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Originally Posted by Slack3r
The problem is that I'm not sure, as I've never seen a dummy Imagio, but I've heard reports of people successfully salvaging buttons for other phones.
But now that you mentioned it, there were little plastic discs in between the button sensors and the physical buttons... If the problem is simply that one of them slipped off, you may not even need replacement parts, you can just open it up and re-seat it, and maybe add a dab of glue so it stays in place.
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Yeah, those damn discs are stupid. It turns out I lost my fourth button today (only END is original and unbroken), and I couldn't find a T5 screwdriver (T7 is as low as I have, oops), so I opted to just go with the fix that I used on the SEND button -- replace the membrane with flexible glue that more or less permanently sets the disc in place above the switch, let that set up for a while, and then tack the button faces back on with a dab more glue, and weight lightly overnight.
I'm 99% certain I'm just going to pay full price for a WP7 upgrade if/when Verizon carries a good model, and as long as I have ONE functional button to wake the phone from lock, I'm good.
I fixed the Windows button "properly" last time, but of course a couple trips in the back jeans pocket allowed the disc to slip again.
The "fleixible glue instead of the membrane" fix seems to work OK, provided you're very careful not to get any glue under the disc and use a glue that will remain flexible. (I've used clear GE Household Glue from Home Depot for my buttons). My first mistake was self-repairing a phone under warranty. It's snowballed from there - LOL. It may not be "right", but it still works!!
edit: I saw the commercial for the Samsung Fascinate BOGO deal on TV, and the Imagio was a BOGO. If VZW didn't screw up the Fascinate so badly software-wise, I was going to get my wife the Fascinate and use the BOGO to replace the Imagio. After we read all the reviews, we decided to just pass
