Stuckie
Member
Heya,
Earlier today, the spanner that I am, managed to knock the Pandora off my work desk.
It survived pretty much intact, save for the Left Shoulder Button, which became pretty unresponsive due to the fact it got wedged in the case. And amusingly, the nubs suddenly became uber responsive and fluid, to the point I've had to turn the sensitivity down a fair whack!
My shoulder buttons weren't completely great to begin with - very much recessed in like my Dingoo's shoulder buttons - and required a conscious effort to push them. They worked, just it was perhaps the one thing I wasn't overly happy with.
So, instead of bugging Open Pandora with a repair request ( specially seeing as they're no doubt inundated with "Where's my Pandora?!" requests and other such things ) I decided I'd fix it myself.. that and I'm the muppet that broke it in the first place.
It's immensely easy to open up. You only need to take the five screws out the bottom ( yes, five.. you DID take the battery out, right? ) and carefully lift up the bottom part of the case. You don't need to go any further, you're at everything you need.
Now, take some paper and cut it into 1cm x 4cm strips and fold them over twice so you've a nice thick bend point.
Locate your shoulder pads and literally just wedge the paper around the plastic ledge in the centre so the paper makes a V shape pointing out.
Line up the shoulder pads with the buttons and screw the case back on just enough to keep things in place and test your shoulder pads.
Mine were noticeably better just with that little extra bit of push on the button itself.
You'll want to then screw in the bottom two screws fully, and the middle top screw fully. Don't over do it, you only need to tighten them, not screw it through the other side!
Carefully screw in the two screws by the shoulder buttons slowly - the reason being you have just added extra height, so your Pandora won't fully go back 100% without locking the buttons, but it's about 98% and everything is reasonably flush enough that for really precise shoulder buttons, I think it's worth it.
Test the shoulder buttons again to make sure they're fine ( if not, unscrew the top row of screws slightly and try again.. you might need to unscrew fully, pop it a bit to re-seat the shoulder pads, and then screw in again slowly. )
Nice and simple, and takes about five mins.
They may stick out slightly and not look as flush as they originally were, but you should just need to essentially touch them to press them!
You probably could get it flush by cutting the paper even more so it's an exact fit with the thickness you desire, but I didn't have such precision tools at hand ( IE: a ruler and a pair of scissors
... I just tore bits of paper off a piece of paper destined for the bin! )
Now excuse me as I barrel roll my way through Corneria again
Earlier today, the spanner that I am, managed to knock the Pandora off my work desk.
It survived pretty much intact, save for the Left Shoulder Button, which became pretty unresponsive due to the fact it got wedged in the case. And amusingly, the nubs suddenly became uber responsive and fluid, to the point I've had to turn the sensitivity down a fair whack!
My shoulder buttons weren't completely great to begin with - very much recessed in like my Dingoo's shoulder buttons - and required a conscious effort to push them. They worked, just it was perhaps the one thing I wasn't overly happy with.
So, instead of bugging Open Pandora with a repair request ( specially seeing as they're no doubt inundated with "Where's my Pandora?!" requests and other such things ) I decided I'd fix it myself.. that and I'm the muppet that broke it in the first place.
It's immensely easy to open up. You only need to take the five screws out the bottom ( yes, five.. you DID take the battery out, right? ) and carefully lift up the bottom part of the case. You don't need to go any further, you're at everything you need.
Now, take some paper and cut it into 1cm x 4cm strips and fold them over twice so you've a nice thick bend point.
Locate your shoulder pads and literally just wedge the paper around the plastic ledge in the centre so the paper makes a V shape pointing out.
Line up the shoulder pads with the buttons and screw the case back on just enough to keep things in place and test your shoulder pads.
Mine were noticeably better just with that little extra bit of push on the button itself.
You'll want to then screw in the bottom two screws fully, and the middle top screw fully. Don't over do it, you only need to tighten them, not screw it through the other side!
Carefully screw in the two screws by the shoulder buttons slowly - the reason being you have just added extra height, so your Pandora won't fully go back 100% without locking the buttons, but it's about 98% and everything is reasonably flush enough that for really precise shoulder buttons, I think it's worth it.
Test the shoulder buttons again to make sure they're fine ( if not, unscrew the top row of screws slightly and try again.. you might need to unscrew fully, pop it a bit to re-seat the shoulder pads, and then screw in again slowly. )
Nice and simple, and takes about five mins.
They may stick out slightly and not look as flush as they originally were, but you should just need to essentially touch them to press them!
You probably could get it flush by cutting the paper even more so it's an exact fit with the thickness you desire, but I didn't have such precision tools at hand ( IE: a ruler and a pair of scissors
... I just tore bits of paper off a piece of paper destined for the bin! )Now excuse me as I barrel roll my way through Corneria again
