Either autocorrect has changed, or it's not working on my phone. Some words get changed, but most things dont.
What the heck?
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spexwood said:
Either autocorrect has changed, or it's not working on my phone. Some words get changed, but most things dont.
What the heck?
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I noticed the EXACT same thing.. some short words do get corrected, but longer ones that are miss-keyed won't correct. It's odd though because the suggested word shows the correct spelling of the miss-key, but the keyboard doesn't put the word into the text box unless you tap on it. It's extremely frustrating. I ended up using google keyboard because it corrects as it should (or as we are used to).. but I do miss having my email address readily available to tap on instead of having to type the whole thing out when logging into websites, apps, etc.
Yeah what's up with that
-b0Ne
It actually has effected my switfkey keyboard as well. It seems like something with the samsung keyboard's auto correct is broken.
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It actually has effected my switfkey keyboard as well. It seems like something with the samsung keyboard's auto correct is broken.
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Any idea if this would be a fix that can be released through the Galaxy Apps store, or do we need to wait for a full firmware update?
(Note: NOT asking IF an update is coming. No one would know unless they work for Samsung.)
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spexwood said:
Any idea if this would be a fix that can be released through the Galaxy Apps store, or do we need to wait for a full firmware update?
(Note: NOT asking IF an update is coming. No one would know unless they work for Samsung.)
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My guess is this has something to do with the new Samsung keyboard on this Note 7 custom build of TW. It looks like the keyboard may be responsible for the system lag some people are noticing as well. My guess is a firmware update will fix it. But don't worry you should get one almost monthly starting in September.
Has anyone tried using package disabler pro to disable the Samsung keyboard and see if that fixes the issue?
Neeed..... fix.... now..... please
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Neeed..... fix.... now..... please
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I know, right?
The frudtrsting part is that when I purposely try snd make typos (last sentence), it always automcorrects me right. When I dont try, and actually make real typos, it wont correct me at all.
Ser?
*see?
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Samsung has repeated screwed this up since as long as I can remember. I remember the Note 2 literally had no auto correct whatsoever LOL Had to root to enable it (may have been the Note 3 can't remember). Anyway what is happening here is that the autocorrect can't keep up. You'll notice if you type very slow and make mistakes on purpose, the phone catches them every time. If you start blazing through your words, it can't keep up and misses them. With all this horsepower they can't seem to squash the lag. I am working on debloating my phone and removing a ton of things that hog resources. If I get enough of them out, maybe the keyboard will start to work properly. Who knows. This is stupid though.
I thought it was me! Switched to the Google keyboard. Fixed.
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Samsung needs to recall Note 7 not just for the battery issues, but for the keyboard issues as well. Autocorrect barely works even for words and punctuation. When it tries to autocorrect it does so in an unexpected and illogical manner. There's no intelligence. Plus, words keep disappearing when I'm typing especially after hitting the spacebar, and even the spacebar is intermittent. My words end up jumbled up.
It's probably my style of texting that makes it worse, but it's fine on other phones. Ironically, I can't stand Windows Phone, and I've had much better luck with it.
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Samsung needs to recall Note 7 not just for the battery issues, but for the keyboard issues as well. Autocorrect barely works even for words and punctuation. When it tries to autocorrect it does so in an unexpected and illogical manner. There's no intelligence. Plus, words keep disappearing when I'm typing especially after hitting the spacebar, and even the spacebar is intermittent. My words end up jumbled up.
It's probably my style of texting that makes it worse, but it's fine on other phones. Ironically, I can't stand Windows Phone, and I've had much better luck with it.
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The autocorrect cannot keep up with normal typing speeds. Works great if you type one word and wait 2 seconds to type the next. I posted on samsungs Twitter expressing my disappointment with my 850 dollar phone that can't autocorrect... Of course they had a tech support person from a foreign country try to walk me through some steps to fix it. This included a cache wipe and a factory reset. I told them I have seen 7 other phones behave exactly the same way and a factory reset will do nothing.
It's amazing to me that they continually screw up autocorrect each year. Do they even use these phones before releasing them? Mind blowing. I just typed all this with SwiftKey and didn't have to correct a single word!
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It's amazing to me that they continually screw up autocorrect each year. Do they even use these phones before releasing them? Mind blowing. I just typed all this with SwiftKey and didn't have to correct a single word!
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It's scripted like in IT. Did you turn it off and back on again? :laugh: In this day and age you would think they have an intelligent autocorrect engine working by now. The autocorrect engine should be continuously evolving. SwiftKey uses neural networks as a method to evolve its engine. I might go back to Swiftkey or Google keyboard since I don't use the stylus for texting anyway.
Newest update still didn't fix this.
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It's scripted like in IT. Did you turn it off and back on again? :laugh: In this day and age you would think they have an intelligent autocorrect engine working by now. The autocorrect engine should be continuously evolving. SwiftKey uses neural networks as a method to evolve its engine. I might go back to Swiftkey or Google keyboard since I don't use the stylus for texting anyway.
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SwiftKey is just as bad. I don't use the swipe feature
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b0Ne83 said:
Newest update still didn't fix this.
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This is so sad.
MrBaltazar said:
SwiftKey is just as bad. I don't use the swipe feature
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This is so sad.
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If anyone wants SwiftKey check out this mod version on xda. Comes with tons of free themes and is updated regularly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016053
Works great
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SwiftKey is just as bad. I don't use the swipe feature
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Swiftkey is not just as bad. This comment is so bizarre that I'm not even sure you've ever used Swiftkey. I have flawless typing at any speeds and swipe works great too. I am an extremely fast typer and Swiftkey keeps up with every word without problems.
