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Home Screen Pinch stopped working

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

zonkkk said:
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.

sellhimechoes said:
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.

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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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!

[Q] Keyboard Overwrite

I don't know if this is something I'm just supposed to deal with, or if I'm just going at this wrong, but if I'm on a webpage and I want to get to a completely seperate one I will just slide open the keyboard and start typing. Ever since the stock OTA to 2.3.5 I have noticed that if I'm on a webpage (I usually use Dolphin, but I see the same behavior on the stock browser) and I start typing, the first letter shows that it's typed, then the next one I type overwrites the first.
It's only a small thing, but I never noticed it before. I am new to this whole scene and am running cleangb with touchwiz and the sms fix, and I still see it there. Is this common? Does no one else navigate around like me?
Any help or information would be greatly appreciated!

I'm kinda confused by this post, at first it sounds like you're on the stock gingerbread rom of Epic and then you mention you're on CleanGB. Just want to check that first. Second, does this happen on any other app you type on? I do remember having a similar problem one time and I found it was a flash that went wrong, screwed up the character display to only be 1 character wide. Either try wiping and starting from scratch or let me know some more info so I can help.

Keyboard does not type after unlock - Whatsapp

I have a problem where, I am in a conversation in Whatsapp, and i am done writing a message, and then i lock the screen, and when i unlock it maybe 15 seconds later, i type, but nothing is showing up, its just records what i press but doesn't type. I have to go the the main screen, and reopen Whatsapp to get it working again...
Anyone else notice this?
Its really annoying if you are in an intense conversation and have to act fast
ROM: Codename Android 1.5.5
Kernel: FrancoKernel Milestone 2
I have wiped everything 1000x times and reinstalled everything. Found some people who had the same issue, but no one found a solution.
Thanks XDA,
David

Dubadai said:
I have a problem where, I am in a conversation in Whatsapp, and i am done writing a message, and then i lock the screen, and when i unlock it maybe 15 seconds later, i type, but nothing is showing up, its just records what i press but doesn't type. I have to go the the main screen, and reopen Whatsapp to get it working again...
Anyone else notice this?
Its really annoying if you are in an intense conversation and have to act fast
ROM: Codename Android 1.5.5
Kernel: FrancoKernel Milestone 2
I have wiped everything 1000x times and reinstalled everything. Found some people who had the same issue, but no one found a solution.
Thanks XDA,
David
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Happens sometimes to me too and I am rooted on stock. Pretty sure it has nothing to do with us and everything to do with whatsapp having an ICS bug.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

Whatsapp used to have exact same problem on my Nokia 5800XM too, I think it happens because of Whatsapp.

confirmed this happening occasionally on LG optimus one.
therefore, it is definitely because of the whatsapp app itself
usually i just press back button for once, back to conversation list and go back to my conversation. typing works back so you dont need to go homescreen thats two steps back

Confirmed bug for me too
Galaxy Nexus GSM
AOKP M4
Franco M2

To everyone who replied, thank you! Makes my life easier knowing its not ROM/Kernel etc...
Filed a complain to Whatsapp, such a great app apart from this bug!
Miasmic said:
confirmed this happening occasionally on LG optimus one.
therefore, it is definitely because of the whatsapp app itself
usually i just press back button for once, back to conversation list and go back to my conversation. typing works back so you dont need to go homescreen thats two steps back
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I usually press home button and then my Whatsapp icon on my main screen, usually goes fast, but still... rather annoying
How deep would this 'error' lie? Could devs fix it?

I get this exact same problem with Handcent! Currently using Swype, and like 30% of the time I will have to go back to the conversation list and re-select my conversation to start typing again.
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Quick question, is everyone using NovaLauncher too? It sometimes happen with normal SMS as well. But 95% of the time it is Whatsapp

ohh3nry said:
Quick question, is everyone using NovaLauncher too? It sometimes happen with normal SMS as well. But 95% of the time it is Whatsapp
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I am also using Nova, but I'm not sure why that would affect other apps like this.

