Example:
When I press the search button, and slide out the keyboard, I tried to search "android market", instead it does this, "android m" then when I press the "a" key again it highlights the rest of it instead of entering the letter "a." Then if its still highlighted and you press the letter "v" it copys it and pastes it again. Keep pressing "v" it keeps pasting it. This is a major problem. Anyone else experience this, or try and see if it happens to you?
Sent from my non-rooted, stock Epic.
Well I pressed menu while on the search screen, and press the search key again(with nothing entered into the text field) now it works.
Sent from my non-rooted, stock Epic.
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Can anyone direct me to a site that gives some instruction on how the keyboard works. I would basically like to know how to switch to other symbols (like numbers etc) without having to hold down one key while pressing another.
Thanks
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You don't have to hold down the button. Just press 'Fn' once and then press the other character you're after. Alternatively if you press 'Fn' twice it locks on, pressing it twice again returns to normal letters etc.
I've had this problem on every iteration of CM7 thus far where occasionally after entering my message, whether in a text message or search engine, the keyboard will stay maximized rather than disappearing as it normally would. The only way I can get rid of it is to press back and reenter my search or exit by pressing the home key and then navigate back. Anyone else encountered this?
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try pressing t and then swiping down. you need to press for about half a second before swiping. also try holding the menu key.
dkdude36 said:
try pressing t and then swiping down. you need to press for about half a second before swiping. also try holding the menu key.
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Well at that point he'd have to press back, because long pressing the key brings up the keyboard; unless I interpreted it incorrectly.
teh roxxorz said:
Well at that point he'd have to press back, because long pressing the key brings up the keyboard; unless I interpreted it incorrectly.
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not a long press. about half a second. then swipe your finger down to the spacebar. the keyboard will disappear on stock gb kb. or just hold the menu button. it will also disappear.
Hi,
im using the i927 with OsiMood-Rom.
Today its the second time, that my hardware keyboard behaves a bit strange:
- When I press "e" the Email App opens
- When I press "b" the browser opens
First time I got it "repaired" with a reboot, for now a re-open of the keyboard helped.
What is going on there?
That is not a weird behaviour but a feature. It's called "Quick Launch" and is started by pressing and holding the search button on hw keyboard plus any key in the hw keyboard. the "E" key is the default for email (press "Search" + "E" = Email), you can modify this in settings > applications > quick launch
Thanks, I mentioned that it's something like this but I didn't know what other button activates the shortcut or where to disable it
Roeni said:
Thanks, I mentioned that it's something like this but I didn't know what other button activates the shortcut or where to disable it
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Like me, you might be using the "Search" button (either soft/hardware keys) to launch apps a lot.....most of the time, I end up pressing search plus the first character of an app i want to launch that results in pressing the two keys almost at the same time. That is how I accidentally discovered it....
I was like searching the "Email app" then I accidentally pressed the "E" key while the "Search" key is pressed then I went "How did this thing know that I want to launch Email?"
Press your search key again on your keyboard it is stuck. Happened to me once or twice. Quick launch is launching your short cuts that are programmed because it thinks you are hitting a 2 key combination. (Search and E)
Coming from a samsung Vibrant on t-mobile, i'm SO used to having a "search" key and a (long press) "voice command" key. I use voice commands at least 15 times a day. I know with these phones, you can long press "menu" and the search key will come up. but is there a way mod the long press "back" button where the "search" pops up?
or if not that, even replace the menu long press "search" function and put in the "voice command" function
and i'm not talking about s voice. i'm looking for regular google voice command.
Lieu10ant said:
Coming from a samsung Vibrant on t-mobile, i'm SO used to having a "search" key and a (long press) "voice command" key. I use voice commands at least 15 times a day. I know with these phones, you can long press "menu" and the search key will come up. but is there a way mod the long press "back" button where the "search" pops up?
or if not that, even replace the menu long press "search" function and put in the "voice command" function
and i'm not talking about s voice. i'm looking for regular google voice command.
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You have to be rooted and use custom ROM. See if you find files under /system/usr/keylayout/ and edit them as text files usig Root Explorer - make a backup though!
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Press and hold menu... There's your search key
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manny05 said:
Press and hold menu... There's your search key
sent from my GALAXY SIII
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i think you missed this part of my post:
"or if not that, even replace the menu long press "search" function and put in the "voice command" function"
I would also like to find a way to remap the buttons but so far i haven't had any luck with the remapper apps, and im not feeling brave enough to start messing with the system/usr/keylayout stuff. If you use a replacement launcher like apex or nova you could set a gesture or double tap to bring up the voice search function, or create a shortcut with bettercut or anycut apps and put it on the homescreen. I know its not what you want but maybe it could hold you over untill there is a solution.
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messing around with the (how to enable soft touch keys) mod I found how to remap the hardware buttons to my liking... I was able to remap the home button to search and back, but I've found that whatever happens 1 line of code makes the button's 3 functions go with it... when I made it search pressing it brought up search, long pressing it brought up voice search and double pressing did nothing. I even tried making the menu button into home and all it's functions came with it, double pressing the menu button brought up s voice and long pressing it brought the task manager.
I guess my question is this: since the code tells a button what it's called where are the functions of these names stored? I can change the home key "key 172" to "SEARCH" but I haven't been able to find which file figures out what to do when a button labeled "SEARCH" is pressed, double pressed, or held...
I know s voice knows how to edit this file since it has control over double trapping home. and android system knows how to edit it too since every android "including our phone" asks to select a default action when long pressing a "SEARCH" button
my ultimate goal is reconfiguring a button to bring up Google now (which I love) without undoing the original button function (say making double tap home or long pressing menu bring up Google now). I'm also sure others would benefit from knowing how to do this kind of stuff namely people who want a camera button or a search button
any help would be appreciated
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