Couldn't post this in the synergy thread as don't have enough posts. Have not seen anyone else with this problem.
About once a day my keyboard will no longer display what I type on the screen. I can see it cycling through the dictionary but nothing will end up on the screen. Been doing this for the last several synergy releases.
This is with ANY keyboard as have tried the default android, Gingerbread from the market and Swype. Once I reboot the problem goes away for a time.
Problem usually surfaces in Handcent or Enhanced Email as those are the programs where I am the most and typing.
Anyone else run into this?
Thanks!
fraslin said:
Couldn't post this in the synergy thread as don't have enough posts. Have not seen anyone else with this problem.
About once a day my keyboard will no longer display what I type on the screen. I can see it cycling through the dictionary but nothing will end up on the screen. Been doing this for the last several synergy releases.
This is with ANY keyboard as have tried the default android, Gingerbread from the market and Swype. Once I reboot the problem goes away for a time.
Problem usually surfaces in Handcent or Enhanced Email as those are the programs where I am the most and typing.
Anyone else run into this?
Thanks!
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No idea, I used synergy for a good long time and never had that issue. What I'd suggest you do:
Use the stock e-mail and messenger apps for a day and see if the problem happens in there. If it does, then you might need a clean, fresh install. If not, then you know the problem lies Handcent and Enhanced E-mail apps and, thus, I recommend finding replacements or learn to like the stock apps.
Worst case, just reboot the phone when it happens. Reboots are like erasers, it fixes all the problems.
If I helped, please hit the thanks button ^_^
Thanks for the reply!
Am assuming that a clean install would fix but have been seeking to avoid.
I did switch to Smart Keyboard Pro from the Gingerbread one and it seems like it may have fixed it.
Need a couple more days to verify...
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Does anyone have a problem with a slow lagging keyboard while typing text messages. I noticed it after I installed the Black 2.5 rom. I have installed the keyboard mapping fix but that did not help the lagging issue.
I been typing like crazy today on my 8525/2.5 with MSN Live Messenger. Seems very fast to me..
I had the same delay...Can't remember if disabling the word completion took care of it or installing the memory performance cab from JJ that took care of it. I'm banking on the memory performance cab though.
I have noticed this issue a little bit, but if I remember correctly Ive had the problem even before isntalling any of the roms, and it only happened for the first set of characters that I types (usually the first word).
Has anyone else noticed this with the standard wm5 roms?
I've experienced the same issue.
I wonder if it was one of the patch cabs that I installed cause I have not seen a lag at all [yet]. Perhaps it is just waiting to pop up on me.
odie3 said:
I wonder if it was one of the patch cabs that I installed cause I have not seen a lag at all [yet]. Perhaps it is just waiting to pop up on me.
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Are you talking about the pop up keyboard?
I think what the OP was taliking about is that when you first start typing with the pull out keyboard there is a slight lag, like with me, I'll start typing - it hesitates - and then it like catches up. Not only that but the screen even goes dim for a moment .
I don't remember if I had this issue before or not.
Nope, I was talking about the pull out keyboard. Seems to work very well so far. I just retested it in Work and in MSN IM.
odie3;1250895 said:
Nope, I was talking about the pull out keyboard. Seems to work very well so far. I just retested it in Work and in MSN IM.
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Oh well.
I'm not going to concern myself too much with it, because I'm hoping by tomorrow I'll be running 3.0
Similiar typing issue here on 8525
I've noticed the same typing issue using both Black 1.2 and Black 2.5 were it often lags or simply skips a letter (usually "h" after "t" leaving "te" instead of "the" or "s" after "i" leaving "I" instead of "is")
I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the 8525 keyboard fix cab, but it does not help.
Two things I have noticed:
1.) The typing problem does not seem to appear until several days after I flash the ROM.
2.) It really only seems to affect the Messaging app. (When I type into PIE forms or Notes, the problem does not seem to exist)
Definitely did not have this problem in WM5, so I am hoping that the problem will be gone in Black 3.0
this is a real problem. I have experienced it with all wm6 roms I have installed. I have a strong feeling its related to the suggested word list that comes up....but this is a rediculous problem for us to have to deal with and should be fixed. I also agree that its limited to the messaging app.
