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To be honest, mine is a bit different. I've never had a problem with left and right, but down is a small/iffy button, and the up arrow just plain never worked for me.
It might help (if you don't already know) to have an explanation on how it works: You see, unlike a regular DPad, where you hit an arrow or button, the thing actually only has three buttons. A big button on the right, one on the left, and the center one. When you touch the capacitive Dpad, the device recognizes with the heat where your hand is, and as soon as it feels the click on one of the three zones, it will activate the button that your hand is closest to. This is why it does not work with anything but your hand. Hit it with a paper clip or even your fingernail, and you will find that those buttons simply do not activate.
As a little experiment, I rested my thumb on the "house" button. I then proceeded to pull my sweatshirt sleeve over my thumb and hit the "send" button. The HTC DPad diagnostic utility recognized it as a press of the "house" button, just as I suspected.
Maybe you all already knew that. I thought it was kind of interesting.
- 2 Bunny
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