BZell240

stuck on the 'align screen' - UPDATED 1/28

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I did a hard reset to my Axim and as usual when it turned on it went to the welcome screen and then to the 'align screen.' I tapped the 4 corners, it blinked and wanted me to align the screen. It seems to be stuck on this screen. Even another hard reset did nothing to resolve the problem. Does anyone know how to bypass the screen?

Ben

UPDATE - 1/28

I have used the axim for quite a while (it's out of warranty). Every thing was fine with it. I have preformed a couple of hard resets in the past and successfully aligned the screen... but this time I did the same things I did in the past to no avail. I have tried to align the screen 40-50x - hard, firm, soft, fast, medium, slow -nothing has worked. Infact I read another person's advice about opening it and ensuring the buttons don't make contact with the serial cable and did that and that hasn't worked.

My idea was to bypass the screen alignment and when the OS started use the buttons to navigate to the screen alignmet and do it within the OS.

Any other ideas?

Maximum Dude

Did you recently replace or install a screen protector? if it gets under the edge of the case, it can throw off the screen alignment severely.

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DoDoubleGeo

See THIS THREAD for a utility that will allow you to perform an alignment remotely through your desktop.

egiblock

Originally Posted by BZell240

stuck on the 'align screen' - UPDATED 1/28 ....... I did a hard reset to my Axim and as usual when it turned on it went to the welcome screen and then to the 'align screen.' I tapped the 4 corners, it blinked and wanted me to align the screen. It seems to be stuck on this screen. Even another hard reset did nothing to resolve the problem. Does anyone know how to bypass the screen? ...... Any other ideas?

i found a thread on here for opening up the Axim and putting a piece of electrical tape over the screen cable.. mine was getting worn down and shorting out.. i had the same thing you had.

open it up, use the tape, put back together and enjoy.

fixed mine up right away..

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SilasBannook

Get this. The Dell Help Desk in San Salvador actually helped me resolve an issue. I was stuck on the screen alignment page trying to align for over 20 minutes at a stretch and ultimately would have to power off the unit to get out of the internal loop. Here is what they told me that works like a charm.

1. Turn the axim lock button on and off a few times
2. Soft reset

Go figure. I don't understand why that made a difference but it absolutely worked. I have had this problem with the align screen for several months with it ocassionally working. Screen alignment was a big issue though. This has worked solidly for a day now. I have gone back numerous times just to make sure the glitch hadn't returned and life is great.

Hope this helps.:approve: