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bug on the onscreen keyboard

Hi. i seem to have a bug on the onscreen keyboard. basicaly, whenever i press a key no animation is applied as if pressing a real key on a keyboard ie see the specific key pressed down.
It doesnt seem to work no matter what screen or app i am running. However, it does operate fine when i do the keyboard tutorial?
anyone having issues with this?
edit: seems to work fine when i switch the keyboard into numeracy mode

Another edit: fixed the issue by changing the keyboard layout completeley via the settings and back to full qwerty .

Not really linked to your problem, but I noticed a strange behaviour when setting up Copilot on my Desire today. Basically no matter what i typed, it automatically retyped some letters back again. Trying backspace too added the last letter again and then subsequently deleted it. I wanted to type say [email protected] and it would type [email protected]@y... It reminded me of similar keyboard issues on the Nexus One. Thankfully I did not notice the same issue when i typed in landscape mode.

s1977 said:
Not really linked to your problem, but I noticed a strange behaviour when setting up Copilot on my Desire today. Basically no matter what i typed, it automatically retyped some letters back again. Trying backspace too added the last letter again and then subsequently deleted it. I wanted to type say [email protected] and it would type [email protected]@y... It reminded me of similar keyboard issues on the Nexus One. Thankfully I did not notice the same issue when i typed in landscape mode.
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I had exactly the same problem, didn't think of trying it in Landscape mode mind you, but it was only on the user name field and not the password field in CoPilot.

talking about the touchscreen, anyone so far has experienced the mis-registering of the touch? feedback will be very appreciated. am a former Nexus one user and that bug haunted me a lot..

w00yee said:
talking about the touchscreen, anyone so far has experienced the mis-registering of the touch? feedback will be very appreciated. am a former Nexus one user and that bug haunted me a lot..
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My screen is perfect. Absolutely love this phone. Very responsive, word prediction is sublime and I haven't had a single slowdown or crash. Check out my YouTube videos (misterleoni)

After Update Lumina keeps launching search/voice search

Hey,
Is anyone else having a issue where your phone keeps launching search Or voice search since after the update. Its not all the time but it is alot.
I am not accidentally hitting the key either :[. I guess it could just be a bad unit but is anyone else seeing this?
Jvward
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Same problem here....have not updated yet....seems to me like a hardware issue....mine mostly does in landscape mode...
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Its worse in landscape, think I should exchange it?
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ive swapped my phone and both of them have done it, i think it's a software problem. it only happens when i'm doing a lot of things at once (like listening to music and playing a game)
hopefully it can be patched. it's been happening less frequently after the first update already

Honestly hardware or software its making my phone almost unusable. I tried sending this message like 6 times from the 900 but search kept popping up :[ and forget trying to play a game. Personally it seems worse to me post update and I am unsure of its software or hardware.
I was trying to "show off" my first kinda flashy windows phone to my friend and it kept popping up. So I rebooted the phone and as soon as it got the lock screen it tried launching voice search again. :[ I already called amazon for a new replacement device but there but there back ordered 3 weeks :[
Does anyone have a Lumina 900 that lacks this issue?
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No problems with my pre-ordered L900. A couple times, the back button brought up open apps, but maybe a pressed the button too long, o the timeout needs some tweaking. TellMe popped up a couple times when I plugged/unplugged a pair of powered speakers while playing music, but my Surround did the same thing. So I think it is an OS issue. Avoid plugging/unplugging when music is playing solves that issue, at least for me.
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This is going on all the time. I have a feeling I just have a bad one off. I really love the device I just wanted to see if it's something others were experiencing
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ohfoxxxycole said:
ive swapped my phone and both of them have done it, i think it's a software problem. it only happens when i'm doing a lot of things at once (like listening to music and playing a game)
hopefully it can be patched. it's been happening less frequently after the first update already
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My pre-update 900 was doing weird button things sometimes when listening to music, too. The home and back button functions were getting all messed up. Kinda tough to get out of the voice-search when the back or home buttons don't work right. Not sure about my new phone--yet.
edit: There was a similar thread on wpcentral. I haven't seen any fresh related posts since the new firmware came out. So, maybe....

