yeah, sadly the issue is coming to mine as well since about 2022. right now the dead zone is in the upper area above the keyboard and below status bar, so it remains usable.. but if it kills the keyboard, i'll have to switch :(
the wristband on my casio (mq24) is constantly breaking after about 2 years of use each; have you replaced the one on yours or is the stock one still good?
surface pro 4 maybe.. had swollen battery, yellowish screen, touch/stylus malfunction, charger connection issues, keyboard connection issue, heat/fan grinding noise, etc all right after the warranty just expired (3 years iirc?)
it still does boot and i've learnt a lot of computer stuff thanks to it though
i use this app which auto exports sms/contacts/call logs to json on my local storage every day. maybe write a script to auto transfer that exported json to your PC, diff for new messages and translate them using the local llm and send it back to your phone?
i had a lemmy acc since about 2020 after reading about it on privacytoolsio (probably). mostly moved here as primary after reddit fucked up in 2023