HELP! Housing replaced, now orientation doesn't change when keyboard is opened!

[leoni1980]

I changed the entire housing on my Hermes as it was looking a little battered. All seemed ok but now when I slide the keyboard open the orientation stays in portrait mode. Also the keyboard light stays off. I've tested another keyboard pcb from an old broken hermes and the same problem persists.

Does ANYONE have any clue as to how I could fix this, or if it's even fixable. Not as bothered about the backlight....


Also my internal mic volume has gotten really low. I have to switch to loudspeaker unless i'm in a really quiet room!

[beermonster65]

there is a magnet in the housing that triggers a switch to swap the screen, did you swap it over?

[StarMonkee]

It'll either be what beermonster65 said above, or possibly the ribbon connector which connects the screen to the mainboard isn't plugged in properly - I had that when I opened mine up to repair the sliders.

[leoni1980]

there is a magnet in the housing that triggers a switch to swap the screen, did you swap it over?

As far as I knew I switched over everything from the old housing. What does this magnet look like and where is it? If i've lost it is there a possible fix?

Thank you both for your responses so far.

Any news on the mic issue also?