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Root Was there ever a fix for the trackball issue?

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jonmchugh

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I have my eris rooted running Froyo v 34. I wanna update to a newer rom but I can't use recovery because my trackball doesn't work in recover. it works fine when the phone is running like normal but I can't use my trackball in the root menu.

I haven't been on here in a long time I was just wondering if there was a fix for this yet. I got my phone on Craigslist so it's not like I can take it back to Verizon and return it. Could I go there and show them the root menu and show them that the trackball doesn't work? Or will they look down at me since my phone is rooted?

thanks,
 
jonmchugh said:
I have my eris rooted running Froyo v 34. I wanna update to a newer rom but I can't use recovery because my trackball doesn't work in recover. it works fine when the phone is running like normal but I can't use my trackball in the root menu.

I haven't been on here in a long time I was just wondering if there was a fix for this yet. I got my phone on Craigslist so it's not like I can take it back to Verizon and return it. Could I go there and show them the root menu and show them that the trackball doesn't work? Or will they look down at me since my phone is rooted?

thanks,
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Amon_Ra 1.6.2 custom recovery: Trackball not Required. :)
 
bobcat331 said:
Sorry SC, Don't know how to do that. :(
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lol...no problem...(it took me a while to figure it out too :)).

When you do the reply and have the URL copied, just click on the little blue-ish globe with what appears to be a paperclip but is actually a link and paste-in the URL and voila', linkage! ;)

Does that help? Let me know if you have any questions.

Cheers!
 
scary alien said:
lol...no problem...(it took me a while to figure it out too :)).

When you do the reply and have the URL copied, just click on the little blue-ish globe with what appears to be a paperclip but is actually a link and paste-in the URL and voila', linkage! ;)
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Actually, you can just paste in the URL in the messages box without the globe/paperclip control and, so long as you have spaces before and after the link, it will automatically create the link for you after you hit post.
 
doogald said:
Actually, you can just paste in the URL in the messages box without the globe/paperclip control and, so long as you have spaces before and after the link, it will automatically create the link for you after you hit post.
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mhotovec said:
http://androidforums.com/eris-all-things-root/250407-there-ever-fix-trackball-issue.html#post2088641

http://androidforums.com/eris-all-things-root/250407-there-ever-fix-trackball-issue.html#post2088641

Just testing.
The first link is how Scary said to do it (which I've never used before). The second link is the way I've always done it - which is to copy the address from the browser like Scary said and then just ctrl-v to paste it into the message.
Both ways seem to work just fine. :)
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I think I recently (last couple of months) got into the habit of using the globe/paperclip is that IE8 handles the pasting of the URL for you (i.e., turns it into a link automagically), but FireFox does not (which I've been predominantly using at home).

Cheers!
 
Ah, I see. I'm a Google Chrome kind of guy, and it makes the link also.
I can see where the globeclip ( :) ) would come in handy on Firefox.
 
mhotovec said:
Ah, I see. I'm a Google Chrome kind of guy, and it makes the link also.
I can see where the globeclip ( :) ) would come in handy on Firefox.
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"globeclip"--yes! awesome catchphrase :)

I had some really weird stuff yesterday with trying to reply to a few posts on XDA...my IE6 (sadly, yes...) wouldn't display the helper icons, etc. (including "globeclip")--they showed up for a second and then all disappeared! :eek: Very weird, but I think its obviously because I'm using an old browser here at work and XDA has changed their site.
 
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