this is very help full, thanks 4 posting!! five star *****

Your gramerr, and spilling, leve a lot, to be desire, but.. a gewd, tootorial nunetheless?>,.

Hell yeah! I can scroll down again!

Still having trouble "clicking"
Anyone else (I have to depress the track ball for a second or two)

I was surprised that this fixed a stuck trackball in ten seconds after an hour of messing with it.

Fold a paper towel several times and soak a small area in rubbing alcohol.
Hold the blackberry facing downward with this moist area of the towel between your finger and the trackball.
Rub the trackball in a circular motion until you feel the trackball running in all directions smoothly.

With the Blackberry facing down, only a film of alcohol is carried to the "gunky" rollers by the trackball.

Good Luck!

Great post. Lots of help. Thanks for the effort. It is appreciated!

Great guide, very thorough. Hope I never need to use it but it's good to know one is available. Thanks!

That's gd to know.Mine startin to get stuck

My trackball will not go up so I found this thread. Where is the pic and guide? Also, my fone has shut down twice in two days. Hence, my username.

how do i install .cod files through desktop manager on my 8310 curve. Application loader only gives .alx and .ali file options....help will be appreciated