Ezra
yes the problem i was originally talking about is with the messaging app only. i have no problems in word, or IE. I have the memory performance cab installed but noticed it before that as well. does anyone see a difference with the suggestive words disabled?
Put 3.0 on Hold
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...clip...I am hoping that the problem will be gone in Black 3.0
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I'll PM JJ and ask him to hold off on the release of 3.0 until he's sure we won't have this issue.
Just Kidding. .
I actually started a thread about this a while ago but titled it in reference to skipping keys because I type so fast with the thumb keyboard that the device cannot keep up and omits some of my key-presses. However, someone suggested something that I had tried with WM5 (but it didn't work then) but hadn't thought to do with WM6.
Go to Settings>Input>Word Completion(tab) and change the "Suggest after entering" setting to something such as 3 or more letters. I have mine set to 4 letters and have zero problems with skipping or slow typing unless in a third party program such a TomTom.
a little out of topic...
but after changing to black 2.5 my time zone seems to be weird....i had tried to set it to GMT+8 Singapore time....but after a while it will change to another country thats GMT+8 but when i change it back to GMT+8 Singapore time.....it will be one hour early.....
I have the slow keyboard problem too.. Its making me mad.. And the black2.5 rom seems to slow down a heck of allot after a week or so use.. Any ideas why would this be aswell?? I only have 4apps installed.. One on today screen and rest only when i use it..
a slow keyboard is one thing, but skipping letters is another. (This issue pertains to not only Black, but also Custel, LVSW, and Dutty)
The thing is, when i text message, i start typing immediately after the window pops up. But for some reason, it lags, and then when it catches up i notice that my first 3 words are so are all butchered cuz letters were dropped. I didn't experience this issue with my MDA Vario / 8125. The worst that would happen is the text would lag, but would eventually catch up to my typing. And it WOULD NOT drop any letters. With the new wm6 roms for hermes, im noticing lag and letter dropping. I've tried the suggestion of even turning off autocomplete, and setting 1 word, 2 words, 3 words, and 4 words. Still having the same issue. I opened a thread about it long ago, but it just got closed because they "supposedly" deemed it a fixe issue. Well its not!
To clarify: I'm not trying to bash any of the rom chefs' work, as i am very thankful for what they do. But it would be very nice to have this issue addressed and fixed.
Has anyone tried changing the Up/Down Control repeats....
Settings/Buttons/Up Down Control?
I put mine up to max, and seems to have fixed my problem....
@ **Milo**
Hi and thanks for the sugestion , i tried it and my slow typing issue has gone. As an experiment i switched the rate back to where it was (about one third of the way up the slider) and its still gone. It seems switching the slider up to max cleared whatever setting was causing the slow down.
Im going to leave the phone on standby for a while then try it again to see if this has any effect on it.
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Has anyone tried changing the Up/Down Control repeats....
Settings/Buttons/Up Down Control?
I put mine up to max, and seems to have fixed my problem....
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And it seems to have cured mine too. Thanks mate.
I have a Desire running HTC Sense, and I have just noticed that the home screen pinch has stopped working. Does anyone have any idea's why this would have stopped working?
The only apps I have installed that I think could effect it are the "Home Switcher" and "HelixLauncher2", but I am currently using the Sense launcher as my current and default one.
Thanks,
Rob
Mine stops working every now and then too (i'll bet you've lost pinch to zoom in google maps and photos too?)
A reboot will sort it out, but my money is on some app i've downloaded that screws with it once opened. I don't have the ones you mentioned.
It happens to me all the time when I switch to Android keyboard to use the speech to text functionality. When I switch back to the original keyboard it works fine.
Press 'Home' when on Main screen, does it work? If so, Looks like it may be a 'Pinch Gesture' issue. If not, A Home replacement App Possibly
KYI
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It happens to me all the time when I switch to Android keyboard to use the speech to text functionality. When I switch back to the original keyboard it works fine.