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Swiftkey is not just as bad. This comment is so bizarre that I'm not even sure you've ever used Swiftkey. I have flawless typing at any speeds and swipe works great too. I am an extremely fast typer and Swiftkey keeps up with every word without problems.
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I found the option to turn off the swipe gesture and its working much better. Having the swipe feature turned on killed the auto correct for me. It was adding 2 random words after typing one word. Unless this isn't Swiftkey I'd suggest you don't assume I've never used it.
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I found the option to turn off the swipe gesture and its working much better. Having the swipe feature turned on killed the auto correct for me. It was adding 2 random words after typing one word. Unless this isn't Swiftkey I'd suggest you don't assume I've never used it.
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That's the only assumption I can make when you compare two things to be exact when they are nothing alike in any single way at all. Type one sentence on both and you will see. The Samsung keyboard can't handle a single sentence without screwing it up. I could write a book with Swiftkey.
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Now that Samsung have officially confirmed that the Note will be one of the first to get the ICS update, what improvements will it make? Will it be worth while doing it for Note works very well on Gingerbread.
The most important for me, except other nice features, is that ics will optimized full the 2 cores of Note and improved more battery life.
Sent from the best smartphone, Galaxy Note...
I am sure ICS will fly on the Note. Full dual core optimisation is what I am wanting.
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the most SICK news it's "hardware acceleration"
we got much mote better GPU than Samsung Galaxy Nexus !
So our phone will ROCK !
i know they said ICS in Q1 but have they released a tentative date?. .
any ideas? .or patterns with samsung?
I hope they take their time releasing ICS. The fewer the bugs, the better for us
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i know they said ICS in Q1 but have they released a tentative date?. .
any ideas? .or patterns with samsung?
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I was talking to a Samsung rep on phone today and when i asked him about ICS, he said "Its already on ICS". So my next question was: "are you sure? cause i am on 2.3.6". He said "yeah what i meant was, since our nexus has it, it won't be long before the note gets it. No official dates as to when it comes" So, either a) he had no idea what he was talking about, or b) ICS is being tested on the note as we speak
what im waiting for is AOSP ICS rom or CM9 would do. The reason is FULL tablet interface, experience.
I'm wondering how much faster the camera will be. Romain Guy said that the zero shutter lag on the galaxy nexus is a combination of software+hardware optimisations, so it will be interesting to find out what kind of improvement we will get. At the moment it feels like there is 1 second between each of 1) Pressing the camera button, 2) The shutter noise and 3) actual photo taken. It's a bizarre experience.
It's gonna be LEGEND......
..wait for it....
....ARY!
wabz said:
I'm wondering how much faster the camera will be. Romain Guy said that the zero shutter lag on the galaxy nexus is a combination of software+hardware optimisations, so it will be interesting to find out what kind of improvement we will get. At the moment it feels like there is 1 second between each of 1) Pressing the camera button, 2) The shutter noise and 3) actual photo taken. It's a bizarre experience.
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The main reason they used a 5MP instead of an 8MP camera in the Galaxy Nexus was speed. Fewer pixels to process, fewer pixels to write to storage. Don't expect that kind of speed on the Note, or a GS2, etc when they get the ICS camera app.
To be honest, if you use the technique and aren't using the flash where you prepare the camera by pressing the shutter button first and then release when you want to take the picture then there is virtually no meaningful lag.
You definitely have a different note than me. The lag ducks. Do like the camera tho.
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To be honest, if you use the technique and aren't using the flash where you prepare the camera by pressing the shutter button first and then release when you want to take the picture then there is virtually no meaningful lag.
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Im hoping that ICS might correct my offset screen (s-pen, finger input) and somehow get rid of the pinkish huein the middle of the pictures i take.
If Dolohin HD crashed less that would be great.
Other than that, everything else would be gravy. I love my Note and I am now done with iphones. My son still has a 4gS but I cant even stand to look at it!
However, Im not one of those people who judge others. If you love iphones, more power to ya!
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Im hoping that ICS might correct my offset screen (s-pen, finger input) and somehow get rid of the pinkish huein the middle of the pictures i take.
If Dolohin HD crashed less that would be great.
Other than that, everything else would be gravy. I love my Note and I am now done with iphones. My son still has a 4gS but I cant even stand to look at it!
However, Im not one of those people who judge others. If you love iphones, more power to ya!
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Ics should fix the spen problem, ics has stylus input already built in.
Yes having the spen more accurate would be a great new advantage of having ICS on Note..
I am still impressed by the speed of my note. With ICS if it gets better... Awesome!
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Ics should fix the spen problem, ics has stylus input already built in.
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I got sick of my pen making random selections and acting erratic. I had a fit lol amd ripped the button off the side of the pen. Problem solved. Its still offset and i despise that bur at least when i pass the pen over the screen it doesnt select something from and inch away from the screen. I will buy a new pen with no button function. Thr only thing i ever used the button for was screen caputure but i can do that easily with hone button + sleep button.
I notice that on some web pages when i want to click a link, i have to compensate by pressing higher that the hyper link with my finger or pen.
Samsung wants to have an s-pen smartphone... GET IT RIGHT. As far as finger touch goes, there is no excuse for having to press 2mm higher than the hyperlink. Thats a lack of screen calibration which i find ignorant.
Now if i could stop all of my browsers from closing abruptly i would be less angry about the screen calibration. My iphone browser has never closed on me, not on any of them.