Well I have two friends that both have the phone and are not having these issues neither before nor after the update. Therefore they have been telling me it was hardware and not software. One of them had the issue with the Samsung focus and said that it was something moving around inside the phone pressing the buttons. This makes since but I gave my phone a pretty good shake and I can't hear anything moving around. I've also heard of people having a rattling noise when the phone vibrates. Maybe the issues could be related but this is all hypothetical. I don't what it is......
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Honestly I have been searching around the WPcentral forums and I am not the only one with this so it could be hardware/software who knows but odds are a new device will cause me not to have it as an issue since it seems not wide spread.
For the records my phone has no damage and does not make any rattling noises.

I had the same problem, the BACK and Windows buttons are randomly pressed. It is a hardware problem (my Samsung Captivate has this same issue and my friend's Samsung Focus has the same issue), oversensitive capacitive buttons. It is not caused by stuff sliding around.
Will exchange the phone to see if the new ones any better.

yep same thing happening here...it's annoying...but also my phone froze today too while on 4G connection..first time after the update

Same issue here
Mine was doing it worse before update but still occurs post just not as frequent...also getting hang UPS when opening apps....like Zune music player ....games etc...press back button as light and quick as possible and multitask pops up to switch apps...sometimes voice search pops up without ever pressing or being near windows button...

I was trying to watch game of thrones on my phone last night in bed lol since I have such a nice screen as opposed to my VZW Trophy (ye old faithful) and it kept doing it so much I powered back on my PC and droped the video on my VZW trophy instead to watch it.
Its so annoying because otherwise the phone is perfect

jvward said:
I was trying to watch game of thrones on my phone last night in bed lol since I have such a nice screen as opposed to my VZW Trophy (ye old faithful) and it kept doing it so much I powered back on my PC and droped the video on my VZW trophy instead to watch it.
Its so annoying because otherwise the phone is perfect
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Are you sure the buttons are actually doing this, or could it be a reaction to a page dropping?
Remember, in WP, when a page or app has a problem, it simply drops and reverts back to the home screen. I think this is expected action. So, I wonder, what apps are you using when this action occurs?

These button issues are hardware defects (oversensitive capacitive buttons). Go exchange for a new phone while you can (within 30-day of purchase). Otherwise, you will have to settle with refurbs from warranty service.
for alodar1,
When it happens (usually when you are on an app for a long time, e.g. watch a video or play a game), it does not drop back to home screen, but rather perform what those buttons are supposed to do, for me, it could be task switch (BACK button is pressed and hold), Voice command (Home button is pressed and hold) or Bing search (Search button is pressed and hold).

I've had it happen only once, yesterday, while listening to music. As soon as I plugged in my headphones it did it. Soft reset & nothing since. This happened to me AFTER the update, not before. But also I've only used my headphones with this phone that once.
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Nokia Rep. says return for replacement
After a horrible 2 phone calls with Nokia phone rep. I was instructed to return my phone for a replacement device...but not before being told it was a normal operating feature!!!!Mine seems to get worse the longer I stay in a game or app. rebooting seems to help for a while also.

I have the same problem.
Voice search seems to launch without my pressing anything, or even just by pressing the windows key once. Once in voice search, you cannot exit using any keys. you have to say 'cancel'. And sometimes it actually searches for 'cancel' on the web :/
I am also having with the back button. Clicking it once goes into the multi-task/app view.
A problem I noticed today was that while in a call, the Bing search page would come up. I assume i am hitting the search key, but i do not 'feel' it being pressed, vibrate.

Weird Annoying Typing Issue

Is anybody getting this weird issue when they're typing: The keyboard all of a sudden just goes away on it's own after 2 or 3 keystrokes. It happens a lot when I use the Bing Search function. I'll get two or three letters down then the keyboard abruptly goes away. So I have to get two or three key presses in each time I restart the process.
Anybody know what could be causing this? It's not just limited to my Bing Search, I literally got so frustrated trying to start this thread through my phone's browser that I had to dig out the laptop instead.

And this is happening on a Lumia 900?
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sorry not I

iiDeadSeriousii said:
Is anybody getting this weird issue when they're typing: The keyboard all of a sudden just goes away on it's own after 2 or 3 keystrokes. It happens a lot when I use the Bing Search function. I'll get two or three letters down then the keyboard abruptly goes away. So I have to get two or three key presses in each time I restart the process.
Anybody know what could be causing this? It's not just limited to my Bing Search, I literally got so frustrated trying to start this thread through my phone's browser that I had to dig out the laptop instead.
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the symptoms are those of the disappearing keyboard issue with mango. Its supposedly fixed in this release of mango. However several people have reported seeing it.
I suggest you report it to Nokia at the web site. You won't be able to fix it on your own.

alodar1 said:
the symptoms are those of the disappearing keyboard issue with mango. Its supposedly fixed in this release of mango. However several people have reported seeing it.
I suggest you report it to Nokia at the web site. You won't be able to fix it on your own.
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This still happens to me occasionally on both my original Focus, and my Lumia 900. Both are updated.

alodar1 said:
the symptoms are those of the disappearing keyboard issue with mango. Its supposedly fixed in this release of mango. However several people have reported seeing it.
I suggest you report it to Nokia at the web site. You won't be able to fix it on your own.
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Ok, I didn't know if it was a symptom of Mango or the Lumia. It's just so weird when it happens, I notice it when I'm low on battery more often, but idk what sort of relevance that would have. Thanks for the tip though.

Yeah, I get it quite often on my Lumia 900. Also my Radar still has it happen occasionally, my girlfriends Radar has it happen more than mine. All updated as well.
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Are you sure you're not accidently rubbing you hand/finger on the back button? The back button, since it's universal, will remove the keyboard if it's on screen. And because Back, Home and Search button all use capative touch instead of having to push them, simply rubbing or bumping them will cause them to activate.
I had this problem when I first got my Lumia, but I've adjusted and adapted.

SwimSwim said:
Are you sure you're not accidently rubbing you hand/finger on the back button? The back button, since it's universal, will remove the keyboard if it's on screen. And because Back, Home and Search button all use capative touch instead of having to push them, simply rubbing or bumping them will cause them to activate.
I had this problem when I first got my Lumia, but I've adjusted and adapted.
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For me, definitely not. I've tested it many times on my Lumia and my Focus. It's definitely something to do with the keyboard deactivating itself. It happens to me a lot if I try to share an article I read in WP7 News app and go to email. When I try to type my name in the TO: field, I get one or two letters, then it goes away and I end up clicking/typing in the message body.
It seems like if I give it a moment to rest, then start typing, it's less likely to do it, but that's a little annoying, since I want to check my stuff and get on with things. Not a huge issue, mind you, but annoying none the less.

No, im not accidentally touching the back buttons.I'll ask my girlfriend if she's having the same problem, but it's gotta be a software issue from what I'm hearing now.

SuperSport said:
For me, definitely not. I've tested it many times on my Lumia and my Focus. It's definitely something to do with the keyboard deactivating itself. It happens to me a lot if I try to share an article I read in WP7 News app and go to email. When I try to type my name in the TO: field, I get one or two letters, then it goes away and I end up clicking/typing in the message body.
It seems like if I give it a moment to rest, then start typing, it's less likely to do it, but that's a little annoying, since I want to check my stuff and get on with things. Not a huge issue, mind you, but annoying none the less.
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Huh, this doesn't happen to me though. Guess it's only effecting certian modles... Nonetheless, this kind of defeats their whole add campaign (Smartphone beta test is over)

iiDeadSeriousii said:
Ok, I didn't know if it was a symptom of Mango or the Lumia. It's just so weird when it happens, I notice it when I'm low on battery more often, but idk what sort of relevance that would have. Thanks for the tip though.
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at&t has not rolled the fix out yet, but the lumia supposedly has it. Other carriers that rolled out the fix, still report some problems, though not nearly as widespread. AT&T says they will roll out the fix around the tango release timeframe..i think it needs more work.

Mine is doing it now after updating to the latest software, this sucks! I hope they fix it asap, very annoying when composing text and the keyboard disappear!

humblehyper said:
Mine is doing it now after updating to the latest software, this sucks! I hope they fix it asap, very annoying when composing text and the keyboard disappear!
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I have actually noticed this problem less and less as the weeks have gone on. It's not so much that I'm getting used to it, cause I notice when it does happen, I think it was just a weird thing. I haven't had a problem personally since the update either.

