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 How to adjust touch registry alignment numbers?
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post Jul 12 2009, 02:38
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I have an Omnia i910, which seems very hard to align. In the registry this is defined by a series of number in the registry entry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Hardware\Devicemap\Touch

For example: ”519,503 177,881 182,129 847,127 849,872”

On my Omnia, the alignment provided as the best (above) is way off; and when I realign via the Screen-Align tool, it always seems to be a bit off. For instance, I now find I have to type slightly above each item in order to select it properly.

I figure I can tweak these numbers to get the 'perfect' alignment for my Omnia. But I don't know what each of these numbers represent and I can't seem to find any docs on it.

Does anyone know what each set of these numbers represents? Or where to find documentation on this? Thanks.

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post Jul 12 2009, 03:10
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Mate my settings are 528,502 165,887 178,138 861,132 863,883
I cannot remember where I found these settings but try them out if you like and see how you go?

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post Jul 12 2009, 05:07
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Apparently this link has them: http://www.careace.net/2009/03/04/how-to-i...a-touch-screen/

But while these may be the perfect numbers, it depends because every device's hardware is different.

Here is a CAB install of it: http://www.careace.net/2009/05/15/download...as-touchscreen/


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post Jul 12 2009, 05:53
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QUOTE(Chimp @ Jul 11 2009, 22:38) *
I figure I can tweak these numbers to get the 'perfect' alignment for my Omnia.

I wouldn't count on it. I've seen a number of reports from people that never could get their Omnia screens to align properly -- and I was one of them. I tried everything I could find or think of, but alignment was always 'off' on the top half of my screen. (Interestingly, the bottom half was always fine.) Very frustrating, because I always ended up selecting the item just above the one I was aiming for.

I finally went back to the Verizon store, and they simply replaced the phone without argument. The new one has been great, and I've had no further problems. If I were you, I'd save myself a lot of grief and simply get them to exchange the phone - I suspect you could even do it by calling VZW tech support vs. visiting a store. I gathered from talking to the tech at the store that it wasn't the first time they'd heard of alignment issues. (BTW, I had been running WM 6.5 but flashed back to the CC20 WM 6.1 ROM before exchanging the phone. I was concerned that they'd notice it wasn't the original BJ28, but they didn't even give it a second look.)
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post Jul 12 2009, 18:12
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QUOTE(Rob V @ Jul 12 2009, 01:53) *
I wouldn't count on it. I've seen a number of reports from people that never could get their Omnia screens to align properly -- and I was one of them. I tried everything I could find or think of, but alignment was always 'off' on the top half of my screen. (Interestingly, the bottom half was always fine.) Very frustrating, because I always ended up selecting the item just above the one I was aiming for.

I finally went back to the Verizon store, and they simply replaced the phone without argument. The new one has been great, and I've had no further problems. If I were you, I'd save myself a lot of grief and simply get them to exchange the phone - I suspect you could even do it by calling VZW tech support vs. visiting a store. I gathered from talking to the tech at the store that it wasn't the first time they'd heard of alignment issues. (BTW, I had been running WM 6.5 but flashed back to the CC20 WM 6.1 ROM before exchanging the phone. I was concerned that they'd notice it wasn't the original BJ28, but they didn't even give it a second look.)


Did you get a NEW phone when you went to the store? My only concern with calling support is that I will end up getting sent a refurb - and since my Omnia is new I'd really rather go and get a new one.

I may consider that - I can try to play with the settings and if I can't get this one right I may just take it back in.

Thanks!

P.S. Still, I would like to know how those numbers in the reg entry relate to each other. Surely there has to be docs somewhere on this?

/Chimp (Tom)
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post Jul 13 2009, 04:17
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QUOTE(Chimp @ Jul 12 2009, 14:12) *
Did you get a NEW phone when you went to the store? My only concern with calling support is that I will end up getting sent a refurb - and since my Omnia is new I'd really rather go and get a new one.

I'm guessing it was a refurb, because it came in a plain white box with just a Samsung sticker on it. Only thing in the box was the phone body itself - no battery, stylus, or even battery cover. But you sure couldn't tell from looking at it - not a scratch anywhere; the display still had the clear plastic overlay; and it even had the tiny sticker on the top left side. I did check the hidden registry entry for "IsRefurb", and it was set to 0 just like my original phone.

My original Omnia was only a couple months old. But if the replacement was a refurb, I guess I really don't care all that much because it was in even better shape than the one I returned... and more to the point, it worked properly! No more alignment issues, and haven't had any other problems with it either.
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A refurb unit will generally have a new case and screen as you would want to recieve a scratched replament device. It's only the main board that remains depending on the fault the refurb unit had been returned for.


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