Comments on: How to clean your BlackBerry trackball

By: Cleaning your Tour 9630 trackball | BB Geeks

Cleaning your Tour 9630 trackball | BB Geeks — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:09:57 +0000

[...] want to subscribe to my feed or subscribe to us on Twitter!In the past we’ve explained how to clean your BlackBerry trackball if it’s starting to stick or otherwise malfunction. Problem is, you can’t use the same [...]

By: Lotta

Lotta — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:13:35 +0000

Hi,
I just clearned mine, but also ordered a new one. I see two websites mentioned here, and they take $11 and $12.99 for a new trackball. I ordered on eBay, for $1.66 with free shipping. I love trackballs, but gunk clogging them is a recurring problem with all of them, whether it’s a huge computer one or this tiny blackberry one. This one is a bit more of a pain to clean though, as the parts are so tiny. I used a Q-tip, a piece of a lens cleaning paper and only 1 drop of Eclipse cleaning fluid (this does not have harmful additives as e.g. rubbing alcohol has). It is important not to use more than 1 drop at a time, as you don’t want it soaking wet, you just want a tiny amount to dissolve the gunk and allow you to lift it off the surfaces. Clean the ball itself, the weels and the sensor. And all the gunk that may cling to the edges of the “well”, as that will make it’s way to the wheels…

By: T-Mobile replacing BlackBerry Pearl trackballs | BB Geeks

T-Mobile replacing BlackBerry Pearl trackballs | BB Geeks — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:31:43 +0000

[...] parts, and that leaves plenty of room for things to go wrong. In the past we’ve gone over how to clean your trackball and, if it comes down to it, how to replace your trackball. Thankfully, new models now feature the [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:45:52 +0000

Darn wish I had read this before I handed in to my Service Provider her in South Africa. They say it will take three weeks to come back…Only had the phone six weeks!

By: Jacklyn H

Jacklyn H — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 06:34:39 +0000

Try this http://www.unique-stuff.co.cc/fixing_sticky_blackberry_trackball.html They have some tricks to fix a sticky unscrollable blackberry trackball without disassembling. I try the rotating straw technique and it works for me!! I have my trackball working again now..

By: Gary

Gary — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 05:29:21 +0000

I clean mine with vinegar I pop it out and soak a little vinegar on a paper towel then I roll the ball through the vinegar and then on the dry part until its dry. Running alcohol makes it to slick. While you have it out make sure that square orange tape is in place. Make sure the metal piece is in the middle. That’s your clicker. Good luck

By: Cooper

Cooper — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:00:48 +0000

@JoAnne

Yes a thorough cleaning of the trackball should fix the no-click issue. If not then a replacement trackball unit is not very expensive.

By: JoAnne

JoAnne — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:48:41 +0000

I have an 8900 – will try this cleaning thing however the bigger issue is that it doesn;t CLICK anymore – moves around sluggishly but NO CLICK! this is really annoying – you can use the “enter” key to access most basic applications and functions,etc.. however you cannot use the browser, some applications or download any applications cuz the “enter key” doesn’t work there… any suggestions/ do you think the “cleaning” will also fix the “click” problem?

By: Cooper

Cooper — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 14:24:29 +0000

yes you can use a swab and some alcohol to clean the trackball – the problem is sometimes a bit of dust/dirt will get trapped inside between the sensors and affect usage.

By: Mukesh Shah

Mukesh Shah — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 06:19:39 +0000

How about using a Solvent like Acetone or Alcohol to clean the trackball ?…In that case, there is no need to remove the trackball from Blackberry Bold..
Did anyone try it ??