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A few perplexing questions

My HD seems to have the occasional quirk, well two at the moment that are a bit annoying.
Firstly the time on the TF home screen has randomly changed styles twice now. I have no idea why and can't find a way of changing it back (after it changed the first time it changed back again the next day) Any ideas how/why and has anyone else had this?
The other main thing that is now really annoying me is the portrait keyboard has changed from full qwerty to compact qwerty, I have tried changing it back in the "input" setting but it doesn't want to save the setting. Again anyone have an idea why this has changed and any way I can change it back and keep it changed?
Also could anyone tell me what the name of the thin bar at the top of the TF screen is (and where I can find it?) because I would like to delete it if ti's possible.
Thanks

Amp34 said:
The other main thing that is now really annoying me is the portrait keyboard has changed from full qwerty to compact qwerty, I have tried changing it back in the "input" setting but it doesn't want to save the setting. Again anyone have an idea why this has changed and any way I can change it back and keep it changed?
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I had the same annoying compact querty problem coming out of nowhere and I found the solution: you can't change it from settings->input, but when you open any app which permits the virtual keyboard(eg: sms/mms) you will notice a little arrow "^" near the virtual keyboard button in the middle. when you press that arrow instead of the virtual keyboard popping up, it will popup a menu where you can select between compact/full querty and there it is, the change remains

for your clock problem, i think you have to slide it back from up to down to show the one you want. And yes the little arrow near sip sign open a finger friendly menu where you can choose compact or not. Hope it helps, in my manual for the HD all about this is tell, but i've read it...
PS: when you have a prob like that post a screenshot, use capsure for example, it work with HD.

Android on Vogue; Keyboard now supersized and unusable

I have tried all the various input methods, but now the keyboard is too huge to use. Only the left half shows on my VX6900. If I go into Landscape mode about 2/3 is visible. I don't know what happened. I was holding the Menu button to bring up the keyboard and suddenly it changed and became massive with some extra icons on the bottom left, like one for settings that were not visible previously on the compact keyboard. Is there a way to get it back to normal without cleaning the SD card and starting anew? I would lose info, if so.

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I have tried all the various input methods, but now the keyboard is too huge to use. Only the left half shows on my VX6900. If I go into Landscape mode about 2/3 is visible. I don't know what happened. I was holding the Menu button to bring up the keyboard and suddenly it changed and became massive with some extra icons on the bottom left, like one for settings that were not visible previously on the compact keyboard. Is there a way to get it back to normal without cleaning the SD card and starting anew? I would lose info, if so.
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Check the resolution set in you default.txt? That could be causing the issue.

The display is fine. All the apps appear fine. I set the default at 320 height 240 width at 120 lcd density. It's been running great. The keyboard is all that has screwed up, and that had been fine.

Are you using the HTC_IME keyboard or the Android keyboard? I had issues with the HTC_IME in landscape too, so I just stopped using it and have been using the basic Android keyboard.

I don't know. I didn't change anything if that's what you're asking. How would I put it back to the Android keypad if that had happened?

i know this sounds dumb, but did you try restarting the phone?

Yes... Do you think I'd be able to unlock a phone and install another operation system and be that dense?

chunnell said:
Yes... Do you think I'd be able to unlock a phone and install another operation system and be that dense?
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Some of us are that dense (points to self ). Are you using the black QWERTY soft keyboard, or the white one? The white one with multiple layouts (qwerty, phone keypad etc) is the HTC_IME. I haven't had it work right for me in some time. If you long press on an text box, then you should be able to select the keyboard that you're using. Switch to the Android one and see what happens?

I think you had it right before, I think I downloaded something that had a keyboard with it, a theme that didn't install. And it screwed it up. Since I couldn't use the phone at all, I went ahead and just reset the whole thing. It's working now. Thanks for the help though.

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Yes... Do you think I'd be able to unlock a phone and install another operation system and be that dense?
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sorry for trying to help, i guess i wont next time

Wasn't trying to be a smart ass. Just was frustrated that I couldn't solve the problem and the system.img for the Vogue for 1.5 doesn't exist online anymore, so now I'm running 1.6 which is nice, but now GPS doesn't work. So had a working machine that was stable, now not so much.

oh well, i have the system.img for 1.5 oh well

oreo and Instagram issue

So far Oreo is a noticeable improvement in battery and lag. But... Something has changed when using Instagram. The home touch buttons are now too closely overlayed over the Instagram buttons. They're literally on top of each other down there at the very bottom of the phone, With each button ust slightly to the left of each other. The result is that you're constantly hitting the wrong button, no room at all for error.
As a remedy I installed the XDA gestures app but that has a new slide bar that sits right in the center of the screen when using Whatsapp so that you cant see what you're typing. I have to tilt the phone in landscape to get the bar out of the text input box. Any suggestions?

I experience the same issue in both vanilla instagram and GBinsta.

Another issue is that Google Assistant is also right in top of the LG home touch buttons so that it blocks me using the screen capture/screenshot button. I have to do the fingerprint button+volume button thing. Otherwise the related searches pull up results take up half the screen so I cant screen capture. Google must really want us to buy Pixel phone...

What models are yall using? I'm on H918 Oreo using the small display size and my instagram works just fine.