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Actually, that reminds me that i have swype installed - i'll bet that's what's stopping my pinch to zoom from working. I really don't miss it and would rather have Swype
Rebooting does fix it. I have Swype also so looks like that could be causing it.
My friend and I both have Swype installed and can confirm that this happens to us on a regular basis too.
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My friend and I both have Swype installed and can confirm that this happens to us on a regular basis too.
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even if Swype is not active? it effects the pinch to zoom? what do you do to fix it, change the keyboard layout to android one and than the pinch works or even with that sometimes it stays this way?
I have the same issue, with the home screen, photo's and browsing. Happend twice now, just reboot the phone and it's working fine for a while.
I too believe it's something I have downloaded, doesn't bother me that much and I can't be bothered trying to work out which app in might be. Maybe when I'm bored one day I'll have a look through.
I have the same issue when I have swype keybord activated. its intermittant, but annoying. and a re-boot always seems to fix it.
Not the same as I don't have that keyboard installed I do however have Smart keyboard pro.
Do you guys HAVE to reboot to fix it!!! I think just making any other keyboard the default (by press-holding, and selecting input method) would solve it!!
Interesting, because Swype + Desire port to the N1 doesn't have this problem.
I have the same issue, but I don't have swype installed. I have installed the Scandinavian keyboard with support for gestures tough. I have turned off gestures, going to see if that helps.
Regards,
PK
As far as I can tell, it happens whenever you change input method. So even changing from a 3rd party back to the HTC default will lose it. Reboot always fixes.
Mods, this is a common enough question that it might be worth stickying it? Seen about 5 threads in the last 2 weeks.
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As far as I can tell, it happens whenever you change input method. So even changing from a 3rd party back to the HTC default will lose it. Reboot always fixes.
Mods, this is a common enough question that it might be worth stickying it? Seen about 5 threads in the last 2 weeks.
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Exactly this.
If you change keyboards, just reboot and all pinch functionality will return. Annoying, but I don't change often enough to notice it. If you change and change back, then the pinch functionality remains without a reboot.
DJGibbon said:
As far as I can tell, it happens whenever you change input method. So even changing from a 3rd party back to the HTC default will lose it. Reboot always fixes.
Mods, this is a common enough question that it might be worth stickying it? Seen about 5 threads in the last 2 weeks.
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Not true on my device! Switching from HTC keyboard to Scandinavian keyboard by long press in any text field definitely breaks pinch-to-zoom (with or without gestures enabled in the Scandinavian keyboard). Switching back to HTC keyboard restores the pinch-to-zoom functionality in all applications.
Rebooting with Scandinavian keyboard enabled will cause pinch-to-zoom to work until a switch to HTC keyboard and back again is performed.
I'm a noob to Android,just got my Desire yesterday. I installed GOOGLES GOGGLES,GOOGLE MAPS and BATTERY WIDGET,and had the same pinch-problem. I uninstalled the apps again,problem solved. Didn't try to reboot though. But I'm glad to hear that the reboot will solve the problem,would be a shame if we couldn't have any apps installed without problems!
Ever since i flashed to the CM6 Nightly builds i've been encountering a few problems. These problems didn't exist with my previous rom which was the damage control 3.2 i think.
First problem is the on-screen keyboard, it seems like this keyboard is the one that comes with the new froyo update, i dislike this keyboard mainly because everytime i try to type anything in the web browser box the whole keyboard screen slides up after each button press. this gets extremely annoying, this keyboard also doesnt have the directional buttons so editing documents or just simply editing typos is cumbersome. I would like to switch back to the keyboard i had before, i believe it was the keyboard that was on 2.1
Second problem is the flash player doesn't work at all, it definitely worked on Damage Control but for some reason it doesnt work on this CM6 build, yes i've tried uninstalling and reinstalling but nothing seems to fix this problem. Is this a known problem in the CM builds? Mainly flash videos don't work. i've yet to try it on games like miniclip.com.
any help on these two problems would be greatly appreciated, thank you!
