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Odd problem

Okay for a good month and a half I have been having an odd problem. Sometimes randomly my phone will start glitching and viberating randomly like I'm pressing the soft buttons below the sreen and sometimes that menu comes up like I pressed the menu button. Not the launcher. Ans also I can be in gallery and select a photo and it will viberate like I hit the back button and it will go back and I have to select it a few times before it stops. What could it be? It even done it on froyo
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That happens to me every once in a while, the whole system will just hang and the menu will come up or the recent apps thing will come up multiple times and the phone will vibrate, then it just goes back to normal.
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Yea. What's causing it
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Could be a bad flash, or some app has created a conflict, seems to me I read there are a couple of apps that caused this. You could just reflash a different rom, see if that fixes it.

oka1 said:
Could be a bad flash, or some app has created a conflict, seems to me I read there are a couple of apps that caused this. You could just reflash a different rom, see if that fixes it.
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I have FLASHED several times with several different things! And I use stock so its not the rom

How often do you pull your battery?

WankAttack said:
How often do you pull your battery?
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once every few days why? I think its hardware not software. cause No matter what rom I have had even 2.2 and stock it still does it

hyelton said:
once every few days why? I think its hardware not software. cause No matter what rom I have had even 2.2 and stock it still does it
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From my experience you can get some oddities such as this as a result of a bad flash (which re flashing would correct as stated above) so I'd say your assumption is probably correct and your problem may be with the hardware.

I don't want to ask the obvious question but no one has. Have you dropped it any? Or has it been exposed to any kind of water. I had a phone freak-out on me when usb port got a little wet from some rain.
Just when you think you have it idiot proof, they come out with a better idiot.

not been wet and its not a bad flash. Right now I'm trying out froyo again and it done it again last night. I'm a uscellular agent. And I have yet to have anyone else come I. With the same problem
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hyelton said:
not been wet and its not a bad flash. Right now I'm trying out froyo again and it done it again last night. I'm a uscellular agent. And I have yet to have anyone else come I. With the same problem
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I believe this happens on an undervolted kernel un areas of extremely low signal. Recently, it seems to be happening on any kernel. I hope this get's addressed in our real froyo release.

not been wet and its not a bad flash. Right now I'm trying out froyo again and it done it again last night. I'm a uscellular agent. And I have yet to have anyone else come I. With the same problem
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It happened when I was on 2.1 as well, Usually only when I had a bunch of things running. Im an agent too! xD

OK my phone stopped for a few days I haven't had a case on it. Then today I pit my case back on it and it started doing it earlier for the first time in days. The case doesn't over the front of the phone at all
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Yea, that sounds like it may be the case :s I've had it happen a couple times, but I thought it might just be like my fingerprint is over the button and keeps presseing it. I just wipe my finger over the bottom of the phone and it stops. Don't know if its the same thing.
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I think you are right I've had the same issue and if youlook at the soft keys when it happens you'll see that one of the buttons thinks it's being pressed I think it's just a hardware issue cause like you said when you run your finger over the keys it stops.
Also, similar problem every once in a while when I'm trying to swype during a swype it acts as if my finger lost contact with the screen but I definitely didn't lift my finger abd it happens several times in a row until I lock the screen turning the touch screen off it seems to reset the touch sensors.
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cpfeifer said:
I think you are right I've had the same issue and if youlook at the soft keys when it happens you'll see that one of the buttons thinks it's being pressed I think it's just a hardware issue cause like you said when you run your finger over the keys it stops.
Also, similar problem every once in a while when I'm trying to swype during a swype it acts as if my finger lost contact with the screen but I definitely didn't lift my finger abd it happens several times in a row until I lock the screen turning the touch screen off it seems to reset the touch sensors.
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or it's a ghost, woooooooo!

I've experienced this issue before, although very rarely. Every time it has been the menu button and it always seemed to be in colder weather. I use a thin screen protector I picked up at a USCC store. Happens even more rare with EA11 leak however my screen brightness changes (occasionally) when I end phone calls and am in the middle of an app
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Keyboard/screen acting funny.

