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Things you wished you knew before setting up your Deck?
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this post was submitted on 13 Jul 2023
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I wish I had known at the beginning that its not a delicate porcelain device. If you break the software, its easy to discover the right Linux command to fix it. Or you can plan ahead before tinkering, take a backup image, and just reimage it.
And if something goes wrong hardware-wise, its easy to open up and work on. All the parts, seriously all of them are able to be sourced from reputable companies and can be quickly installed.
I was scared of hurting it day one, but Ive since learned that you cant. Tinker away!
If you can find a source for a left thumbpad replacement you'll be a hero. Everything works on mine except clicking the left thumbpad
out of the box? RMA that shit babe. my buddy got one with no functionin touch screen or haptic feedback and he was considering just eating that. if you got a broken product get a new one.
You'd have to RMA unfortunately. There is no way to calibrate one outside of the factory.