Database Users

Very stupid question regarding swype

I've spent forever trying to find an enter button on here but it seems only samsung and android keyboards have one by default. Is there a special swype technique or am I just blind?
Edit: it shows up on text input fields but not in the messaging app when I need it most, in its place is a button for smileys, any way to bring back the enter button?

Nope, there is a tab-like button though.

The arrow key in the lower right corner is functioning like an enter/return key on my swype keyboard.
See, just used it.
Oh, there it goes again!
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

BeverageNinja said:
The arrow key in the lower right corner is functioning like an enter/return key on my swype keyboard.
See, just used it.
Oh, there it goes again!
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Updated op, yeah I see it here but not in the text messaging app try it there

Is it really that hard to hit the send button instead?

Use Handscent
If you use Handcent instead of the built in messaging app for mms/sms, Swype does not show the smiley key where the enter key should be. There are so many more reasons than just that to use Handcent. It's free and on the market to download, give it a shot.

Arr MiHardies said:
Is it really that hard to hit the send button instead?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No it's not but I don't wanna bombard the people I'm texting with multiple texts at the same time.
And to whoever mentioned handcent, I might try it again because it was my favorite texting app on my g1 but the newer updates were really buggy, I'll see how the latest version runs on my vibrant thanks!

Arr MiHardies said:
Is it really that hard to hit the send button instead?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Some people don't have unlimited text messaging plans though.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

lqaddict said:
Some people don't have unlimited text messaging plans though.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
use Google Voice, they provide FREE unlimited text messaging. there are cons of course, you have to use it within the Google Voice app and it isn't the best interface for it but if it gives me free text messaging then its whatever.

zephiK said:
use Google Voice, they provide FREE unlimited text messaging. there are cons of course, you have to use it within the Google Voice app and it isn't the best interface for it but if it gives me free text messaging then its whatever.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Unfortunately, Google Voice only works in the US.

nanek921 said:
If you use Handcent instead of the built in messaging app for mms/sms, Swype does not show the smiley key where the enter key should be. There are so many more reasons than just that to use Handcent. It's free and on the market to download, give it a shot.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I don't see any advantage Handcent has over the stock Vibrant messaging app besides being able to change bubble and background colors.
Whats so special about it?

I second this one.... We need an enter key in swype for text messaging. Sometimes you have to send address in a text message and you need to enter like this:
mr. x y
1234 xyz ave
abc city, xx state
wonder if you can update swype somehow if there is a newer version with fix?

I had this same problem with swype when I got mine. A friend told me about swiftkey as an alternative keyboard. Have to say that I think it is a much better keyboard than swype and the default Android one.
I know that is not a fix but maybe it will help you do want you need.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

Try the touchpal keyboard. Its surprisingly good, just disable chinese as the default language.
Sent from my Vibrant

why cant i just diall the name of the person i want to call

On the mytouchslide I can just dial the name of the person I want to speak with on the g2 I cannot anyway to change this?

That is sense feature. I will miss it when I ditch my EVO and goto the G2. I am not sure if other Dialers will do the same thing.....

There are a few apps for this. I personally like "Star Contacts." I believe another one was "Dialer One."

Stryder5 said:
There are a few apps for this. I personally like "Star Contacts."
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+1
I use Star Contacts as well.

Ah yes, one of many features that I miss from my slide. That and the full weather animation.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

Do any of these programs change the way the dialer looks. I don't want a change in the look just the feature

My suggestion would be to just tap the search button, type the name in there, and click the dial icon.

EfemaN said:
My suggestion would be to just tap the search button, type the name in there, and click the dial icon.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nice tip!
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

richierich118 said:
Do any of these programs change the way the dialer looks. I don't want a change in the look just the feature
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No. Here's Star Contacts. Once you get the contact on screen, you click the contact. From there you can call, text or email the contact.
It also provides some enhancements of the call log that I prefer to the standard call log. You get the exact time of the call, not "3 days ago" and you also get the duration of the call in hours, minutes and seconds.

why not use the search button? no really on the phone. you tap the button then type the name and it will look for it in your contacts and you click to dial.

