Track Ball Issues

The trackball on my new Tour is not very responsive.  I've adjusted the horizontal and vertical sensitivity and am still having no luck.  Is it just a faulty phone or is this one of the downfalls of this new phone?
Message Edited by Twixter915 on 08-26-2009 01:40 PM
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Just FYI - There is another thread that been going on a while with this same issue titled "Tour 9630 Trackball issue".  I think you should be able to jump there from:
Link to Trackball Issue: http://supportforums.blackberry.com/rim/board/message?board.id=9630&thread.id=371
Hope this helps,
Maurice
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