Still love my phone though. However, i seem to be refering to it as the galaxy n7000 because between tje pen and the unforgivable lack of screen calibration, "Note" seems a like a title that it has yet to earn.
Strange, I have no spen inaccuracy problem.
However I would like to see:
1-Better camera picture quality,the sharpness in the taken pics really sucks.
2-faster,this is a must be addressed issue,the wakeup lag from the homebutton,the lag while opening applications specially the Contacts is just unforgivable for hardware with such specs.
3-I have no such issue in the Opera browser since its not hardware accelerated,but both Dolphin and stock browsers which support that feature crush a lot and suffer from battery drainage. This of course could be because gingerbread doesn't support that feature either.
Other than these three very important issues all is well on my front.!!
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Strange, I have no spen inaccuracy problem.
However I would like to see:
1-Better camera picture quality,the sharpness in the taken pics really sucks.
2-faster,this is a must be addressed issue,the wakeup lag from the homebutton,the lag while opening applications specially the Contacts is just unforgivable for hardware with such specs.
3-I have no such issue in the Opera browser since its not hardware accelerated,but both Dolphin and stock browsers which support that feature crush a lot and suffer from battery drainage. This of course could be because gingerbread doesn't support that feature either.
Other than these three very important issues all is well on my front.!!
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Correct. Whilst it's not perfect the wake up lag is poor. Sometimes when opening sms messages or contacts/phonebook it takes upto 4 seconds which is unnacceptable!!!
It should be instantaneous...
im pretty excited about ics too exspecially about the new ui. I was looking through the features list and it didnt say any thing about it there but does any one know if the default mail app (not gmail) has push notifications
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I read the page but it didn't say anything about push email which is really important to me, i use yahoo mail as a default mail and i use the ymail app, not that there is anything wrong with it but i prefer the default email app as sometimes when you want to "share" something there is the message, Bluetooth, email and stuff but sometimes it doesn't have the share through yahoo mail app, plus the yahoo mail takes forever to 'attach' pictures and send.
I just wanted to know if you guys know anything about the push email on the default email app, i know the gmail app has it but im not switching to gmail
Another thing i would like to know is this:
Huge fan of reading ebooks, and note has a sexy screen perfect for reading books, and i love the ui the books are displayed above, can any one clarify if that is only for tablets, or is an app on the android market (checked the market and nothing) or will only be available on ics when it comes out
Also will the 'US' version of android market be available outside US on ics or we still got to root and then use market enabler?
Hope ICS comes out soon with as little bugs and and plenty of improvements possible!!
Following clip is not mine but I advice everyone to watch what's happening...as this is unacceptable and has to be spread around until it reaches Samsung so they can fix it!
Basically, when a drawing/memo in S-Memo (a vital Note app) contains too much lines/information the whole thing takes almost a minute to open and even worse; when it's saved, the app crashes!
See for yourself:
(i'm a brand new member who just tried to put a youtube link to this post and aren't allowed yet, can a mod allow this please, as i think it's important to share this important information, thanks)
(btw, this is the title on youtube: Samsung Galaxy Note - S Memo is just for Memo)
spacexda said:
Following clip is not mine but I advice everyone to watch what's happening...as this is unacceptable and has to be spread around until it reaches Samsung so they can fix it!
Basically, when a drawing/memo in S-Memo (a vital Note app) contains too much lines/information the whole thing takes almost a minute to open and even worse; when it's saved, the app crashes!
See for yourself:
(i'm a brand new member who just tried to put a youtube link to this post and aren't allowed yet, can a mod allow this please, as i think it's important to share this important information, thanks)
(btw, this is the title on youtube: Samsung Galaxy Note - S Memo is just for Memo)
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My niece pretty much colored in the entire screen and saved it on my phone. That didn't crash the note when i opened it
Here you go
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ph00ny said:
My niece pretty much colored in the entire screen and saved it on my phone. That didn't crash the note when i opened it
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lol my niece too... she colored all the screen with so many details and she did many of those memos... no even a single crash and the load/open instantly
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just flash one of the latest stock roms. you probably have an old one
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My niece pretty much colored in the entire screen and saved it on my phone. That didn't crash the note when i opened it
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well you can fill the screen with one or two large strokes if you wanted but as you see in the video it's about lots of single strokes/points, which adds up to the file size of the memo, as opposed to fewer (large strokes)
could someone replicate something with a high stroke/point count just as in that video and report?
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well you can fill the screen with one or two large strokes if you wanted but as you see in the video it's about lots of single strokes/points, which adds up to the file size of the memo, as opposed to fewer (large strokes)
could someone replicate something with a high stroke/point count just as in that video and report?
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She doesn't know how to change the thickness of the pen stroke and it was set on pen and thin stroke. And yes it was filled in with many many lines
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I didn't fill in the screen as much as my niece did but here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkVDzNOAxms
I filled the page with lots of lines and multiple colours and it had no problem at all saving and opening the file. This doesn't seem to be a widespread problem.
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She doesn't know how to change the thickness of the pen stroke and it was set on pen and thin stroke. And yes it was filled in with many many lines
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I didn't fill in the screen as much as my niece did but here
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(as a new member i had to delete the link of the quote above because xda doesn't allow me to post links yet)
thanks a lot for your effort though i see that you also did a lot of long scribbles *without* lifting the pen nearly as much as you would do if you had to fill the screen with hundreds of points (or short strokes) like you can see in the original video...
there clearly is a big problem with the way the uploader's Note handles that "point-heavy" drawing...
i suspect that until now not a lot of people made (or reported) a problematic drawing were lots of *seperate* events (points) are being drawn, that's why i want to bring this out and it would still be important that someone would replicate a drawing consisting of a whole lot of *seperate* points/lines...as seen in that original video, as again; there is clearly a big problem going on in that video!
