Hello everyone. I've got a question. I've been having issues with my keyboard. It seems to not register certain letters when I type. I have an officially unlocked streak running an official 2.2 rom. I have NO idea how to fix this. I've tried various keyboards and they all have the same issue (except for the default android keyboard, which I don't like too much).
I saw this link (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848487). I'm not sure about anything. I have no idea what baseband I have or anything like that, nor if I have to be rooted or not. I'm so very confused about EVERYTHING Android. I've had this device for a total of a week. I'm not sure if anyone can give me a hand?
Have you ever had this issue? When I type messages it sometimes misses letters (but they register but not on the screen), for example, the letter jumps up (as if it knows it's being pressed), but then doesn't register on the screen. For example I can type:
"this is an example"
and it would come out "his is an exmple" or something like that.
I've downloaded multiple keyboards and they have the same issue (some more than others) and I'm not sure how to fix this. Any ideas? Suggestions?
Thanks!
Kent.
I figure out im portrait mode is better than landscape. But i don't know why. Must be bug..
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I've fixed this. I've downloaded the image directly from dell and then reflashed it. Not only do I get higher benchmarks but I also got rid of that pesky typing issue. Hehe
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Not sure if this is unique to my phone or not, but a couple of bugs that I've noticed on my Bell Desire Z, and wondering if anyone else noticed these:
1. If you assign one of the 2 keyboard shortcut keys to Google Talk, it tries to load Talk, and then force closes.
2. If you use prediction with the hardware keyboard, the prediction does not work at times. Sometimes it's fine, sometimes it doesn't show up.
Wondering if anyone else could confirm these for me?
Thanks!
Yep! The Google talk one is exactly like you said on my UK desire z. Not an issue for me but it indicates something in need of a fix.
The text correction thing I have also noticed. Whenever the corrections aren't appearing,do a long press (bringing up the cursor magnifier) then start typing, this makes it start correcting again. I don't know exactly what causes the problem, I think its something to do with having focus on the box you are typing in. Maybe.
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pizza65 said:
Yep! The Google talk one is exactly like you said on my UK desire z. Not an issue for me but it indicates something in need of a fix.
The text correction thing I have also noticed. Whenever the corrections aren't appearing,do a long press (bringing up the cursor magnifier) then start typing, this makes it start correcting again. I don't know exactly what causes the problem, I think its something to do with having focus on the box you are typing in. Maybe.
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It's good to know that I'm not alone. I have contacted HTC about this, and they don't admit to either issue.
So when i had my stock htc keyboard befote i rooted i loved it. It knew what i meant to type, made the correct suggestions and the most accurate autocorrects. Then i flashed the gb keyboard when i was using warm. It was a big step down in terms of prediction and auto correct but still worked. However now that i am actually on a gb rom, evokings gb v8 (evervolv), everything has just stopped working and its driving me NUTS. it doesnt auto correct, doesnt predict and fimish my words for me, doesnt input a period after two spaces. Let me give you some examples. If i accisentally type looj, why the hell wouldnt it turm that into look? Note the above errors in that sentence that i didnt even mean to type that it shpuld have easily corrwcted. Before when i typed prob, it would turn that into probably as soon as i hit the space bar. Also it would do punctuation ofr me, like turning doeant into doesn't. I have double checked all my keyboard settings. Its taking me like 3 times longer now to type a mesaage because i have to go back and correct all the minor errors. What changed and why doeant the keyboard work how it should? Somebody please help me out
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Try smart keyboard from market... works great can pick themes... HTC / Iphone/ Gingerbread/ etc.. predictions are good as stock
ncfastls1 said:
So when i had my stock htc keyboard befote i rooted i loved it. It knew what i meant to type, made the correct suggestions and the most accurate autocorrects. Then i flashed the gb keyboard when i was using warm. It was a big step down in terms of prediction and auto correct but still worked. However now that i am actually on a gb rom, evokings gb v8 (evervolv), everything has just stopped working and its driving me NUTS. it doesnt auto correct, doesnt predict and fimish my words for me, doesnt input a period after two spaces. Let me give you some examples. If i accisentally type looj, why the hell wouldnt it turm that into look? Note the above errors in that sentence that i didnt even mean to type that it shpuld have easily corrwcted. Before when i typed prob, it would turn that into probably as soon as i hit the space bar. Also it would do punctuation ofr me, like turning doeant into doesn't. I have double checked all my keyboard settings. Its taking me like 3 times longer now to type a mesaage because i have to go back and correct all the minor errors. What changed and why doeant the keyboard work how it should? Somebody please help me out
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so, quick fixes, touch to auto correct, show suggestions and auto-complete are all checked an on in settings?