I don't use Instagram all that much but I just went to check out this issue.
The thing that I noticed right off the bat was that if you have the "Home Touch Buttons" set to hide then when you use Instagram they will almost completely overlap when dragged up.
Solution: Use the little square dot in the bottom left corner (tap to change the state) to keep the Home Touch Buttons from hiding. They will nicely reside under the Instagram app and not be overlapped. When done with Instagram just tap the square to go back to the hidden state.
Hopefully this will be of use to you.
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So far Oreo is a noticeable improvement in battery and lag. But... Something has changed when using Instagram. The home touch buttons are now too closely overlayed over the Instagram buttons. They're literally on top of each other down there at the very bottom of the phone, With each button ust slightly to the left of each other. The result is that you're constantly hitting the wrong button, no room at all for error.
As a remedy I installed the XDA gestures app but that has a new slide bar that sits right in the center of the screen when using Whatsapp so that you cant see what you're typing. I have to tilt the phone in landscape to get the bar out of the text input box. Any suggestions?
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Tim3tripp3r said:
I don't use Instagram all that much but I just went to check out this issue.
The thing that I noticed right off the bat was that if you have the "Home Touch Buttons" set to hide then when you use Instagram they will almost completely overlap when dragged up.
Solution: Use the little square dot in the bottom left corner (tap to change the state) to keep the Home Touch Buttons from hiding. They will nicely reside under the Instagram app and not be overlapped. When done with Instagram just tap the square to go back to the hidden state.
Hopefully this will be of use to you.
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LOL. I'm over here installing apps to get over this problem that you fixed just long pressing the square! Doh!!

Messaibi said:
I experience the same issue in both vanilla instagram and GBinsta.
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In case you missed it see the response above totally fixed the issue with a simple swipe.

Aintree Porsche said:
In case you missed it see the response above totally fixed the issue with a simple swipe.
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OMG this made me feel so dumb... Thanks for the quote, I would've missed it otherwise, issue fixed.

Keyboard too low in full screen mode

I am really digging the full screen mode with gestures on the RN7. The only problem, and it's a big one, is typing. Without the bottom navigation bar the keyboard is all the way at the bottom. Makes it really awkward to hold the phone and type, which means a lot of retyping when I hit the wrong keys. Does anyone have any suggestions for moving the keyboard up a bit?

You can increase the height of the keyboard in gboard settings

I already set it to the max. Seems like I might have to go back to the old navigation bar.

Solve the problem
Hey.. I have this problem too, after i switched to xiaomi from Samsung. Full screen gestures are made very good on Samsung and the keyboard too. So for me was a very big problem on Xiaomi(the keyboard). And I searched a lot, and I found that the Swift keyboard can be resized. And this solved my problem. Try it

OnePlus 6T Navigation Gestures

The navigation gestures on the 8 Pro are usable. However, I dislike the swiping to go back. It doesn’t allow for access to slide out menus from the side on different apps. On the 6T, you would swipe up on the right or left hand side to go back keeping the sides of the screen free. Is there anyone who would be able to somehow pull the navigation gestures that were on the 6T to be used on the 8 Pro?

I had asked this twice already and so far I've been told it's not possible just downloaded fluid navigation gestures and set them up and you're good to go.

There are alternatives when it comes to the swiping (All in one gestures/Vivd etc.) They do that job well in my opinion.
The thing they all have in common is that they need that area in the bottom to function, and for my case that messes with the lower end of my keyboard.
I enjoy having the swiftkey keyboard dragged down all the way to the bottom of the screen.
If someone is able to pull the OP gestures and somehow make it available as a module or whatever, I would surely donate some coffee..
This is almost a dealbreaker, and I miss my 7 Pro which also have them.

666syco said:
I had asked this twice already and so far I've been told it's not possible just downloaded fluid navigation gestures and set them up and you're good to go.
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Were you able to set them up in a way that operates the same? Does it seem to work well and reliably/consistently?

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Were you able to set them up in a way that operates the same? Does it seem to work well and reliably/consistently?
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the application itself one setup does perform like the regular OnePlus just the sensitivity area of where you're swiping up from kind of makes it like a dead zone for touching on other spots underneath the swipe area. But you can configure your sensitivity area I have mine set to a little bit of past half so this way I get the best of both I get my swipe gestures and I can still access the stuff that's underneath them. I also left the right side back gesture available so this way if it doesn't function properly on the bottom I still got the side.

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the application itself one setup does perform like the regular OnePlus just the sensitivity area of where you're swiping up from kind of makes it like a dead zone for touching on other spots underneath the swipe area. But you can configure your sensitivity area I have mine set to a little bit of past half so this way I get the best of both I get my swipe gestures and I can still access the stuff that's underneath them. I also left the right side back gesture available so this way if it doesn't function properly on the bottom I still got the side.
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Are you able to use root to hide the system navigation bar? It hides it for a second for me but it doesn't stay hidden which is frustrating. Unless that's a pro feature?

WyldOne91 said:
Are you able to use root to hide the system navigation bar? It hides it for a second for me but it doesn't stay hidden which is frustrating. Unless that's a pro feature?
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Use vivid N.G.

WyldOne91 said:
Are you able to use root to hide the system navigation bar? It hides it for a second for me but it doesn't stay hidden which is frustrating. Unless that's a pro feature?
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Yes you can here is a screen shot of mine all set up and nav bar hidden with root. Here is how mine is all set up I set my wife's the same way she likes it and is new to OnePlus this 8 Pro is her 1st she was looking forward to OnePlus system navigation gestures but you know no dice. Mine stayed hidden all the time after I set I rebooted and haven't had a issue yet.

My set up on FNG

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My set up on FNG
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Cool, thank you for the input!