Develop Bugs

<Q> The keyboard is weird! Help!

I dont know since when this problem persisted but the keyboard on my desire is weird.
Everytime i try to type fast, there's other letter i don't touch appear in the screen as if i touch it. Mostly the letters appear are y, g, and v.
Knowing that, i then did some test. I tried to type fast only using the letters near my left and right thumbs like a/s and l/k and i did it continuously. As the result, i could see the letter g touched itself while i never touched it AT ALL and then it appeared on the screen.
Then i tried the other line by touching q/w and o/p and the letter y appeared just like the letter g.
That also happened with the third line with the letter v.
This happens everytime i use keyboard (messaging, notes, email, etc)
I dont know if the ROM i'm using causes this because I have tried using some ROMs (not all yet but plenty)and the only one I did not experience this is when i'm using Open Desire ROM. But I dont like Open Desire because I want Sense on it.
I also believe the applications did not cause this since this problem appears just after i flash the ROM and havent installed any application yet
Anybody knows why it happens and how to solve the problem?
FYI my Desire is rooted with Unrevoked way and right now using Lambros ROM.
Any reply is appreciated. Thanks.

Edit:
After trying using Open Desire again, it looks like the problem also occurs with it. I also have calibrated the keyboard but the problem's still there.
Still waiting for anyone can help.

Hi!
I have the exact same problem! (I'm using standard Froyo on a non-rooted Desire).
There's something else, when I type faster than usual and the random letters start appearing the backspace key stops working. I can't delete anything at all and the only solution is to retract the keyboard and then bring it up again. If I do that it works perfectly... until it starts acting up again!
My solution? Well.. I tried Swype and it seems to work just fine! Sure, it's WAY different but it's worth it. It just works flawlessly. And if I don't want to swype I can always type normally, it works for that as well and it doesn't malfunction like htc's keyboard.

Opalid said:
Hi!
I have the exact same problem! (I'm using standard Froyo on a non-rooted Desire).
There's something else, when I type faster than usual and the random letters start appearing the backspace key stops working. I can't delete anything at all and the only solution is to retract the keyboard and then bring it up again. If I do that it works perfectly... until it starts acting up again!
My solution? Well.. I tried Swype and it seems to work just fine! Sure, it's WAY different but it's worth it. It just works flawlessly. And if I don't want to swype I can always type normally, it works for that as well and it doesn't malfunction like htc's keyboard.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you very much for the reply and the solution.
Me have the same problem with the backspace either. I will try using swype although i don't use english often for text messaging or else.
Still waiting for other input which might have another solution without installing third party application or add-on.
So does the official froyo cause this? because i haven't had a problem like this when i was using eclair based custom ROM or N1 froyo based custom ROM as i recall

better keyboard is fab !!!!!! and it works very well typing fast .. the swype thing is rubbish , as I cant spell very well...

dgattenb said:
better keyboard is fab !!!!!! and it works very well typing fast .. the swype thing is rubbish , as I cant spell very well...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well it doesn't matter any application you want to use since that's not the main concern. I'll try Better Keyboard as well. But when I tried to search it in the market with keyword 'better keyboard', I couldn't find it because too many add-ons and the application itself was beneath them. Can anyone help me with it? I can also not find Swype since there's only one application appear when I type 'swype' on the market and it's not Swype

this is beacause desire has no real multitouch.
any keyboard will have same issue

Better keyboard is a paid app. Can't see those if you are not living in eligible country...

snudel said:
this is beacause desire has no real multitouch.
any keyboard will have same issue
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So this means that all Desire have this kind of problem?
Tenhi said:
Better keyboard is a paid app. Can't see those if you are not living in eligible country...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I see. I tried the one in blapkmarket but it's still the same

It's been so long and i finally got the solution after all this time.
My friend told me that this problem is caused by multitouch error and that means hardware problem. He had the same problem but his is HTC Hero.
Then, I tried changing my ROM to MIUI J-Style 10.29 and unexpectedly the problem is gone. From that, I at least can conclude that this is not hardware problem. Anybody having similar problem can try having MIUI for the device's ROM. But maybe some Android-freak dislike it because it has iOS look.

swype moody

i'm having issues with swype i have beta access and the installer but i've noticed that it works when it wants to when i swype a word the keyboard flashes and is outlined in blue.... has this happened to anyone else?
If so is there a fix? open to suggestions for a fix i don't want to use the regular keyboard anymore......

If this happened to me, I would just switch keyboards by long pressing a text box and change the input method to the stock keyboard and then again to change it back to swype.
Would fix the problem for me, it seems that you might get it more often though. If the problem persists after doing this and after restarting your phone, maybe you should reinstall.

