07-10-2022, 01:49 PM
@Subsentient
I had the same feeling when I got mine and it behaved more or less as you describe. The keys and case balance are not that great but they still beat an onscreen keyboard.
I got it that you already tried to improve the pogo contacts but bear with me...
That being said, there is a simple test you can try to see if the repeating keys issue is fixable by you or not: squeeze together the screen where the pogo pins are (to temporarily improve a noisy/intermittent contact) and try to type something. If the keys stop repeating, you have a typical first batch keyboard: salvageable and usable with the known caveats vs a total loss. In my case this showed that by improving the contact I'll have a usable keyboard at least. Seek more fixes for pogo contacts in the forum.
There are also fixes for key responsiveness and feeling which improve the usability quite a bit (filing the edges, spacer rings).
I also applied a bit of tape to cover the phone port while in the case. This stops accidental plugs of usb cables in the wrong port and serves as a reminder not to use it as such. I've no HW problem since. On the SW side it needed some configuration tweaking in Mobiam/PostmarketOS after the latest releases but nothing drastic.
I had the same feeling when I got mine and it behaved more or less as you describe. The keys and case balance are not that great but they still beat an onscreen keyboard.
I got it that you already tried to improve the pogo contacts but bear with me...
That being said, there is a simple test you can try to see if the repeating keys issue is fixable by you or not: squeeze together the screen where the pogo pins are (to temporarily improve a noisy/intermittent contact) and try to type something. If the keys stop repeating, you have a typical first batch keyboard: salvageable and usable with the known caveats vs a total loss. In my case this showed that by improving the contact I'll have a usable keyboard at least. Seek more fixes for pogo contacts in the forum.
There are also fixes for key responsiveness and feeling which improve the usability quite a bit (filing the edges, spacer rings).
I also applied a bit of tape to cover the phone port while in the case. This stops accidental plugs of usb cables in the wrong port and serves as a reminder not to use it as such. I've no HW problem since. On the SW side it needed some configuration tweaking in Mobiam/PostmarketOS after the latest releases but nothing drastic.