You can get weather animation with beautiful widgets.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

jloescher2010 said:
You can get weather animation with beautiful widgets.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It a poor replacement but its something that I actually use. Thank you for mentioning it just in case I didn't know about it.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

I use SpellDial

xile6 said:
why not use the search button? no really on the phone. you tap the button then type the name and it will look for it in your contacts and you click to dial.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
lets say you just called them an hour ago, and want to dial them back again
isntead of hitting a total of 2 buttons to call them again, in order to type in their name, you're going to have to do at least 3, and more depending on how long your contact list is, to an average of about, lets say 5.
that would mean a 150% increase in keystrokes...

If you just called them an hour ago (not sure how often *you* make phone calls) they should be near the top of your recent calls...
i use Dialer One, which is similar to the HTC Dialer and has swiping from page-to-page for recents/favs/contacts.
Also, getting a shortcut to the program where you can get to it quickly might help too. If you haven't checked out replacement launchers/homes in the market, I'd suggest it.

xile6 said:
why not use the search button? no really on the phone. you tap the button then type the name and it will look for it in your contacts and you click to dial.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Beat you to it
n3rdftw said:
lets say you just called them an hour ago, and want to dial them back again
isntead of hitting a total of 2 buttons to call them again, in order to type in their name, you're going to have to do at least 3, and more depending on how long your contact list is, to an average of about, lets say 5.
that would mean a 150% increase in keystrokes...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What nolsen311 said... Your situation is solved by stock software. I don't think the issue is recent calls, but simply searching for peeps. The stock search button works well.

cant you just flash it and install Desire Z rom?

Can't you just... open the keyboard, type the name, tap the profile image, tap the phone icon (first one)? It's not so complicated.
Works perfect for me!

to the OP... i'm hooked on the HTC Sense way of searching/dialing (T9 "spelling" out a contact's name)
i really like Dialer One - its *very* similar to the Sense interface, if that's what you're coming from
also, a couple times i had an idea for an improvement so i emailed the guy and he fixed it right away - pretty cool!
(ps... that star contacts looks pretty slick - i might just give that a try too!)

dynamikd said:
Ah yes, one of many features that I miss from my slide. That and the full weather animation.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
For the weather animation and Sense style weather clock widget, check out "Weather and Toggle Widget" by Android Apps in the market. It costs a couple of bucks, but works great. A true Sense style clock and weather widget with full screen animations on stock Android.
If you get it, to get the Sense style to it, download the H7C Clock and H7C Weather themes for it, and the Weather Widget Forecast Addon by Android Apps for the animations.

Only one keyboard, input method menu option still showing

I installed swiftkey today to play around with it but uninstalled it. However now the input method menu option is still showing in text fields, even though android keyboard is the only choice. Anyone know how to get rid of this? Restarting and reinstalling / uninstalling swiftkey did not help. Thanks.

try clearing data for the keyboard?

terrel_b said:
try clearing data for the keyboard?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nice idea....no dice though!

Well this is odd...I restored a nandroid from before I installed swiftkey (only had android keyboard as an option) and the input method menu option is still there. Is this how its always been on cyanogenmod or something and I never noticed? I know it used to not show up, but now I don't know when that changed.

xdp said:
Well this is odd...I restored a nandroid from before I installed swiftkey (only had android keyboard as an option) and the input method menu option is still there. Is this how its always been on cyanogenmod or something and I never noticed? I know it used to not show up, but now I don't know when that changed.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So you got it working? If not then go into MENU>SETTINGS>LANGUAGEAND KEYBOARDS and puput a check mark in the box for your keyboard and then long press in a text field and it should be there.

I think the problem is that he can't get the option for the keyboard to go away, not that he can't get it to show up. I've never heard of a problem like this. How did you uninstall Swiftkey?
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

TheMagicalSock said:
I think the problem is that he can't get the option for the keyboard to go away, not that he can't get it to show up. I've never heard of a problem like this. How did you uninstall Swiftkey?
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah that's the problem, its not that the option for swiftkey is still there, its that the "input method" menu option is present in all text field context menus, and when you choose it, the only option is "android keyboard". I believe that in the past, if you only had one keyboard, "input method" did not show up at all. So I restored a nandroid to before I installed swiftkey, and "input method" is still showing despite having only one keyboard, which is why I'm confused.
I just uninstalled swiftkey the regular way from the running tab of applications.
So, if you're running cm6.1, do you see "input method" even with only one keyboard installed?