Yeah I've been doing that but its kinda messed up
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

Swiftkey x

Anyone have problems using Swiftkey X on their GN? When I try to install, Swiftkey will let me pick the language in the setup app, but none of the other options work. You hit the button, but nothing happens. I was able to manual set some of the options in "input" section of my settings. Thing is, when I get to step four of the install (choose my typing style), I hit the button but nothing happens and you can't progress any further. Then if you try to customize Swiftkey's settings, an error pops up saying you must complete the installation first.
I can get the keyboard to load, but there are no predictions.

Worked just fine for me.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Haven't had a problem either. I have been using it since I got the phone yesterday morning. Feel silly noting this, but maybe a reinstall?

No problems here.

Also working fine for me.

I actually havent even touched it since using the stock keyboard which is a huge improvement.

had my GN for 2 days now and been using swiftkey x almost from the beginning w/o any issues. i still prefer swiftkey because of the good predictions.

Works fine for me, had Swiftkey X on my phone day one. Haven't experienced any problems.

Thanks guys...An uninstall and reinstall did the trick.

Stock Keyboard Gone

So I was using stock gingerbread/sense 2.1, unrooted, on my INC2 and all of a sudden my keyboard is gone. I installed go keyboard and it works but it really would be nice to have the stock sense which I prefer.
I'm not sure if it can be removed from the ROM and installed like a third party keyboard or not, I really don't know about that sort of thing.
Any help with getting stock keyboard back (preferably without root/resetting the phone) would be greatly appreciated.
Sent from my HTC Incredible 2

Have you tried to check if "Android keyboard" is in the Keyboard settings?

It isn't, initially it was a blank box when I clicked on input method, and there weren't any settings underneath.
Sent from my HTC Incredible 2

2 ideas:
1) get into some field where you'd normally enter text and long-press the text field. In CM roms, this gets you the ability to choose from the available keyboards (this doesn't seem to work in Sense-based Roms, though).
2) or... if the Go Keyboard installed itself as a regular application, you might go into Menu|Settings|Applications|Manage Applications, select the "All" tab and look for your Go keyboard. If you find it, click it and in the subsequent screen, scroll down until you find the "Clear Defaults" button. Click this to unset the Go keyboard as default. Then exit back to the main home screen.
Then when you get back to the main home page, open something that requires typing and you may find the ability to select the default keyboard. I'd guess that the regular HTC one is back there.
If that doesn't work, are you rooted and do you have a Nand backup?

I'm not rooted, and it's not that the keyboard was replaced, it disappeared completely so I installed GO keyboard manually.
Sent from my HTC Incredible 2

Have you tried holding the menu button that brings up the keyboard?
Sent from my Sirloin Steak using A1 Steak Sauce.

This happened to me before I rooted. I took it into a store and they surprisingly checked internet forums for an answer. Anyway, the solution was a factory reset. This was extremely annoying and is what motivated me to initially root my phone.
Sent from my Incredible 2 using XDA App

I rooted my phone because I had google services framework delete itself 3 times, requiring a factory reset each time. Also, one time it randomly bootlooped and required a factory reset through hboot. I was done with losing my data.
Sent from my ADR6350 using xda premium

Hmm this isn't sounding good for me. However I may be getting an LTE Galaxy Nexus in a bit, so I'll be factory resetting my INC2 to give to someone. Thanks for the help anyway.
Sent from my HTC Incredible 2

[Q] Keyboard issues

Hello, so this has been recently happening to me. I have my default keyboard set to the swipe keyboard but whenever I use my keyboard it always goes back to the default keyboard. I've tried with other keyboards but I get the same results. I have to swipe the notification bar and select the keyboard I want to use but when I use my keyboard again it just goes back to the default one. Help?
Sent from my SGH-I747 using Tapatalk 2

try locating the keyboard app apk file. use this to install the keyboard instead of downloading from the play store. it will stick. at least this was the issue on my wife's stock S3.

I'm having a similar issue with my S3. Every time I reboot, it defaults to the Samsung keyboard even though I use Swiftkey. I can't root it because it's my work phone and my workplace doesn't allow rooted phones. Does anybody know why this happens or if there is a fix for it?

ortrigger said:
I'm having a similar issue with my S3. Every time I reboot, it defaults to the Samsung keyboard even though I use Swiftkey. I can't root it because it's my work phone and my workplace doesn't allow rooted phones. Does anybody know why this happens or if there is a fix for it?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is a known issue. I posted my fix above