Touch screen damanged. Need to send SMS.

[ebautista]

ANyone please help. My BA's Touchscreen is cracked and not functioning anymore. But for now i need to use it. When sending SMS i have to touch or press the Send button from the touch screen. But since my screen doesnt work anymore, is there a way like assigning the "Send" button into the hardware key?

Or is there any application that can do this? Anyone please help! :(

Thanks in advance!

[homam_france]

hi
what do u mean cracked?there is a picture and there is no tap action?or there is no picture and response anymore?there is like damage in lcd like un usual colors and rabush and lines?because may be if u change the rom or re-upgrading the rom,may be the problem fixed,specially in minor problems.
i think u cannot send msgs without tap action.

[ebautista]

there is a crack, display is okay, but touch response is not fuctioning well, the only thing i notice is that, when i press on the right bottom most of the screen, sometime touch works and sometimes not works. I been trying to do the Align screen method but doesnt work. i think it is the hardware problem.

[Chef_Tony]

if that sms is really that important to you, you can always connect the device to the pc and when connected to activesync a nice little freeware called "my mobiler" can be used to control the device with the pc's mouse and keyboard and gets the device's screen on your pc screen. it can be downloaded here:
http://www.mymobiler.com/
but after bypassing the problem for now, we should focus on getting the thing fixed. you could answer homam_france's questions to help us determine what exactly went wrong and maybe you don't need to bypass then anymore but can solve the problem!

EDIT: ignore the request for more information, you already answered while i was writing this ;)

[ebautista]

@Chef_Tony

Thank you, but that is what I am doing right now. But my problem is that when i am not in from of my pc and I need to send important sms? Maybe there is a software that can map the Send softkey to hardware key.

Thanks again!

[Chef_Tony]

you could try this program:
http://classic.pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=21070
there is a trial version there, and if you can install, start and control that program without the use of the touch screen, or from your pc, maybe you can tell it to for example, map the left softkey with the mail hardware key or something like that, i haven't tested it. if that prog is not right, on the bottom of that page there is a link for related applications, maybe one of those helps you.

if, however, the remapping of the keys does not work, for a different sms application, you could try:

iwindowsmobile sms chat:
http://iwindowsmobile.com/threaded-sms-messaging.html

visual it simple sms:
http://www.visualit.co.uk/PocketPC/simplesms_V5.htm

or this one:
http://www.mobileflipper.com/mobile-tips/sms-application-for-windows-mobile-50-60-and-61/

maybe their way of hitting the send button is different and works for your device.

by the way, on any normal mobile phone, you can also send an sms by pressing the green call button, unfortunately, ppc phones don't do that.

greetz

Chef_Tony

[marko_serb]

Why don't you just go to Setting/Personal/Buttons and map a button to "<Left Softkey>" :)

[ebautista]

Thanks to you all. I finally got a chance to fix my touch screen. not bad at all. except that i forgot to right fit the volume hardware keys. :)
:)

[marko_serb]

Be very careful with the Volume key, if you don't close the case wright, you might broke the switch (a little switch on the mainboard that is moved by the volume key). Just make shure it's in the wright place when closing the case :cool:

[sbraga]

Hi to all.
What can I do in case the ba is working, the screen is perfect but no more touch? it's a os 5.2.1933(18533.0.7.0)
thanks

[Chef_Tony]

that can happen but it has probably nothing to do with the rom. it means that the digitizer is broken and you need to look for a new one, maybe a good ebay search or a post in xda's marketplace could help you

[sbraga]

thanks 4 the reply. Do you mean a new lcd screen?

[Chef_Tony]

no, just the digitizer, it is the see through touch panel on top on the actual display, maybe you are lucky and find a cheap one, as you don't need a new screen.

[dudethedevil]

you can buy a new digitizer on dealextreme.com, i recall a few months ago they were selling the digitizers for Blueangel devices, its very easy to disassemble the BA & replace it. Good luck.

[rajagopalann]

Can any of the members pl. post the screen alignment settings available at Registry entry Screen alignment settings for BA and/or variants at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DEVICEMAP\TOUCH

Value Name: CalibrationData
Value data:
? (5 sets of data)
Value type: REG_SZ

Value Name: MaxCalError
Value Data: ?
Base : Decimal
Value type: REG_DWORD

With these values most of the BA devices with defective touch screen can become functional to large extent.

Actually we can add the values to the BA Wiki

Regards

[dudethedevil]

here's the CalibrationData:

17 154,258 154,788 865,785 859,262

i dont have a MaxCalError key.

Good luck,
dtd

[rajagopalann]

Hi DTD,
Thanks for the prompt reply. Pl. verify the data provided by you as it doesnt seem to have the 5 sets for the CalibrationData values & repost correctly.
Thanks in advance
Regards