t3project said:
so, quick fixes, touch to auto correct, show suggestions and auto-complete are all checked an on in settings?
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Yes every one of them
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Did you manage to get around this issue? Have the same problem on my desire. And to make matters worse my typing seems to be getting worse with every passing minute :-( it is becoming practically impossible to type in portrait mode. Is there a keyboard recalibration setting somewhere?
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I've switched to go keyboard. It's doing a decent job but don't know how safe it is to use this keyboard. It can record key strokes and there arent too many reviews either
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Does this only occur in the browser?
Ever since I upgraded my 3g Xoom to 3.1 (using BDR's flashable image, thanks again!) I have an issue when using apostrophes in communications. When I write "I'll" for example, it looks fine on my screen. However, once I send that email to it's recipient it translates to "I'll" on their end.
Is this new to 3.1 or is it a known issue? I have never seen it before.
I saw a couple posts referencing "'" but not in this manner.
Anyone else experiencing this?
Conspiracy Theory: Every fifth grade English teacher in the U.S. partnered with Google to, once and for all, stop our use of contractions. *dum dum dum*
yes, i noticed it too. oddly, it seems to only happen when i reply to emails originally composed in html. i noticed it last week for the first time but i don't recall if it was before or after the upgrade to 3.1. it is definitely there in 3.1 though.
Yeah, I'm not 100% sure when it started but I'm sure I never noticed it before 3.1.
It's annoying trying to not use apostrophes in emails
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dougvan said:
Ever since I upgraded my 3g Xoom to 3.1 (using BDR's flashable image, thanks again!) I have an issue when using apostrophes in communications. When I write "I'll" for example, it looks fine on my screen. However, once I send that email to it's recipient it translates to "I'll" on their end.
Is this new to 3.1 or is it a known issue? I have never seen it before.
I saw a couple posts referencing "'" but not in this manner.
Anyone else experiencing this?
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I just noticed this...very annoying.
did you modify any system files? what keyboard are you using?
Not extra mods beyond the flashed 3.1 from bdr. Now running the new 1.6 tiamat as well and still have the issue.
I'm using thumbkeyboard but used that in the past without noticing the issue.
I have noticed something new. When I view the Xoom General board using the XDA app and see a post with a quote or apostrophe in the 1 line preview its replaced with ' or ". However, when I open the thread it is displayed correctly.
Very odd.
Edit: you guys see "' or "." above? I entered that as """ above and it changed to " when I clicked submit...
Is this an interpretation problem with HTML codes?
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I don't have a solution but I can validate the same issue.
I am not experiencing the issue. I just sent myself a test email using the gmail client and used ' a lot, but it showed up properly on both the xoom and on the computer I sent it to.
Oh, and I'm on BRD's 3.1.
keyboard changes
I also noted that the colon : symbol is gone from the keyboard when typing an address using the browser. For example the "About:debug" command could not be typed as the key was gone. I had to go into a search box to type the command and then cut and paste it into the address bar.
Another google conspiracy....
Next to the space bar in the browser. Select the URL bar and the forward slash button immediately to the right button gets the colon as a shift selection. Just long press the that button and you get about:debug entered with no problems.
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validated.
Only noticed it today. In gmail. Grr. Stock. Rooted. 3.1
Yeah, it has become increasingly annoying to me.
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I am not experiencing the issue. I just sent myself a test email using the gmail client and used ' a lot, but it showed up properly on both the xoom and on the computer I sent it to.
Oh, and I'm on BRD's 3.1.
