Hello All,
I am not a developer and wouldn't know where to look for a sign of or a problem but I have one and wonder if I'm alone, and more importantly if there's a fix. Problem is this, when typing either using the stock android keyboard, thumb keyboard, or a Motorola bluetooth keyboard in a text area such as the one I'm typing this post into the cursor loses sync with the current position it should be in. The problem becomes most evident after backspacing to correct a spelling error for me. Also related is that after stabbing the screen and correcting a word and moving on, the word will just disappear. This phenomenon will also occur after selecting a suggested replacement and then stabbing the screen at the end of where I left off.It is extremely frustrating and very counter productive. I know that it would be a better solution to not have to correct errors, but hey... Sometimes it seems like I'm writing on paper and to correct an error I take a pair of scissors and fold the paper up, cut a snow flake out of it and then try to put the pieces all together again.
Anyone experiencing similar things and as I siad before, more importantly, is there a fix for it?
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My keyboard has been lagging and doing other strange things that has got me worried. I did a hard reset on it yesterday and before I even installed any software I was forced to use the on-screen board for a spell as the slide out was un-responsive. I chalked it up to some background process being a hog and moved on. Now I'm finding some consitencies.
On a fresh reboot if I open the notes app in landscape mode and start typing I can see the cursor moving but nothing else till I get about 75% across the screen and then there are some black artifacts that now look like a ton of characters all bunched up in the space of about 3 positions wide. If I keep typing till it does a return then the entire line of text shows up and the process repeats itself on the next line.
If I have a full page of text open in say Total commander's text editor in portrait mode and slide the keyboard out, it will make a pattern of those black artifacts diagonally down the screen toward the left side and it will not correct itself. If I go back to portrait mode all is well again. There is seriously something wrong here.
I can't find any information from searching on the problem but hoping one of the experts here could shed some light on it and let me know if it's time to think about a return. Will try to uncover more if I can.
Many Thanks,
Eidolen
I took some screens of the problem. Both pics on the bottom are the same document but left is with TC's editor and the right is Word. Upper right is word as well. Hopefullt the attachment makes it through, if not I can host and link to it.
If you are running a stock ROM without any customizations (you said you hard reset your device), then chances are you have a defective Fuze. You should exchange it through AT&T's 30 day return policy.
If you're not running a stock ROM, then maybe you have an unstable one. Flash Da_G's clean ROM and see if the issue still occurs. Since that ROM has very little installed by default, the chances of a software conflict are slim.
Please post back here with your status.
I was thinking the same thing but the one thing I can't reproduce is when the keyboard doesn't respond at all. Maybe the graphics and the responsiveness are 2 different things?? I'm wondering if clear-type might have something to do with the graphics but that shouldn't lag the keyboard.
Gonna disable Clear-type now and will report back.
Eidolen
Well if I would have done a search with cleartype I would have found my answer, sorry I didn't figure it out sooner. At least pople can see what cleartype looks like on the Fuze in landscape mode if they were wondering. Apparently there is no fix known other than to turn it off. Hopefully the laggy response clears up as well but not getting my hope up. Thanks for your response.
Eidolen
What an odd thing for ClearType to do in landscape mode... as for laggy response, flashing a clean ROM would give you a good gauge as to how preinstalled apps can affect such lag.
Same thing happens to me but in txt'in sometimes my keyboard dont work at all and i have to restart the device, but this has happen to me only 3 times and the keyboard still have life cuz when i hit the fn key or shift the light comes on indicating that i put them on. as for screen lag i bearly get screen lag, because i did some hack i saw in this thread and it seems to of help alittle
by the way am using the ROMeOS2, i was wondering if i was the only person with this problem but apperently not.
Yep I got the same problem. I installed the NullKb cab on my phone to keep the kb from popping up in Opera. It didn't work. I uninstalled NullKb, It still shows up as selectable under other input options. The lag got progressively worse and even resets will not get the keyboard to work.
I've got the same problem. It's really strange.
I used ROMeOS but now am back to Australian Three official rom.
It seems like, when ClearType is active, I can't see what I am writing with the keyboard in LandScape mode. Even stranger is that when you write an SMS, the keyboard writes fine as there is T9 active.
I really need a fix for this as this has started to frustrate me.
I found having "clear type" activated was my problem as well. I turn it off and my kb is back to usual normal. I have a euro stock unit. Very happy with the rest of it's performance. I can live without cleartype.
eidolen said:
My keyboard has been lagging and doing other strange things that has got me worried. I did a hard reset on it yesterday and before I even installed any software I was forced to use the on-screen board for a spell as the slide out was un-responsive. I chalked it up to some background process being a hog and moved on. Now I'm finding some consitencies.
On a fresh reboot if I open the notes app in landscape mode and start typing I can see the cursor moving but nothing else till I get about 75% across the screen and then there are some black artifacts that now look like a ton of characters all bunched up in the space of about 3 positions wide. If I keep typing till it does a return then the entire line of text shows up and the process repeats itself on the next line.
If I have a full page of text open in say Total commander's text editor in portrait mode and slide the keyboard out, it will make a pattern of those black artifacts diagonally down the screen toward the left side and it will not correct itself. If I go back to portrait mode all is well again. There is seriously something wrong here.
I can't find any information from searching on the problem but hoping one of the experts here could shed some light on it and let me know if it's time to think about a return. Will try to uncover more if I can.