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(as a new member i had to delete the link of the quote above because xda doesn't allow me to post links yet)
thanks a lot for your effort though i see that you also did a lot of long scribbles *without* lifting the pen nearly as much as you would do if you had to fill the screen with hundreds of points (or short strokes) like you can see in the original video...
there clearly is a big problem with the way the uploader's Note handles that "point-heavy" drawing...
i suspect that until now not a lot of people made (or reported) a problematic drawing were lots of *seperate* events (points) are being drawn, that's why i want to bring this out and it would still be important that someone would replicate a drawing consisting of a whole lot of *seperate* points/lines...as seen in that original video, as again; there is clearly a big problem going on in that video!
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I added bunch of new lines that are not connected to each other on top of that same memo. No different than the original. Do you even own a note?
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I added bunch of new lines that are not connected to each other on top of that same memo. No different than the original. Do you even own a note?
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thanks!
like i said, the uploaded video is not mine though i'm in for a note, that's why i'm concerned...
and since you don't seem to have problems i'm still wondering what could be wrong with that note: certain colors? pen type? thickness? a combination?
it's really strange and i really pity that person, who has to wait a minute each time to open a memo and can't even save afterwards...
it looks software related so it's hard to imagine there is a problem with the uploader's hardware...
Its probably an old ROM. S-memo does get updated from time to time.
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am having similar problems with mine, and to tell you the truth its bugging the crap outta me, ive been sketching a picture since the last few days (just a few minutes per day) and most of the time when ive finished and i try to save it, the memo crashes and i end up having to redo everything that i did, all over again, if im lucky only once if not, sometimes thrice or more...which sucks !
Never had that problem. But here's a fix:
Get sketchbook mobile, a real app for drawing/sketching.
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William Haven said:
Never had that problem. But here's a fix:
Get sketchbook mobile, a real app for drawing/sketching.
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got it already,last year christmass deal for 10 pence hehe
but still this problem sucks !
So, I fired up S memo for the first time and wrote my to do list for today. I go and reply to some emails/texts and when I go back to S memo my list is gone! It doesn't autosave??? Who designed this? My iPhone used to autosave my notes and then it had the same problem when I would leave the app and come back they'd all be gone. Am I doing something wrong?
OmniSketch is a good alternative too, or LectureNotes for text purposes.
S-Memo doesn't have an autosave, you have to remember to save it, or exit it correctly and then say "yes" to the prompt, otherwise it will just ditch what you've done.
So there its no solution for this problem?I have Yuri big drawing I can't access so 8 can finish them!
I updated my firmware to the latest open Europe one and the problem stop! So the best to solve this problem is to flash a new firmware!
Pure vida guys!
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Samsung Galaxy Note or S-Memo or S-Pen bug?
Hi
I have encountered this strange problem with my new galaxy note. Not sure if it is phone hardware, S-Memo or S-pen problem. Nevertheless, after getting the phone replaced, the problem still occurs but less frequently as before. Hope some kind souls could enlighten or share if they've similar encounters.
Problem = there's always this strange spot (right side) that could not be drawn using the S-Pen. Using finger is ok. Sent phone back to Samsung, they've changd the LCD, S-Pen and problem still persisted. Later they changed me a new set, but after a few tries, the same problem comes back but less frequent as before.
I tried resetting the phone, the patch size reduced, and even if it does not occur, drawings on that part of the screen is never smooth. Maybe I am having phobia now.
I can't post the picture here coz I am new...
Can someone help me? This phone is really starting to piss me off. Mainly it's the keyboard, I've tried several different keyboards but they're all pure undriven ****.
Ok, maybe not necessarily THAT bad but... First off, I can't type fast on these and my normal typing speed is VERY fast. I'm not sure if it's the ROM or the keyboards. Secondly, does every frakking phone out there have to have a crappy small spacebar with other GARBAGE surrounding it?
Alot of them like periods or commas, or enter keys near the spacebar, granted, this is a really lousy small screen. But after hitting.the.period.key.for.the.50.millionth.time I'm ready to scream and throw my phone against the wall.
Not only that but the keys are small, and I'm constantly hitting the wrong keys and typing some ridiculous word that's completely out of context.
Keyboards I've gotten are:
Adaptxt Beta
Big Buttons Keyboard
Gingerbread Keyboard
SlideIT
Smart Keyboard pro
Lastly... I've yet to find a good rom. The one I'm currently on is Jokersax CM9 July 21st Build. It's ok, but it's not great. It constantly kills apps when they crash in it. Facebook - god forbid I rotate the screen, that'll screw it up for sure. And other such quirks.
I'm about ready to give up on this phone. Any help?
Silvercloak
You do know CM9/CM10 are unstable/testing/experimental ROMs, right? Until Moto releases the appropriate drivers+kernel, don't even think of expecting any stability, despite other people's experience. Other than official Moto firmware, CM7 is the only that can deliver a decent degree of stability.
As for the keyboard... Yes, I do agree it can be annoying. I came from the G1 and its absolutely stunningly awesome hardware keyboard, no soft touchy keyboard in the world could ever dream of topping that. Plus, the screen is pretty roomy for most things but not so much for typing. Because of all this I sometimes get mad at the touchy kbd too, it can really piss me off sometimes. But it's not really that bad, I'm getting used to it. As for your issues, are you sure you're not dealing with a faulty or dying digitizer?
