But will it upgrade?

[fritata]

Well, I'm far too impatient to wait years for the Pyra, so . .

I have been considering upgrading my limping classic Pandora, but at this point, I do not think it is possible.

My Pandora has two issues: A broken nub, and it cannot read battery voltage, meaning you can't tell how much battery is left.

Does this mean I am ineligible for an upgrade?

 

[mcobit]

How long do you have your Pandora and are those defects there from the beginning?


Did you modify the hardware?


As far as I can tell you can still upgrade if he problems are still covered under warranty bit ED would need to decide on that of course.

 

[fritata]

It has always had the defect.

I have changed the LCD cable myself when it went bad, I believe this voided my warranty.

 

[Binky]

I have changed the LCD cable myself when it went bad, I believe this voided my warranty.

Repairing part A yourself shouldn't make you ineligible for a free repair of part B, if part B failed due to it being of poor quality/construction.

 

[fritata]

Well, I have been unable to answer my question, but I appreciate the help.

 

[mcobit]

Send a message here:

http://boards.openpandora.org/page/contact_us.html

 

[thatgui]

Send a message here:

http://boards.openpandora.org/page/contact_us.html

Or use https://www.dragonbox.de/en/contact-us, as opening a ticket there will put in on my "desk". As I do not have any clue about such things, the only thing I could do would be to assign his case to Ed (which probably takes some time, till he works through it).

 

[EvilDragon]

Well, the nub is no issue and for the battery reading, it might be fixable by me (or sold for a cheaper price).

So please do the upgrade if you like to

 

[DrCJBoduma]

I am in a similar, but probably worse situation.  My poor panda has been through the wars a bit :-

The power switch has broken off.

I've had to (badly) re-solder both microusb and main power socket

damaged battery compartment and a nice little screw hole in the front where I annoyingly put the screws back in different places.

After all this, what are the chances of an upgrade for me?

Thanks

CJ

 

[EvilDragon]

Is the PCB intact or did the powerswitch rip off the traces?

 

[DrCJBoduma]

The powerswitch is still there, just the little plastic tab (that the slider switch joins too) snapped off

 

[EvilDragon]

That's no big deal and can be fixed here, so you could do an update.

 

[DrCJBoduma]

Excellent news, thanks.

Also, one other question. A (long) while ago I paid €100 towards a 512 pandora and then promptly ran out of funds, so I have done nothing since then and the money has just been sitting with OpenPandora GmbH.  Would it be possible to use this money as part of the upgrade option and if so how would I go about it?

Cheers

CJ

 

[EvilDragon]

Oh, so you paid a part to my company and didn't pay the remaining amount?

That would be usable - just let me know more information (when you paid, how you paid, your name, etc.) so I can find you there

 

[DrCJBoduma]

Thanks Ed,

Have PM'd you the info

CJ

 

[DrCJBoduma]

cheeky bump h34r:

 

[EvilDragon]

No worries, I'm a bit behind with PMs but will catch up

 

[DrCJBoduma]

Cheers Ed