I have a strange problem. Occasionally my phone will refuse to let me type a letter. It generally happens towards the bottom right of the screen. However that isn't always the case. For instance I wanted to press the letter N today but it refused to let me. It would press every key around it but it wouldn't press N unless I tried multiple times. I have a screen protector on if that makes a difference. It really is annoying. Is my screen possibly defective?
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Sometimes this happens to me when gunk and dirt build up on the screen. Usually I just take my shirt and wipe it off real good and it works like it's supposed to.
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Alrighty. I'll give it a shot. Thanks.
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Could also be something under the screen protector messing with the capacitance. Maybe a small air bubble that gets pushed out of the way when you repeatedly try tapping there. Just a thought. If it's not a hassle, I would try using the thing for a day sans protector and see if the issue replicates. If anything. it will eliminate the screen protector as a possible source of the problem. I'd gather, if you aren't rooted and running a custom ROM and the problem still exists in the absence of a screen protector, it is a manufacturing defect.

FatTony666 said:
Could also be something under the screen protector messing with the capacitance. Maybe a small air bubble that gets pushed out of the way when you repeatedly try tapping there. Just a thought. If it's not a hassle, I would try using the thing for a day sans protector and see if the issue replicates. If anything. it will eliminate the screen protector as a possible source of the problem. I'd gather, if you aren't rooted and running a custom ROM and the problem still exists in the absence of a screen protector, it is a manufacturing defect.
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I am having the same problem and have had little gremlins like this come up. My phone is rooted by the way so if it is a manufacturing defect then I guess I am up the creek (voided warranty). It is annoying to say the least my t, y g h and v and b keys react as if they were not on the keyboard at all. Luckily the word recognition helps out but its frustrating. I have had more problems with this android phone than I ever had with my windows HD2. I miss that phone...no worries ever.

I would really advise you to exchange your phone for a new one if you are having problems with the touch screen this early on. Manufacturing defects like that don't go away and can only get worse. You can still return/exchange your phone if you are rooted, you just have to return it to stock before you do so.

This has been happening to myself and several others, and there have been a few touchscreen problem-related threads on here and other forums. the letters I can't type are fairly random but it usually seems to be t, s, and some vowels. it's either a software or hardware issue, since it is completely random and the problem fixes itself when you begin typing another word.
you can also try pressing the letter with your whole finger instead of the tip. it seems to work more often than pressing the letter 20 times before you flip out.
Anyone with this problem, is the touchscreen ever not responsive with anything else?
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I would really advise you to exchange your phone for a new one if you are having problems with the touch screen this early on. Manufacturing defects like that don't go away and can only get worse. You can still return/exchange your phone if you are rooted, you just have to return it to stock before you do so.
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I thought about exchanging it but after reading all the issues other people have with replacement phones (or their first, even), I'm not sure I want to take the chance especially if it's a software issue.

Happens to me to, I am rooted and running a custom rom. It's a problem with the HTC keyboard. If it happens just hit the back button then bring the keyboard back up. Or install a new keyboard from the market like Better Keyboard.
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jeremyx2 said:
Happens to me to, I am rooted and running a custom rom. It's a problem with the HTC keyboard. If it happens just hit the back button then bring the keyboard back up. Or install a new keyboard from the market like Better Keyboard.
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I've been using the gingerbread keyboard since I got the phone and still have the same issues.

jeremyx2 said:
Happens to me to, I am rooted and running a custom rom. It's a problem with the HTC keyboard. If it happens just hit the back button then bring the keyboard back up. Or install a new keyboard from the market like Better Keyboard.
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Not true, had this problem on my Fascinate before the Thunderbolt.

Something stupid to check, do you have wavelauncher installed? That was giving me fits for awhile before i figured it out. anything by the bottom of the screen just wouldnt work.

Touchscreen Doesn't Work Occasionally

It doesn't work in small areas of the screen, at random.
For example, earlier today, when typing on portrait, the "E" key won't work. I went to calibration, and when typing the "E" on the short sentence, it didn't register.
After the E-key starts working, all of a sudden the "N" key doesn't work. Same story with the calibration not working as well for that key...
When this happens, and I switch to landscape, the letter/item/object in that vicinity still doesn't work.
It's as if that small area is dead, and it happens at random, but enough that I am annoyed I can't text.
What's going on...?