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You do know CM9/CM10 are unstable/testing/experimental ROMs, right? Until Moto releases the appropriate drivers+kernel, don't even think of expecting any stability, despite other people's experience. Other than official Moto firmware, CM7 is the only that can deliver a decent degree of stability.
As for the keyboard... Yes, I do agree it can be annoying. I came from the G1 and its absolutely stunningly awesome hardware keyboard, no soft touchy keyboard in the world could ever dream of topping that. Plus, the screen is pretty roomy for most things but not so much for typing. Because of all this I sometimes get mad at the touchy kbd too, it can really piss me off sometimes. But it's not really that bad, I'm getting used to it. As for your issues, are you sure you're not dealing with a faulty or dying digitizer?
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Yeah I know they're experimental. I used to have Dark Side, then Nottachtrix, and then CM7, and none of them really worked as good as I'd liked. Switch to CM9, but it's not that great either. I just can't find a ROM that's JUST RIGHT... Sigh.
As for the keyboard, who knows, it's only a year and half old, so it'd be a real shame if it's already dying. I think it's more just - there's no good keyboard for the atrix out there, and the screen is just too freaking small. Seriously giving the Samsung Galaxy III some thought.
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Can someone help me? This phone is really starting to piss me off. Mainly it's the keyboard, I've tried several different keyboards but they're all pure undriven ****.
Ok, maybe not necessarily THAT bad but... First off, I can't type fast on these and my normal typing speed is VERY fast. I'm not sure if it's the ROM or the keyboards. Secondly, does every frakking phone out there have to have a crappy small spacebar with other GARBAGE surrounding it?
Alot of them like periods or commas, or enter keys near the spacebar, granted, this is a really lousy small screen. But after hitting.the.period.key.for.the.50.millionth.time I'm ready to scream and throw my phone against the wall.
Not only that but the keys are small, and I'm constantly hitting the wrong keys and typing some ridiculous word that's completely out of context.
Keyboards I've gotten are:
Adaptxt Beta
Big Buttons Keyboard
Gingerbread Keyboard
SlideIT
Smart Keyboard pro
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I don't know about the other keyboards you've used, but smart keyboard pro is the best I've found with the customization. You can change button height, width, get rid of most buttons surrounding the space bar. Here is my layout which works great for me.
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Silvercloak5098 said:
Can someone help me? This phone is really starting to piss me off. Mainly it's the keyboard, I've tried several different keyboards but they're all pure undriven ****.
Ok, maybe not necessarily THAT bad but... First off, I can't type fast on these and my normal typing speed is VERY fast. I'm not sure if it's the ROM or the keyboards. Secondly, does every frakking phone out there have to have a crappy small spacebar with other GARBAGE surrounding it?
Alot of them like periods or commas, or enter keys near the spacebar, granted, this is a really lousy small screen. But after hitting.the.period.key.for.the.50.millionth.time I'm ready to scream and throw my phone against the wall.
Not only that but the keys are small, and I'm constantly hitting the wrong keys and typing some ridiculous word that's completely out of context.
Keyboards I've gotten are:
Adaptxt Beta
Big Buttons Keyboard
Gingerbread Keyboard
SlideIT
Smart Keyboard pro
Lastly... I've yet to find a good rom. The one I'm currently on is Jokersax CM9 July 21st Build. It's ok, but it's not great. It constantly kills apps when they crash in it. Facebook - god forbid I rotate the screen, that'll screw it up for sure. And other such quirks.
I'm about ready to give up on this phone. Any help?
Silvercloak
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As far as keyboards go, until its most recent update, Swiftkey 3 worked well for me. Now, anytime I start a sentence with certain letters, it thinks I've pushed that letter like 10 times. SSsssssso wwwwwwwwwords look like that. I know it's not the digitizer for me at least, because no other type of keyboard or application has the problem. I just went back to the stock keyboard and the spacebar issues bug me too, but I've learned to get around it.
As far as ROMs go - make your own? This stuff is free and I've had phones with some quirks or bugs from a ROM, but then I remember most of the stuff works and the additional stuff makes it even more worth it. So, let's wait until we get some official ICS and then maybe the CM9/10 stuff will be much more stable.
Swiftkey 3 works perfectly for me.
Swiftkey keyboard is really good. Probably the best apart from the stock jelly bean keyboard. As for the rom, you'll need a gingerbread based rom of you want something stable. I would suggest neutrino which has a huge keyboard
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debt collector said:
Swiftkey keyboard is really good. Probably the best apart from the stock jelly bean keyboard. As for the rom, you'll need a gingerbread based rom of you want something stable. I would suggest neutrino which has a huge keyboard
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I've looked at Neutrino... maybe I'll give it a try tonight, it can't hurt. Thanks for all the keyboard tips everyone!! I'll give both Swiftkey and Smartkeyboard pro another try. Maybe I missed a setting which will save my sanity.
Swype has been a good keyboard for me.
I have been using SwiftKey since SwiftKey X beta and found it really easy to get the hang of, the predictions are really good and it has a large spacebar, I think there is a demo so give it a try, best virtual keyboard I have used. Hopefully some of your other issues will be sorted with the ICS update.
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I really like the stock Motoblur keyboard. I find it more responsive and accurate than the stock keyboards on the other ROMs. Granted, I haven't used any third-party keyboards...
Yeah, the moto kb actually works well. Otherwise I use swype in portrait and SwiftKey 3 in landscape.