Hi,
I don't have this issue on my 900 nor does my wife see it on hers. That said, let me offer what I know about the keyboard disappearing from previous hardware/builds.
When I had this issue on earlier hardware (Focus/Focus S) it was caused by apps set to run in the background. When an app is set to run in the background, the app would shift focus away from the current user task for a split second, and if you have the keyboard out the keyboard thinks you've switched to a different task and it closes. The way I worked around it was to disable background tasking for all my apps (settings -> applications -> background tasks. Note that when an app updates itself, it will reset this background task setting so you have to reset it. I never saw this problem again after I updated my Focus S to 8107. Still, it might not hurt as a troubleshooting step to disable background tasks and see if the problem reappears.
Michael

so far, i've not encounter this issue with my phone yet, but seems to be affecting mango version only, coz mine is already on tango....

SwiftKey not working well on 2014 Note 10.1

I'm experiencing a lot of problems with the SwiftKey App lately on my Note 10.1. Even though I switched most functions off, only auto-caps at start of new line is on, I get random inserted digits or even random auto-completion (which is very annoying I can tell you) . Anyone else using SwiftKey who experienced problems on the new Note 10.1?
It also can be very difficult to start a new line because it writes the 2nd, 3rd etc. letter on top of each other.
Edit: had to remove typos and random characters 3 times in the first alinea alone.

Ettepetje said:
I'm experiencing a lot of problems with the SwiftKey App lately on my Note 10.1. Even though I switched most functions off, only auto-caps at start of new line is on, I get random inserted digits or even random auto-completion (which is very annoying I can tell you) . Anyone else using SwiftKey who experienced problems on the new Note 10.1?
It also can be very difficult to start a new line because it writes the 2nd, 3rd etc. letter on top of each other.
Edit: had to remove typos and random characters 3 times in the first alinea alone.
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have you tried beta 4.3

tonytownsend said:
have you tried beta 4.3
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Am doing so as we speak type. Nope, still buggy (same bugs).
I must be using the iPad too often because I find I'm unable to select words and then, afterwards, apply strike.
Edit: It also inserts spaces after it erroneously inserted "[ strike][ /strike]" (without the spaces) at the start of the post, in stead of around "speak", making me have to edit "[ QUOTE=tonytownsend" afterwards... Hopefully most of this is solvable in future.

This is just a guess, but could it be the touchscreen instead of SwiftKey?
Both my first and (after I returned it) second Note (which I purchased from another seller) have very annoying touchscreen issues.
I didn't notice it at first because the problem doesn't occur that often if you use the tablet with only one or two fingers. But then I started taking notes at the university and I noticed that I couldn't use the zoom gesture directly after I had put a part of my hand on the screen. It just stopped all of a sudden or it was very jumpy and hard to control.
It became so annoying that I installed YAMTT and checked if anything was wrong with the touchscreen. And indeed, most of the time when I put my hand on the screen as if I was writing or drawing, the screen started to behave strangely afterwards.
I found a method to reproduce the problem all the time. It might be worth checking:
- Start YAMTT in "Touch tester" mode
- Put your whole hand on the screen for around two seconds, then lift it
- If there are some touch indicators still shown, ignore them and just proceed
- Put five fingers on the screen and wait for a few seconds without moving them
- If the touch indicators suddenly disappear, you have the same touchscreen issues

Kizune said:
This is just a guess, but could it be the touchscreen instead of SwiftKey?
Both my first and (after I returned it) second Note (which I purchased from another seller) have very annoying multi-touch issues.
I didn't notice it at first because the problem doesn't occur that often if you use the tablet with only one or two fingers. But then I started taking notes at the university and I noticed that I couldn't use the zoom gesture directly after I had put a part of my hand on the screen. It just stopped all of a sudden or it was very jumpy and hard to control. Single-finger operations and the S Pen kept working fine, though.
It became so annoying that I installed YAMTT and checked if anything was wrong with the touchscreen. And indeed, most of the time when I put my hand on the screen as if I was writing or drawing, the screen started to behave strangely afterwards.
I found a method to reproduce the problem all the time. It might be worth checking:
- Start YAMTT in "Touch tester" mode
- Put your whole hand on the screen for around two seconds, then lift it
- If there are some touch indicators still shown, ignore them and just proceed
- Put five fingers on the screen and wait for a few seconds
- If the touch indicators suddenly disappear, your touchscreen has multi-touch issues
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I sure hope not. I started a whole topic on the Note 3 forum because I discovered it had a multitouch problem. Haven't been able to produce that type of multitouch issue on any of my other gear besides a Nexus 7. Will check with your method to see what it gives.