I had that problem with the P key a restart made it better again

This used to happen to me on optimized stock roms with the stock keyboard. I would suggest you to find a keyboard on the market such as swype, or flexT9 and use one of those.
I am not aware of a fix for the keyboard not responding to touch gestures, So you have to improvise

Same here, I searched but could not find a fix. When I used another keyboard (if I recall) the problem become less frequent. Now that i am rooted and running a custom ROM, problem resolved.

Its gonna happen no matter what. Read the sensation forums its happening with that phone as well. Not sure if HTC is using the same touchscreen driver, but if they are that would explain it.

Do you know if it is a rooting problem our just the phones driver? I never had any issues when my phone was stock...the keyboard felt better on stock also.
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This also happens to me on occasion but it happened to my captivate also. Both rooted and romed with ASOP source. Maybe thats the cause?

Same here. Rooted and running a CoreDroid rom right now. Annoying.

That happens to me sometimes. Usually when I clean the screen it works.

This sure does appear to be a problem plaguing a lot of people.
I dont know why I've been spared this misery.
The closest I've ever experienced to this sort of problem was occasionally I'd be typing and it would sort of freeze, but all of the characters I typed in that "frozen" period of time actually went through, they just got delayed, like the phone had to catch up, as if they were buffered, but their actual output to the screen lagged by a second or or two. It doesn't do it anymore, and hasn't for a long time.
I can't think of what I did that would have made it disappear... I haven't flashed a different ROM for a long time. Running inspired ace.
What you guys are describing sounds different... Like no matter what you do, a certain key won't register, yet others will register just fine.

Yep that is what happens. No matter what you do the certain key would not register. It would require a restart. But as I mentioned before, ever since I rooted and changed ROMS, I have not experienced this problem again, yet. It wasn't often this would happen. Maybe twice a week or so....

This happens on my inspire as well. For me its the H key sometimes. I'm running cyanogenmod 7.1 and strangely enough its happened for two different keyboards: swift beta and smart keyboard pro. I feel a little relieved its not just me experiencing this

Keys randomly dont work??

Hi, has anyone had the problem where certain keys on your keyboard randomly don't work but the keys around it do? I have to turn the screen off a few times to get it to work again. It happens very often, is there any fix? This is the first android phone that I've had a issue with the keyboard with. (nexus one and g2 were fine)
Using Gingeritis (beta IV) (Happens on the other roms too) and smart keyboard pro (tried the gingerbread keyboard same problem)
Thanks

I get this problem too.
I've noticed it on all of the ROMs I've used.
Doesn't matter if it's stock keyboard, SwiftKey, or SlideIT, I still get that problem.

johnnysyeah said:
I get this problem too.
I've noticed it on all of the ROMs I've used.
Doesn't matter if it's stock keyboard, SwiftKey, or SlideIT, I still get that problem.
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yeah its very annoying, makes me just want to get a new phone haha, anyone have a solution??

U and E randomly sometimes a or s sooooooo annoying lol

gaming09 said:
U and E randomly sometimes a or s sooooooo annoying lol
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yeah very, can't wait till the bionic comes out haha damn GS2 isnt coming

Double check that you are not accidentally resting your finger on one of the touch buttons on the phone. i had this problem when i first got my Thunderbolt and realized it was how i was holding the phone.

I've noticed this too, and like the person above me said, its usually because my hand barely rests on the search button. I guess its far enough off that it doesn't register it as touching the button, but still a part of the touch screen? Either way, moving my hand fixes it.
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My buddy had this problem where the screen was unresponsive and he called VZW about it and they acknowledged that it is a known problem. Sorry dont know a fix but apparently VZW knows about it.

for me, the problem hasnt been a key on the keyboard not working, but lits of times when i am in the middle of typing, the keyboard will disappear & when i bring it up again, the cursor will be in a completely different place.
additionally, sometimes when i press on a link nothing will happen. ill have to press 2-3 times before it registers. and as with the unresponsive key issue, this is also with any rom.
the cursor issue though seems to be worse on aosp roms.