Be patient at least until we get an official ics, leak...
I just got an atrix, coming from a desire z. i really really miss the hw kb, and I'm frustrated too because dz roms were much better defined as well.
BUT, the devs here are active and seem to know their stuff. I'm stoked for what they do with an official ics release. I feel like the golden age of the atrix may not be over, but still to come.
Btw, I'm on th3bills aokp milestone 6 release (ics not jb) and I'm pretty happy.
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Try hackers keyboard.
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I'm mostly a Swype user, but swiftkey is well worth the money if you like traditional "tappy" keyboard. With Swype, get the beta from their website not the old version shipping with blur roms.
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You must try jellybeankeyboard pro.the best keyboard i have ever used.
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SwiftKey is brilliant as a non stock keyboard. It improves your tapping with very simple auto correct and punctuation as you type. I have rarely experienced performance issues on any moto, cm7, cm9 or cm10 roms.
If you use an app to monitor your cpu, you should be able to see if there is something causing issues. Apps do misbehave. I recommend System Panel and Better Battery Stats to drill down into the underlying performance.
If you factory wipe, you should not experience any issues with the ROM of your choice. If you do, then you have faulty hardware. Reseatting the ribbon connectors would be the first step. Drinking beer in large quantities is recommended when you do this.
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wOW
I put Neutrino on this afternoon and wow... It's MUCH snappier now and even the default keyboard that comes with it works awesome. I think I'm MUCH happier now!!
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Silvercloak5098 said:
I put Neutrino on this afternoon and wow... It's MUCH snappier now and even the default keyboard that comes with it works awesome. I think I'm MUCH happier now!!
Silvercloak
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So cm7 is your current rom of choice and the factory wipe did the trick. Well done. Neutrino is a fine rom. The only thing I didn't like about his work was lack of charge while off code. I.e. The device has to power up completely in order to charge.
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So cm7 is your current rom of choice and the factory wipe did the trick. Well done. Neutrino is a fine rom. The only thing I didn't like about his work was lack of charge while off code. I.e. The device has to power up completely in order to charge.
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If what you're saying is correct, a device with Neutrino and a dead battery is a brick.....
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but charging while off is not Rom dependant but kernel dependent (or even lower level than kernel I believe). Nothing is loaded when off....
I have neutrino and it charges just fine, even when off.
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cpl101 said:
If what you're saying is correct, a device with Neutrino and a dead battery is a brick.....
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but charging while off is not Rom dependant but kernel dependent (or even lower level than kernel I believe). Nothing is loaded when off....
I have neutrino and it charges just fine, even when off.
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I may be out of touch on this then as when I was testing Neutrino, charging while off caused the phone to fully boot. I concluded at the time, that he had stripped out the code that handles charging. Glad to hear that has since decided to add back that portion. I do believe however that charging is an Android feature and not related to kernel How else could the pretty battery image display?
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I would just like to mention that the optimus g (the phone which the nexus 4 is based on) has soft keys instead of software keys unlike on the nexus 4.
Here are a few reasons why i wouldn't prefer software buttons.
- They can get easily pressed by mistake while using apps or if your phone doesn't have a lock screen.
- The nexus 4 it's self has a 4.7" display, but because of the software buttons it downgraded it to about between 4.5" to 4.55" which is really a bummer for me. (I do know that they disappear while previewing photos/videos, not that it matters).
- If the screen cracks, the software keys might stop functioning. And as you guys know the nexus 4 is very close from being a pure glass made device.
I'm not saying it's as bad, from the price aspect it's totally a worthy device! In comparison to other phones in this price range. But if they would've pushed it a little bit further it could've been the ultimate phone.
Might've been a few more things i did not mention.
Please, share your opinions!
YeledKaki said:
I would just like to mention that the optimus g (the phone which the nexus 4 is based on) has soft keys instead of software keys unlike on the nexus 4.
Here are a few reasons why i wouldn't prefer software buttons.
- They can get easily pressed by mistake while using apps or if your phone doesn't have a lock screen.
- The nexus 4 it's self has a 4.7" display, but because of the software buttons it downgraded it to about between 4.5" to 4.55" which is really a bummer for me. (I do know that they disappear while previewing photos/videos, not that it matters).
- If the screen cracks, the software keys might stop functioning. And as you guys know the nexus 4 is very close from being a pure glass made device.
I'm not saying it's as bad, from the price aspect it's totally a worthy device! In comparison to other phones in this price range. But if they would've pushed it a little bit further it could've been the ultimate phone.
Might've been a few more things i did not mention.
Please, share your opinions!
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GTFO and keep using your fruit phone- that`s my opinion!
BigDig said:
GTFO and keep using your fruit phone- that`s my opinion!
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I'm just saying it could've been a flawless device with a little more tweaks.
YeledKaki said:
I'm just saying it could've been a flawless device with a little more tweaks.
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It`s already flawless for people that know phones and technology....
I had the same concerns but I have found myself liking them, mainly for google now and the multitasking button. It has make my life a bit easier for example at the gym where I switch from my spreadsheet to my timer to my music app.
It also cleans up the phone nicely and if phones started adopting it more it would make it more consistent across platforms instead of every phone having the buttons placed differently.
One question I have is if Dev's have access to remove them in games for example, the games I play don't do this and I wonder if it's the dev's fault or a limitation of Android.
I don't mind the screen it takes, and IMO the Nexus screen is prefect size, the S3 is too big for me for example.
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BigDig said:
GTFO and keep using your fruit phone- that`s my opinion!