I checked the videos in your thread and the behavior is indeed very similar to what I got:
(In the video I haven't used the method described above yet, I discovered it just today)

I discovered that my fingers got remembered (stayed) on the screen if I left 5 of them on the screen. Happened only ones though. Then I tried puting my whole hand on it for a few seconds and then the multitouch algorithm went bananas. Tried with different Multi-touch app too. I think this is a software issue, from the looks of it.

SwiftKey has been giving me problems on my 2014 Note 10.1 from day 1, but they had become 10 times worse today. I just rebooted my Note and it now behaves as normal (still somewhat buggy SwiftKey, like before). I think there are some issues in the Multitouch driver which can be triggered by the "whole hand" method described above, and possibly by other means. My MT driver had already become unstable, hence I could reproduce a defect (finger touches remaining on the screen) without the "whole hand" thing.

Kizune said:
I checked the videos in your thread and the behavior is indeed very similar to what I got:
(In the video I haven't used the method described above yet, I discovered it just today)
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Kizune, I included your video in a topic about this Multi-touch issue, I hope you don't mind.

Of course it's okay. Let's just hope that Samsung will fix the problem ASAP, it annoys the hell out of me.

I found the newest beta of Swiftkey to be buggy on the Note 1014 so I removed it and went back to Swype.
Too bad as I was enjoying the split keyboard mode.

Itchiee said:
I found the newest beta of Swiftkey to be buggy on the Note 1014 so I removed it and went back to Swype.
Too bad as I was enjoying the split keyboard mode.
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I will very probably be doing the same. Thanks for getting back on topic.

I installed SwiftKey for tablets, not the phone version. Absolutely no problems typing for me on my note.
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SlimJ87D said:
I installed SwiftKey for tablets, not the phone version. Absolutely no problems typing for me on my note.
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I use the same (Tablet) version. Possibly it is caused by a combination of settings. I have most (aiding) options switched off. If I find the time I will experiment.

Try "Touchpal"..it's similar to Swiftkey.. it's free and has plenty of thenes. I actually like it better
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Newest SwiftKey is running perfectly for me on the Note 2014. It's so nice to be able to have a compact keyboard you can undock and move from any part of the screen to another. So convenient for applications. Highly recommended, please try it if you haven't

touchscreen issues

My Nexus 7 2013 model has some touchscreen issues. It's like the touchscreen craps out for a split second. when dragging icons from one home screen to another when i try to go to the edge of the screen to switch to the next screen it drops it on the side of that screen or the next one pushing another icon out of the way. then i have to move it again and move the other icon back only to have it happen again to the next home screen. always had this problem. also when typing it registers each letter multiple times so it looks like this: hhhhii hhhoooww aarree youuu. or something to that effect. it's really annoying. i finally gave up and went my computer to Facebook message someone. and then swipe is all messed up and it gives off the wall words and stuff because it doesn't register which words i'm trying to spell out. Often when using a news app i try to click to play a news video and it doesn't register my clicks. also on the web browser it has trouble registering my key-presses or touch for links or numbers or arrows when advancing to the next page in forums or web-pages. If that makes any since. and when trying to zoom in or out on the T mobile map is screws up almost every time and zooms completely out. anyways i hope you get the picture. has anyone else have this problem? it's quite annoying. I've been wanting to post about it for the last year but thought it was just my fingers.

My touchscreen is borked too. I can't type any sh*t, overall the UX has been f***ed up due to these non-sense touchscreen issues. Tried all possible hardware fixes available on net. Teared down tablet piece-by-piece, still no luck :/ . Bought this beauty in 2014, worked fine till mid-2016. Now it's a crap. I still can't find any worthy tablet to replace this beast. Will never buy any Mobile device from ASUS.

I know. I've reset mine a few times but that didn't help. It's working fine at the moment as I'm typing with it right now. Seems intermittent.
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