[android-kernel] Re: Blocking input at driver level

2011-03-31 Thread philhaz
wakelock forever, so the device will sleep again. On Mar 27, 11:42 am, philhaz wrote: > My HTC Hero has developed a fault that makes the system believe the > trackball is being constantly held. I managed to block this at the OS > level, but it still seems to be affecting power managemen

[android-kernel] Blocking input at driver level

2011-03-28 Thread philhaz
My HTC Hero has developed a fault that makes the system believe the trackball is being constantly held. I managed to block this at the OS level, but it still seems to be affecting power management (the device never goes to sleep, so battery life is abysmal). Reading the explanation below suggests t