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I'm just saying it could've been a flawless device with a little more tweaks.
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Why would you even comment, this adds nothing to the discussion.
And I would say the phone is far from flawless for many people..
BigDig said:
It`s already flawless for people that know phones and technology....
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Just because he has an apple logo in his avatar you do not have to be rude for him...
YeledKaki - I am really sorry for them.
Peace .
ashirviskas said:
Just because he has an apple logo in his avatar you do not have to be rude for him...
YeledKaki - I am really sorry for them.
Peace .
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It actully says in brackets on the picture "not really" but since the resolution is so small your not even able to see it, sorry about that.
I might just put it as a signature. And thanks for being supportive btw.
jmejiaa said:
One question I have is if Dev's have access to remove them in games for example, the games I play don't do this and I wonder if it's the dev's fault or a limitation of Android.
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On ROMs like AOKP they'll probably start implementing the "hide nav bar" feature as one of the power menu options and that should make gaming more enjoyable
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jmejiaa said:
One question I have is if Dev's have access to remove them in games for example, the games I play don't do this and I wonder if it's the dev's fault or a limitation of Android.
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Yep, Developers have the ability to remove the onscreen buttons when playing games. I don't understand why a lot of them don't though.
DKMikey said:
Yep, Developers have the ability to remove the onscreen buttons when playing games. I don't understand why a lot of them don't though.
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What they should implement is that you'll have the choise through settings to choose if you want to remove the onscreen buttons on certain apps.
Like you stated, games for example!
DKMikey said:
Yep, Developers have the ability to remove the onscreen buttons when playing games. I don't understand why a lot of them don't though.
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THey probably don't want to put in the extra work since the majority of devices don't use it anyway
Google made it clear over a year ago they were moving away from soft keys, the GNex was the first, so I don't know why this is such a big shock to everyone that this phone doesn't have them. If you need them so bad then don't buy another Nexus phone because they will never have them.
I like them because of the customizability
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I actually quite like the on-screen buttons. the lack of capacitive buttons, provides a good area to place the thumb when holding in landscape.
I accidently press the home button on the ipad quite a number of times.
No issues here. I got used to them quickly. I think it looks nicer than hardware/cap buttons.
YeledKaki said:
I'm just saying it could've been a flawless device with a little more tweaks.
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Ignore him. I can't believe how childish some people are on xda.
YeledKaki said:
What they should implement is that you'll have the choise through settings to choose if you want to remove the onscreen buttons on certain apps.
Like you stated, games for example!
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You're describing paranoid android there. That allows you to hide the nav bars for specific apps and make them automatically come back up when you quit the app
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I came from a Galaxy S and I really miss the search button. It's unfortunate that not enough people realized its utility, so Google just removed one of the best shortcut buttons in any phone. I used to run fullscreen browsers and used gestures to switch, close, and open tabs. The search button was the easiest and fastest way to pull up the address bar when in fullscreen, and had the added benefit of being right next to the keyboard so my thumbs would already be in position to type in a search term or URL. I am waiting for ParanoidAndroid to implement the same kind of nav bar customization options seen on Roman's AOKP ROM. Then, I'd probably only use 2 buttons: back and recents. Long press back would go home, and long press recent would function as search. I would only use 2 because, well, you can see below how I'm using software keys. I miss capacitive buttons due to the increased screen area, but since i consolidated the nav bar and notification bar, it's not an issue. ParanoidAndroid's customization of nav bar color and appearance does make the app experience slightly better, and since the notification bar is a constant, why not have the software keys there as well?
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Agreed!!!
Yeah, its kind of a bummer that they are using software buttons. Although the HTC phones use software buttons, but they are outside of the screen.
Wonder if Nexus 7 and 10 have the same soft buttons....
SirValak said:
Yeah, its kind of a bummer that they are using software buttons. Although the HTC phones use software buttons, but they are outside of the screen.
Wonder if Nexus 7 and 10 have the same soft buttons....
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They do.
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I am currently working with clients with severe physical disabilities, one of my clients has been given a Samsung 10" tablet which he loves using. However due to his disability it is proving difficult, He currently used a 'dynavox' to communicate.
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in the first picture you will notice two joysticks, the one with the golf ball on steers his chair the other is his mouse for his dynavox this is a usb connection. The problem comes with the 'mouse' click, this is achieved by the green pad under his right arm in the second picture, this is plugged into the dynavox separately.
Im hoping the people here can assist me making android more accessible for my client.
So the joystick works with the tab but he's not able to click using it?
No, the click comes from touching the green pad. It goes into the dynavox via the mic socket
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What are your requirements?
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There are other issues like icon size etc but these can be overcome, root unfortunately is a no go atm due to it being so new from his parents
"You learn something new every day if you're not careful" - Wilf Lunn
You might have better luck in a different forum. I was thinking of moving this to the Android software and development forum. Is that okay with you?
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You might have better luck in a different forum. I was thinking of moving this to the Android software and development forum. Is that okay with you?
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That's fine with me, wasn't sure myself so i placed it here. Thanks
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"You learn something new every day if you're not careful" - Wilf Lunn
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Ok don't know what happened here. My post didn't come up.
Ok is partly a hardware issue with the joystick etc, it's also partly with icon and font size Etc.
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You might have better luck in a different forum. I was thinking of moving this to the Android software and development forum. Is that okay with you?
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I would put it here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1425
Problem isn't with android per say. I say it's hardware. Modifying a mouse.