Ahhh, I see. The input method will always show up, regardless of how many keyboards you have. This happens to everyone and to my knowledge it isn't a bug.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

TheMagicalSock said:
Ahhh, I see. The input method will always show up, regardless of how many keyboards you have. This happens to everyone and to my knowledge it isn't a bug.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Okay thanks for clearing that up. I believe with the stock Sense ROM it removed that option when only one keyboard was enabled, but I guess I never noticed it didn't behave that way in AOSP/Cyanogen.

a voice comes up when editing folders in drawer

Hi guys.
I flashed RR v7 on my note (so ICS).
Maybe I have got a hidden setting I didn't know the existence before.
If I put in edit mode the app drawer to manage my apps in folders, when I open or close the folders there's a synthetic voice telling "folder opened, folder closed" plus something else....
Am I wrong? Any suggestion? I want to get rid of that. Only doing this operation I hear that. Really annoying. I did not check anything in voice settings...
Thanks.

Check System Setting > Accessibility for a Voice Over feature. Turn everything off in that menu, might be it.

Thx mate. Already checked and everything is off. In my opinion is due to the custom ROM I have. In fact it is the only place of the entire phone where I have such voice "help". There must be some hidden recall to voice function active on that. Quite annoying but I can survive.
Thanks for your reply.
Sent with my Galaxy Note!

I had this 'bug' using the new galaxy s3 launcher. I've reverted back to stock launcher before i found the cause of it.
Hope this leads you in the right direction
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

Mate, you are right.
I changed the default s3 touchwiz with the classic one and the "bug disappeared".
So it is related to the new touchwiz itself.
Thanks so much to have given to me the right tip.
Cheers!

You mean feature lol
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2

Feature? Yes if it would be a thing I can choose..
Not this case...

I had a similar problem but was triggered by my 'Iphone Notifications' app, it looks like apps enable under 'Settings/Accessibility/Services' can trigger this wierd behaviour in touchwiz, i disable iphone notifications and the 'Folder Opened' voice goes away, I enable it and it comes back.

If you disable any Text to speech (TTS) apps installed, usually have a Google one and a Samsung one installed in Stock ROMS, the problem should disappear. Its a well documented problem with Google Talkback.

rsommerv said:
I had a similar problem but was triggered by my 'Iphone Notifications' app, it looks like apps enable under 'Settings/Accessibility/Services' can trigger this wierd behaviour in touchwiz, i disable iphone notifications and the 'Folder Opened' voice goes away, I enable it and it comes back.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi.
Creator of iPhone Notifications here.
Here is a fix to your issue :
http://www.productigeeky.com/faq/#1
This is a bug in Samsung's software, their dev team has reported to us that they have found the bug and made a fix and it will be released in the next update.
Thanks for your interest for our apps.

Google Dialer problem with pop up default dialer

After having selected the Google dialer as my default, I continuously am asked the question which dialer do you want to use it as your default dialer when I highlight a number and then ask to dial it. Is it me or are others having this problem as well? I'm running Android 4.4.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

agouracaguy said:
After having selected the Google dialer as my default, I continuously am asked the question which dialer do you want to use it as your default dialer when I highlight a number and then ask to dial it. Is it me or are others having this problem as well? I'm running Android 4.4.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm having the same issue. I'm running Android 4.4 and Nova launcher. I've tried setting as default different dialers but when I click a missed calls notification I get the pop up asking for which dialer to use. I think I'm not getting the same as you when highlighting a number and calling, it straigh away shows the in-call screen.

rakio69 said:
I'm having the same issue. I'm running Android 4.4 and Nova launcher. I've tried setting as default different dialers but when I click a missed calls notification I get the pop up asking for which dialer to use. I think I'm not getting the same as you when highlighting a number and calling, it straigh away shows the in-call screen.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
has anyone ever figured out a way around this? the only thing i could think of was to modify the stock dialer.apk to remove the recent calls default intent, but i haven't been able to figure out a way to do that...i haven't been able to get services.jar decompiled to take the signature check out.