Re: [maemo-developers] strange thin crack in hardware... see fotos
The drop was really no big thing, I dropped my other PDAs like various Palm devices and they never even took a scratch. I don't keep my 770 in a PDA holder or anything. Like another reader of the list I keep it in my laptop bag together with other stuff. Anyway my 770 works just fine, and I was just wondering what was going on. Also could the crack be related to fast temperature changes? As has been pointed out previously, this is a well known design flaw and has been discussed at length in the internettablettalk.com forums. The area surrounding the plugs is the only part of the case that is plain old plastic, with no reinforcement. It cracks randomly, and there's no amount of care that you can take with your device to ensure that it doesn't crack. The crack will not spread beyond that little plug area, although some very few folks have reported multiple cracks working in concert to cause a small hole in the case there. In most instances, the crack will spread from one edge of the plug area to another and stop. It won't affect the functioning or structural integrity of the device, but if you follow up with Nokia, they'll fix/replace it under warranty. I haven't read anything that indicates that replacements are any less likely to crack than the originally shipped units, though. Mike ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: [maemo-developers] strange thin crack in hardware... see fotos
On Sat, 2006-07-15 at 10:48 +0200, Armin M. Warda wrote: > besides dropping the device as possible reason for the cracks - did you put > it in a PDA holder, e.g. in your car? The drop was really no big thing, I dropped my other PDAs like various Palm devices and they never even took a scratch. I don't keep my 770 in a PDA holder or anything. Like another reader of the list I keep it in my laptop bag together with other stuff. Anyway my 770 works just fine, and I was just wondering what was going on. Also could the crack be related to fast temperature changes? Collin -- Collin R. Mulliner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BETAVERSiON Systems [www.betaversion.net] info/pgp: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] The particular mistake will not be repeated. There are plenty of mistakes left that have not yet been used. --A. Tanenbaum ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
RE: [maemo-developers] strange thin crack in hardware... see fotos
Photos of the crack on mine, taken Jan 31 2006, a bit more than 30 days after purchasing it. http://virtual.twocansandsomestring.net/N770/Local-Pictures/ That's the most common location (between connectors). -JMills -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Philip Van Hoof Sent: Sat 15-Jul-06 01:18 To: Collin R. Mulliner Cc: maemo devel Subject: Re: [maemo-developers] strange thin crack in hardware... see fotos On Sat, 2006-07-15 at 01:33 +0200, Collin R. Mulliner wrote: > check out: http://www.mulliner.org/nokia770/pool/fotos/broken_hw/ > > ..it shows my device with a thin crack on the "connector panel" at the > lower part of the device. The device still works 100% as far as I can > tell. I can't recall dropping my device other then once from about 15cm > to the carpet (this was some weeks ago). Today I discovered the strange > crack which seems to go right through the "connector panel". Check out > the 4 fotos I made. Funny. I have exactly the same crack. I never dropped my device. I thought it was because I kept the device in my laptop bag between various other objects like adaptors and stuff -- Philip Van Hoof, software developer at x-tend home: me at pvanhoof dot be gnome: pvanhoof at gnome dot org work: vanhoof at x-tend dot be http://www.pvanhoof.be - http://www.x-tend.be ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: [maemo-developers] strange thin crack in hardware... see fotos
Hi, besides dropping the device as possible reason for the cracks - did you put it in a PDA holder, e.g. in your car? Armin. On Friday 14 July 2006 19:33, Collin R. Mulliner wrote: > check out: http://www.mulliner.org/nokia770/pool/fotos/broken_hw/ > > ..it shows my device with a thin crack on the "connector panel" at the > lower part of the device. The device still works 100% as far as I can > tell. I can't recall dropping my device other then once from about 15cm > to the carpet (this was some weeks ago). ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: [maemo-developers] strange thin crack in hardware... see fotos
On Sat, 2006-07-15 at 01:33 +0200, Collin R. Mulliner wrote: > check out: http://www.mulliner.org/nokia770/pool/fotos/broken_hw/ > > ..it shows my device with a thin crack on the "connector panel" at the > lower part of the device. The device still works 100% as far as I can > tell. I can't recall dropping my device other then once from about 15cm > to the carpet (this was some weeks ago). Today I discovered the strange > crack which seems to go right through the "connector panel". Check out > the 4 fotos I made. Funny. I have exactly the same crack. I never dropped my device. I thought it was because I kept the device in my laptop bag between various other objects like adaptors and stuff -- Philip Van Hoof, software developer at x-tend home: me at pvanhoof dot be gnome: pvanhoof at gnome dot org work: vanhoof at x-tend dot be http://www.pvanhoof.be - http://www.x-tend.be ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
RE: [maemo-developers] strange thin crack in hardware... see fotos
A huge number of us have cracks, some people had them within hours or days of buying their 770. See the muliple threads on http://www.InternetTabletTalk.com/ forums. -JMills. Estonian build, USB to headphone crack, no drops. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Andrew Barr Sent: Fri 14-Jul-06 16:44 To: maemo-developers@maemo.org Subject: Re: [maemo-developers] strange thin crack in hardware... see fotos On Friday 14 July 2006 19:33, Collin R. Mulliner wrote: > check out: http://www.mulliner.org/nokia770/pool/fotos/broken_hw/ > > ..it shows my device with a thin crack on the "connector panel" at the > lower part of the device. The device still works 100% as far as I can > tell. I can't recall dropping my device other then once from about 15cm > to the carpet (this was some weeks ago). Today I discovered the strange > crack which seems to go right through the "connector panel". Check out > the 4 fotos I made. I have a similar crack in my device. It's been there for a few months now and it's not gotten worse. I don't recall if I dropped it or not. I'll post some photos as well if anyone cares to see it. -- Andrew Barr | http://www.oakcourt.dyndns.org/~andrew/ | GPG: 0xAD9AE76A "Those who would trade liberty for security deserve neither." -- B. Franklin ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
Re: [maemo-developers] strange thin crack in hardware... see fotos
On Friday 14 July 2006 19:33, Collin R. Mulliner wrote: > check out: http://www.mulliner.org/nokia770/pool/fotos/broken_hw/ > > ..it shows my device with a thin crack on the "connector panel" at the > lower part of the device. The device still works 100% as far as I can > tell. I can't recall dropping my device other then once from about 15cm > to the carpet (this was some weeks ago). Today I discovered the strange > crack which seems to go right through the "connector panel". Check out > the 4 fotos I made. I have a similar crack in my device. It's been there for a few months now and it's not gotten worse. I don't recall if I dropped it or not. I'll post some photos as well if anyone cares to see it. -- Andrew Barr | http://www.oakcourt.dyndns.org/~andrew/ | GPG: 0xAD9AE76A "Those who would trade liberty for security deserve neither." -- B. Franklin ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
[maemo-developers] strange thin crack in hardware... see fotos
check out: http://www.mulliner.org/nokia770/pool/fotos/broken_hw/ ..it shows my device with a thin crack on the "connector panel" at the lower part of the device. The device still works 100% as far as I can tell. I can't recall dropping my device other then once from about 15cm to the carpet (this was some weeks ago). Today I discovered the strange crack which seems to go right through the "connector panel". Check out the 4 fotos I made. ... Collin -- Collin R. Mulliner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BETAVERSiON Systems [www.betaversion.net] info/pgp: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] The truth is usually just an excuse for lack of imagination. --Garak ___ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