I would take apart a usb mouse (trackball or joystick) and separate the button actuation mechanism and route that to a pad for his lap to use for the button and mount the movement where he wants for the mouse.
Does that make sense? Or do I need to elaborate my explanation?
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And I don't know how old the dude is, but I would totally rock this on my chair
http://www.amazon.com/Joystick-Cont...8&qid=1379016265&sr=1-5&keywords=usb+joystick
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I would put it here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1425
Problem isn't with android per say. I say it's hardware. Modifying a mouse.
I would take apart a usb mouse (trackball or joystick) and separate the button actuation mechanism and route that to a pad for his lap to use for the button and mount the movement where he wants for the mouse.
Does that make sense? Or do I need to elaborate my explanation?
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And I don't know how old the dude is, but I would totally rock this on my chair
http://www.amazon.com/Joystick-Cont...8&qid=1379016265&sr=1-5&keywords=usb+joystick
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That's probably a better idea
boborone said:
I would put it here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1425
Problem isn't with android per say. I say it's hardware. Modifying a mouse.
I would take apart a usb mouse (trackball or joystick) and separate the button actuation mechanism and route that to a pad for his lap to use for the button and mount the movement where he wants for the mouse.
Does that make sense? Or do I need to elaborate my explanation?
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And I don't know how old the dude is, but I would totally rock this on my chair
http://www.amazon.com/Joystick-Cont...8&qid=1379016265&sr=1-5&keywords=usb+joystick
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That makes sense, i think i can find an old spare green switch to play with.
My next issues will be with keyboards i think. Most android keyboards that I've come across are more designed for people with fairly good eyesight and dextrous thumbs, can anyone suggest a large lettered keyboard?
I'm sure I'm going to come across a few more issues as i go :banghead:
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That makes sense, i think i can find an old spare green switch to play with.
My next issues will be with keyboards i think. Most android keyboards that I've come across are more designed for people with fairly good eyesight and dextrous thumbs, can anyone suggest a large lettered keyboard?
I'm sure I'm going to come across a few more issues as i go :banghead:
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Found what they call an adaptive keyboard. But the oversized trackball mouse on here would be a good idea since dexterity is an issue.
http://webaim.org/articles/motor/assistive
Trackball
The first one seems like it would be a perfect fit.
http://www.abledata.com/abledata.cfm?pageid=19327&ksectionid=19327&top=14899
Keyboards
http://www.iltsource.com/Assistive_Technology_Products_s/25.htm
Different things
http://www.infogrip.com/
Does the tablet have USB OTG support?
And even USB hubs don't have to be boring. Pimp that sht up man.
And my favorite
boborone said:
Found what they call an adaptive keyboard. But the oversized trackball mouse on here would be a good idea since dexterity is an issue.
http://webaim.org/articles/motor/assistive
Trackball
The first one seems like it would be a perfect fit.
http://www.abledata.com/abledata.cfm?pageid=19327&ksectionid=19327&top=14899
Keyboards
http://www.iltsource.com/Assistive_Technology_Products_s/25.htm
Different things
http://www.infogrip.com/
Does the tablet have USB OTG support?
And even USB hubs don't have to be boring. Pimp that sht up man.
And my favorite
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The tablet is the Samsung tab (im sure it has otg natively)
The hubs look cool and I'm sure he'll take a fancy to them
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Update : it looks like it's going to be a modded joystick. My client used to use a trackball but no longer has the dexterity to manage one successfully. The same can be said of the external keyboard.
We looked at 'big launcher' which looks nice and had icons about the right size but seems to be geared more towards phone use than tablet use so I'm considering using uccw for a larger icon sets on his home screens, these would be an advantage as he would be able to touch the hotspots with his knuckle as well as using his button on bad days.
"You learn something new every day if you're not careful" - Wilf Lunn
jugg1es said:
Update : it looks like it's going to be a modded joystick. My client used to use a trackball but no longer has the dexterity to manage one successfully. The same can be said of the external keyboard.
We looked at 'big launcher' which looks nice and had icons about the right size but seems to be geared more towards phone use than tablet use so I'm considering using uccw for a larger icon sets on his home screens, these would be an advantage as he would be able to touch the hotspots with his knuckle as well as using his button on bad days.
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Cool man. Keep us updated with pics. I want to see how it turns out. Would be something good to share, maybe someone else can use the setup.
Just curious as to how this is coming?
At some point of time, you will have to change the dpi, and go opposite the usual direction. I.e. Change dpi to more higher values and force phone landscape mode.
@a.cid in trying to avoid root if i can, dpi changes have crossed my mind. @mark manning finding a controller that is a suitable size is tricky atm, he does like the idea of actually being able to touch the icons though. Going to request a uccw skin in the skins thread as soon as we've worked out which apps be will use lots. It's going to be a little slow, communication can take a while as he has to type out his responses, also getting to find the time to work with him when I'm at work is tricky, he's a busy busy lad what with horse riding, boccia, youth club etc
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When I can't answer any of your questions, as a parent of a disabled child, thank you for looking at Android. I'm so sick and tired of people saying that iPads are the ONLY answer for for what you are trying to do. I've had some nasty flame wars where I've been kicked off email groups because I've asked why not Android.
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When I can't answer any of your questions, as a parent of a disabled child, thank you for looking at Android. I'm so sick and tired of people saying that iPads are the ONLY answer for for what you are trying to do. I've had some nasty flame wars where I've been kicked off email groups because I've asked why not Android.
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If you don't mind me asking, what issues does your child face when using tablets and have you found any useful apps/mods etc?
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