I just remembered I have 1 more question its about a voicemail app that let's u hear ur voicemails straight from the app I remember there's a play, last, and next button I remember I had it on the stock sprint rom. can anyone tell me what the app is called and where I can get it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=729802
I know there are other threads like this but each phone is unique. Wondering of anyone else is having similar issues. Every now and then (throughout the day) ill open up messages. Handecnt kik. Browser etc... And ill start typing haptic feedback working. But no letters show up. I've tried stock. Better. And gingerbread keyboards all seem to have the same issue. Any way to fox this? My Inc 1 dis the same stuff sometimes but its quite annoying. I'm also running Atk like I always do I ignore keyboard messenger.and I've also tried without ignoring it. Is this an Atk problem or glitch with these HTC devices?
Happens to me sometimes too. I usually works if i hit the back button then where im trying to type again. It must be a little software bug.
So I got rid of Atk, problem solved
I apologize if this has been answered before but I have a strange issue with my phone while typing. I often switch between CM7 and MIUI and I experience this problem on both ROMS. Sometimes, the keyboard will begin missing almost half off the letters that I touch. It almost feels like the Gingerbread keyboard has lost its multitouch capability. I don't always experience this issue, however it seems to occur at random times and a restart normally fixes this issue. Sometimes it only takes a minute or two before this issue begins, sometimes it works with no problems for a day or two. I have factory reset my phone as well as cleared cache and dalvik but the problem always comes back.
Does this appear to be a hardware issue or do others experience this problem.
This is my 4th Evo and I know this did not occur on any of the other Evo's that I owned. The current one I have is Rev003.
Is your haptic feedback for the keyboard turned off? Cause for me it always seemed to cause lag. If that'd doesn't work you can always use a different keyboard such as swype or swiftkey
Sent from my beastly Synergized EVO via XDA App
i have had this happen in the past, and i dont remember what i did to solve it, i think there may have been a app hogging the resources causing all other aspects of the phone to lag
The answer is low memory. install advanced task killer app and when that happens, run it and clear all the junk and boom. everything will be fast again. lol. all solved. :-D
runcool said:
The answer is low memory. install advanced task killer app and when that happens, run it and clear all the junk and boom. everything will be fast again. lol. all solved. :-D
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No no no...android has built in task management and advanced task killer will Jack up ur phone. Look for supercharger in the evo general section. Following the ops links in 1st thread to the main thread. Use the update 9 and then run with script manager. Use aggressive #2 and then enjoy ur non lagging phone. The script pretty much reorganizes the way ur memory is handled.
free the dirk
runcool said:
The answer is low memory. install advanced task killer app and when that happens, run it and clear all the junk and boom. everything will be fast again. lol. all solved. :-D
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Task killers are for people on 2.1 and lower, or people that have no idea how to work their phone.
Good try, though.
OP, I had a very similar issue recently, but it has gone away. I would be typing and the keyboard would stop registering what I was typing, so I'd stop typing. A second or two later it would catch up all at once, you could feel the haptic feedback going nuts. I have my haptic feedback turned down about as low as it will go while still being able to feel it. I don't know if that matters. It also happened across multiple keyboards.
I believe it stopped doing it after my most recent full wipe. I stay on MIUI & just do updates, so I try to do a full wipe every 3-4 weeks. Try that, wiping cache/dalvik might not be enough.
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Keyboard lag
I do not have haptic feedback on and I do regularly factory restore. I have experienced this problem before immediately after completing a new install.
I thought it may have something to do with being a memory leak but I haven't experienced this issue on any other Evo I have tried. Also, I don't see any performance issues anywhere else with the phone. Only the keyboard experiences this issue.
I haven't tried using a different keyboard as I really like the gingerbread keyboard. I will try another for testing purposes next time it happens but I don't want to have to switch.
And I'm going to stay away from task managers as they can do more harm than good. I'm just trying to find out if others experience this issue and what they have done to fix the problem. I didn't know if it could possibly be a hardware issue with the touchscreen.
Like I have said clearing cache, dalvik cache, and factory defaults have not fixed the problem. Is there anything I may be missing?