The problem with second hand devices is that they are elderly and sometimes have physical issues resulting from this.
The Blackberry has been having a sticky trackball issue, and when this morning it refused to scroll left or down, I did wonder if I would be taking it apart. (And whether I could get my files off – I don’t want to lose “Scarlet Fever” a second time.)
Fortunately I went online and there is an easy fix. I’ll include the demonstration video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6oz_FHz0O8So it goes like this.
- Get a flat surface
- Put a piece of white paper on it
- Lock the Blackberry
- Turn the Blackberry face down
- Rub it fast and lightly back and forth over the paper for a minute or so
- Check if the mouse no works (unlock it first!)
You can use any colour paper, but white shows up any dirt that comes off best. My paper didn’t have any visible dirt, but the mouse now works, so I’d say its a good trick.
And it also lets me get on with writing Scarlet Fever, a webshort that occurs before In Depression and fills in some backstory.
