fredrick 36 Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Hello there Pro1 experts! 🙂 I have accidentally dropped my phone on the wooden floors a few times, no hard bumps mostly from our living room table on to the carpet actually. The problem is that I have noticed the the keyboard bulges out a bit, just at the edge. (The edge facing you when having the keyboard slid open) Now, what would be a good way of putting the keyboard back into place. I've tried gently nudging the plastic with my fingers and nails to push the keyboard down and latch on to the notch, with no success. I wouldn't want to be putting too much force into it. Should I try my hands at disassembling the phone, by removing and putting the keyboard back into place? I'm attaching some photos, trying to show the bulging keyboard. I also added an illustration of basically how it looks from the side because of OCD tendencies I guess. 😛 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,427 Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 As far as I know the keyboard foil is mounted with heat and&or adhesive, so my GUESS would be that your specimen had had this foil mounted with a little too low amount of adhesive and/or is placed ever so slightly wrong with a bit of tension in the foil, that then popped up due to the bump. I would try gently heating with a heat-gun (or hair drier) to attempt to make the adhesive more liquid, so the keyboard can be pushed in place. and then let the device cool back to room temperature, and see if it stays in place You could also try contacting support, and hear if they have a better suggestion. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
netman 1,424 Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 The keyboard assembly is glued together, but it is not glued onto the phone. I would suggest to carefully disassemble it and take a look what exactly got bent. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tsunero 209 Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 (edited) That's quite a large bulge. Maybe it's the battery gone bad? Edited July 18, 2020 by Tsunero 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fredrick 36 Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 It could be the battery, is the battery on that side of the phone? I assume it is because of dropping the phone, but I noticed it when using the phone one day, not directly after a fall. We don't have a wiki here yet, right? I think I've read something about disassembling the phone before here in the forum... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_DW_ 628 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 Another user took these shots may help figure it out https://imgur.com/gallery/17bo7bI https://imgur.com/gallery/fYWqIsG 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tsunero 209 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 (edited) @_DW_ Yeah it looks like the battery is on the opposite side (under the camera) so it seems the adhesive indeed let go. Edited July 19, 2020 by Tsunero 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,427 Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 If you can easily press it down, but it just pops up again, I think adhesive is a very likely guess. If on the other hand something prevents it from being pressed down easily, something more severe could be the reason. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fredrick 36 Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 Something is definitely in the way when I try to press it back. No movement at all. I thought it was just a notch in the way, that it should hook onto to be held into place. And I've tried gently bending the edge outwards with my fingernail to be able to press down the keyboard, to no avail. It wont budge at all. Disassembly seems like the next thing to try. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fredrick 36 Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 Fixed it! Used a plastic guitar pick, prying tool from an old lcd replacement kit I got years ago. After some nervoud prying and nudging, it went back in. 🙂 Thanks for all the help! 🙂 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingAntero 869 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 On 7/19/2020 at 12:13 AM, fredrick said: Â This is not related to the topic but what do you have there in the background? Is it a phone with a keyboard case? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fredrick 36 Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 (edited) Plantronics headset, that comes with a box with built-in stand, charger and battery bank. Great little device, except it doesn't work with Sailfish OS at the moment for some reason. It's on the list of problems to fix. Oh! and it also comes with a usb dongle to connect wirelessly to pc. So it's both bluetooth and usb. https://www.kjell.com/se/produkter/mobilt/horlurar/bluetooth-headset/plantronics-voyager-5200-uc-paket-med-bluetooth-headset-p97201 (Swedish) https://www.amazon.com/Plantronics-VOYAGER-5200-UC-206110-01-Advanced-Bluetooth/dp/B01G49I2FA (I guess this one matches.) also, a gigantic mouse pad, a coaster made out of cork and a microsoft sculpt keyboard. Edited July 20, 2020 by fredrick 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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