PinePhone & PinePhone Pro Keyboard: be extremely care when removing keycaps
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(04-01-2022, 11:41 AM)johnnycontrario Wrote:
(03-18-2022, 09:21 PM)vdicarlo Wrote: Thanks for the warning, suggestion, and pictures.  Hard to believe I have not seen any notice from the company concerning when this might be fixed, though I have seen a post saying that a user's analysis of the problem (Yay, community!) and what seems to be the best solution (Yay, @johnnycontrario !) have been sent to the manufacturer (Yay, @tllim !). 

I found this solution so tempting that I've (gasp!) even ordered some knives and a rotary grinder and am going to risk trying it--my first tiny foray into hardware hacking.  Who knows, I may even end up getting a Pinecil and trying some other things.  Wouldn't have had the courage to do it without the kind of help one sees here and the fact that my Pinephone costs only $200. Even if I break it, I will soon be able to order a Pinephone Pro, so its all good.

Hi vdicarlo, I haven't been on the forum for a while, so I don't know if I'm too late. I would recommend using an exacto knife to carefully scrape away the plastic. A rotary tool might be too aggressive and unforgiving, but that's just my opinion.

Thanks for the suggestion.  I plan to try the slimmed down cable tie method of removing the keys, and then the knife first, even though I'm eager to see what the recently received rotary tool.  I have been procrastinating in the hope that an update to Manjaro Phosh will fix the MMS problem and I can try using the Pinephone instead of my old LG.
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RE: PinePhone & PinePhone Pro Keyboard: be extremely care when removing keycaps - by vdicarlo - 04-01-2022, 01:30 PM

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