Any solution to this problem?
Got the very same at my galaxy s6, too. Android 5.1.1

I'd also like to know if there's any workarounds for this. My wife's having the issue and she's blaming me. :silly:

I may have a workaround. I have the galaxy note 3 and i use a custom rom thats pretty much close to stock and I notice that if I lock the device and unlock shortly after, I can't type anywhere, on kik, what'sapp, gosms pro, even google search. So I've just decided to test things out and see what's going on and here is what I found....
Eventually I can type again if I simply wait, but no one likes to wait but this is the longest solution.
Clearing the RAM using built in cleaner or 3rd party memory cleaner seems to allow me to type again.
I didnt like playing the guessing game in knowing how long to wait before I can type again so in kik or go sms pro, I would type one of the native apps' emoticon and then hold the backspace button down until it erases it...then I knew it was ready to let me type again (I have haptic feedback on for keyboard presses so I can look away as I hold down the backspace button - this would let me know when it eventually erased due to the haptic feedback of the smiley getting deleted).
Since the issue occurred only after unlocking, I tried turning off the lock screen completely and turning off phone and back on again....keyboard types right away with no issues!
Its more secure to have a lock screen on the phone so turning off lock screen isn't the best option unless you're like me and are the only person at home with no worries of someone else taking your phone so I decided to try something else that seemed to solve the issue, and that is..............turning off "Multiple Widgets" in lock screen.....tested and worked! I can totally type again right away after unlocking the lockscreen shortly after locking it.
This is what worked for me and for you developers out there....if you can use this to pinpoint why this happens on android, perhaps you can use this information to rectify it.
Hope I helped!!!

[Q] Problems w/Swiftkey 3 and CM9 nightlies

So, i've been flashing CM9 nightlies since i found them (at least 5 now) and just got the update to Swiftkey 3 today while at work. I immediately noticed that it seems to toggle the hw keyboard fn key on instead of just a one press and fn for the next key pressed, and i have to hit it again to get back to typing normally. I like the changes that they made in Swiftkey 3, but if this is a direct issue from the update, i'll have to roll back to the older version.
Anyone else notice this issue or have something similar happen? Suppose it's possible the key is getting stuck, but it worked fine this morning, and the only change was the Swiftkey update.

pvtjoker42 said:
So, i've been flashing CM9 nightlies since i found them (at least 5 now) and just got the update to Swiftkey 3 today while at work. I immediately noticed that it seems to toggle the hw keyboard fn key on instead of just a one press and fn for the next key pressed, and i have to hit it again to get back to typing normally. I like the changes that they made in Swiftkey 3, but if this is a direct issue from the update, i'll have to roll back to the older version.
Anyone else notice this issue or have something similar happen? Suppose it's possible the key is getting stuck, but it worked fine this morning, and the only change was the Swiftkey update.
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The same thing is happening to me running AOKP build 39... Kind of annoying.
Sent from My Epic Ice Cream Sandwich With Sprinkles!!!

It enables a "desktop feel" kind of thing.
If you hold down fn or shift and click the key you need to it will just do it once without locking it.
Kind of like holding down a real shift key. Google Drive does the same thing.

"features" like this should be an option.. as in.. give us the option to turn it on or off. Especially if we've been using an app for a long time and this is a new feature.. Hopefully they'll take the bug report submissions seriously and either make it an option or remove it.

If you need another confirmation on this, I can duplicate the same thing. I rarely use the hardware keyboard, but just wanted to let you know just in case.

I have/had the same problem with the xperia pro - aka mk16i
to the "bug" you described some of my special-keys were wrong and I had to set the layout for the physical keyboard within swiftkey to English

[Q] learning new words on Android 4.3 keyboard?

So here is my problem. Recently I upgraded from 4.1.3 to 4.3. I noticed that the Samsung keyboard now no longer seems to learn new words. Whenever I try to swipe "s#!t" or "[email protected]#$", or even a more modest word like suck, I can't use swipe. It never gives me such options. I can still type them letter by letter, but that's v slow and annoying. The Old keyboard learned the words. The new one doesn't, unless I don't know how, in which case please tell me.
Tapping the new word or clicking arrows doesn't seem to do anything.

Bump...

[SOLUTION for 4.3 Keyboard learning new words]
Found the solution by chance.
So I went into the settings once more, and I saw that auto replacement was switched off. So I switched this on and tried words that it didn't remember previously. And now it suddenly remembers the words! The more you use the words the better it seems to be able to predict them.
Happy camper!