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Same here. Do not see the issue. Show up properly. I'm also on BRD's 3.1
Apostrophe Bug, Android 3.1
Anything out there besides people who also notice it? Need a fix, not company.
Everybody experiencing this issue please go to code.google.com and search for "android 16873" and then STAR it so that the priority will go up. This bug is killing me. Thanks!
P.S. If anybody could please repost the actual link I'd greatly appreciate it. I don't have enough posts.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=16873
I was getting this issue in some emails to my mate. I replied with thumb keyboard, then replied without it. And without thumb keyboard didn't get the issue. (I used stock)
Comment 62 by project member [email protected], Jun 22, 2011
Hi everyone,
This issue was tracked internally on the team and has been fixed in our codebase. It will go out with in a future system update. Thanks to everyone for their patience.
I just wanted to clarify a few things and repeat what some people on this thread have already said:
- the issue exhibits itself only when you reply to a message, and not when composing new mails
- the issue exhibits itself if you are using an Exchange 2007 (or newer) account
- the issue should not be fixed after a reboot
- the issue should not be seen with IMAP, POP3, or Exchange 2003 accounts
If you are seeing an issue which does not fit the above criteria, you may be seeing something else, and it would be useful to identify your device type and version, as well as precise steps to reproduce the issue on a separate issue entry.
Thanks!
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There's your fix... 3.1.1 or 3.2 probably
This issue still hasn't been fixed as it happens all the time on my Xoom which I only bought a few weeks ago. Standard out of the box Xoom. Using MS exchange email client. It works fine on GMail.
The double-letter glitch with the stock Android keyboard (and with other keyboards that have adopted the code to the stock Gingerbread keyboard, like Better Keyboard 8) is becoming obnoxious.
It happens so frequently, and not even when typing that fast either. It seems to happen only with the first letter of words... "like tthis" for example, but it'll also happen with the first two letters of a word... "like ththis." It's especially ridiculous when this happens with only two letter words, like... "I'm going toto the movies."
It's insane how frequent these glitches occur. And I'm not alone. A search in other forums of other phones running the stock Android keyboard will show threads about this exact issue as well.
A while back I filed a report to Google. If anybody is also experiencing this, please star the report, share, and even add your own experiences if you wish: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=14755
I even made a video a while back to show Google: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUZdvr6Pdjk
It's discussed more in length on this old thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11403637&postcount=168
This glitch has got to be addressed and fixed.
I have this problem as well. Have left a reply on the Google report. Really hope it gets fixed as its beginning to spoil my experience with this great phone!
Yea this is really annoying. When I was using Swift Key for a while it wasn't noticeable but now that I am back on the regular keyboard it is annoying as hell.
Interesting. I cannot reproduce on my device.
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I hhaaave problem withh my ssony Xperia z2. Thhiss iss how it typesş. Thhe middlle row types twice.
Hey everyone, not sure this is the right section but here goes.
I am running a rooted att 2.3.4 atrix and using swype. my keyboard randomly collapses while i am typing. i dont thing im hitting a specific button or anything, just randomly decides that im done typing. usually happens after occasionally right as i swype a word, as in just when a new word is inputted.
any ideas?
Thanks
edit: ps was working fine last week, no changes in software since this started happening
Had this problem when I first had my Astrix. I solved it by completely deleting my "dictionary" and disabling it. Lg you go on settings and on input then choose keyboard settings, you will find your personalised dictionary filled with words that you have been using which are not included in the phone's dictionary (usually slaNg words).
Sorry for any typos. I am Swyping half asleep here. If you mange to solve your problem, which I am sure you will. Don't forget to give thank me.
Let me know how it goes.
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thanks for the response. I deleted my user dictionary but cant find the setting to disable it, still having the keyboard issue. i am running att 2.3.4 if that helps.
cheers
Weird. That did the trick for me. Unfortunately, I am on CM7 at the moment and I don't think I think the keyboard settings are different or they have been moved but keep looking for a way to disable the user dictionary and see what happens.
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Ive recently started to have this problem too with swype. Ive also typed words and have seen the travel path trace but no words show up. i have to close then reopen the keyboard. looking for a fix. Im unrooted on Bell