Many Thanks,
Eidolen
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Hi:
I had the same problems. I fixed it by disabling cleartype in landscape (using Diamond Tweaks), and then installing the Fuze Keyboard fix cab, which I am attaching here for you, in case you want to try it. I'm sorry I don't remember the original post I got it from. After doing these 2 things, everything seems to be working great for me.
Anyone know how to get to a screen calibration tool on the Captivate / Galaxy S? I've done a search and found a number of links for how to do it on HTC phones, but nothing for the Galaxy S.
My screen isn't far off, but on a number of different sites in the browser it will register a link below what I touched.
Thanks.
Steve
Sometimes the problem is how the browser is rendering the page/links. Now and then I have the same problem, zoom-in then zoom-out fix it.
I have this problem on google reader. It's like the ads that get tucked in at the bottom through the click-able area off.
So I usually try to open links from the bottom up. or just give it a little time to catch up... it usually does
My screen occasionally goes crazy on my captivate. I will be swyping in text and it will suddenly jump all over the place...one time it started in K9 mail, another in Dolphin mini browser. Once it starts the entire screen is effected and it makes navigation difficult and usually ends in a reboot. I am not sure if these apps have anything to do with it but I removed them and then reinstalled and that helped. Not sure if anyone has experienced something similar and if there is something in particular that might be causing it. It is extremely frustrating.
this issue has happened to me some times, I've noticed that all the times it happens is because the screen has humidity, water, sweat,etc. At least to me that is the reason.
I've noticed something strange. I suspect it is a software issue but I'd like to know if anyone else experiences it. When I make the s-pen approach the screen, the moment the tablet displays the gray "hovering" dot, it sometimes also makes a phantom tap.
Here is a video showing the problem: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/21246716/2013-04-28 00.27.41.mp4
In the video I'm hovering the pen in the app "Papyrus" with the eraser selected. Notice that no phantom taps are occurring if I move the pen even closer. It's "Pen too far away to register" ---"phantom taps" ---"Normal hovering" ---"real tap"
I'm using Android Revolution HD 6.0 on a n8010, with no special kernel.
Anyone else? I thought the pen could only "tap" when something touched the tip.
EDITED: Added video and removed the erroneous conclusion that it was only GUI related.
After a bit more experimentation, I now see it is not gui specific. The touch is just so slight I couldn't see the resulting little lines. The strange behavior has the following characteristics:
It only happens in some areas, mostly I notice it in the corners.
It only happens when the tablet first detects the spen. When you move the pen even closer, no phantoms taps will register. This is what makes me think it is software related. I could be wrong.
Hi,
so the title just says all about it. When using two fingers (or more) to scroll and zoom around (for instance Google Maps), it is very jumpy. It seems to be completely random. There are days where it doesn't happen at all.
I have turned on this feature where it shows you the trace of your finger movement on the screen: Normally you could just draw two lines, each one with one finger. But when this issue occurs one of the lines just disappear or the both disappear and start from scratch. So it looks like the system thinks that I put both fingers up briefly and starts a new trace.
I hope you get what I'm trying to say, not a native english speaker
Ah, more info: The tablet is on stock rom. I use one of those microfibre textiles to clean the screen <- that maybe the problem?
Thanks for any tips!
Am I really the only one with that issue? Any ideas would be VERY welcome as this problem is really annoying!
Something really weird happened with the shape of the key borders on Gboard, and I can't figure out what caused it. I noticed last week that all of a sudden the key borders on Gboard changed shape. They went from the normal rectangles to circles, which looked much better in my opinion. I really wish I had taken a screenshot so I could show an example. But anyways, all of a sudden the key borders reverted back to rectangles. I can't figure out why this happened. I don't think it's due to substratum, as I tried reapplying a theme to Gboard and nothing changed. Does anyone else have any idea what could have caused this and how I can get the circles back? I did a Google search and I could only find one example of this happening to someone in 2014, and they weren't circles. Anyone have any ideas?
Just wanted to bump this. Anyone have any experience with this?
Yes yes
Still no one else with any thoughts on this?
Gboard key borders randomly changed shape??
Same happened to me too
Same thing happened to me too on my s6 edge device. Even fonts changed to some other weird format
Was it a permanent change or did it randomly revert back?
It just happened again! The keys randomly changed shape, but this time I got proof! Here are the screenshots:
As far as I can remember I haven't changed any settings for the keyboard or anything else recently. They look so much better this way, I hope it stays like this. Anyone have any ideas as to what caused this sudden change?
I really thought people would be more interested in this oddity than they have been...
Me too!
Happens to me as well, mine are completely square right now. They were rounded earlier today. S7 edge.
Im still fascinated by this. Does anyone else have any more input or theories on where this glitch may be coming from?
Happened. How do get the circles to come back?
It happens when I switch battery saving mode on and off. (Galaxy s8)
I have been trying to figure this out myself and consequently landed on this post. Still no solution found. I liked the rounded keys better.
Yesterday however, I noticed that the keys changed shape as per the changes they had to make to accommodate additional bar on the keyboard (e.g. numbers row) or while opening and closing something on screen that forced the keyboard expand or contract.
The smaller the keyboard had to get, the more rounded the keys were. Larger, more square.
May be try changing the size of the keyboard?
Okay, so, very oddly, I have found out that the keys go into the rounded version when the Medium Power saving mode is switched ON (samsung galaxy S9). And back into square shape when power saving is turned OFF. Tried and tested several times.
I fail to understand the logic behind this !