I get this issue as well. It is VERY frustrating. I'm using swiftkey

I had trouble getting letter "k" to work today in smart keyboard pro . It took 4 tries.

I'm trying TouchPal, so far so good.

I've had this problem happen with EVERY ROM I've flashed and with multiple keyboards (HTC KB, GB KB, Swiftkey, etc.)

davidbudd1 said:
My buddy had this problem where the screen was unresponsive and he called VZW about it and they acknowledged that it is a known problem. Sorry dont know a fix but apparently VZW knows about it.
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So will they replace phones? It's hella annoying.

They did offer to swap it for him. He is a unique case though, he is on his fourth or fifth tb. he has called vzw so many times and complained about his phone, they are going to give him a bionic when it comes out. so he declined the swap, but it was offered.

Cursor jumps around

No matter which keyboard I use or which forum I am on, when replying to a post the cursor will jump around most of the time it ends up in the quoted portion and I find I am typing in the middle of the quote I am replying to. It also happens when using the predictions but only for the first time, afterwards the predictions go to the end of the sentence you are typing like it is suppose to.

I have a problem that's just like yours, but it happens every time I backspace a few words or the entire line of a message. It jumps me around, and it's annoying. Why does this happen?

I would wager you guys are using either the old version of TapaTalk of Opera/Firefox? I had that with the older versions of TT, and aforementioned web browsers. After going to Tapatalk HD (and the stock browser)... <poof!>... no issues anymore.

MartyHulskemper said:
I would wager you guys are using either the old version of TapaTalk of Opera/Firefox? I had that with the older versions of TT, and aforementioned web browsers. After going to Tapatalk HD (and the stock browser)... <poof!>... no issues anymore.
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I am using Boat browser because it is compatible with flash. From what I understand it is based on the stock browser.

It's been a while since I last used Boat (I think close to a year). How does Kingsoft Office perform? (It's free on the Play Store.) That seemed to have quite a lot of typing issues with the dock, so it served as a benchmark of sorts in the beginning of the TF700 era.

I have the same issue. It did it on stock Asus as well. It only happens on the stock browser and it only happens on xda especially when I quote a reply.
The easiest way to replicate it is quote, hold finger in the middle of some text and you will see it jumping around wildly. The problem it does this when hitting back space mainly which is sooooooo annoying.
I have turned off all tweaks and hacked the browser and cannot make it stop. I have come to the conclusion that the way stock browser implements java script is just not compatible with the way this site wants to use it.
Interestingly my nexus 7 with the stock browser exhibits the same problems......
I don't have a solution although it hasn't been too bad lately, probably because I'm more careful and try not to use backspace.

I have seen it go to the first position in any text box, making me type even crazier **** than normally and the BACKSPACE key always took two presses to backspace one single position... but not the jitter... Mmmmh.. Will have to go look for it.

sbdags said:
I have the same issue. It did it on stock Asus as well. It only happens on the stock browser and it only happens on xda especially when I quote a reply.
The easiest way to replicate it is quote, hold finger in the middle of some text and you will see it jumping around wildly. The problem it does this when hitting back space mainly which is sooooooo annoying.
I have turned off all tweaks and hacked the browser and cannot make it stop. I have come to the conclusion that the way stock browser implements java script is just not compatible with the way this site wants to use it.
Interestingly my nexus 7 with the stock browser exhibits the same problems......
I don't have a solution although it hasn't been too bad lately, probably because I'm more careful and try not to use backspace.
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For me it exhibits this behavior on every forum I post on but, it will only do it the first time and afterwards its okay. I do keep an eye on it though sometimes I forget. So, if I ever post a reply and it has a quote that appears to have been changed please forgive me.
Marty, which browser are you using now and is it compatible with flash?

MartyHulskemper said:
I have seen it go to the first position in any text box, making me type even crazier **** than normally and the BACKSPACE key always took two presses to backspace one single position... but not the jitter... Mmmmh.. Will have to go look for it.
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Only happens with onscreen keyboard never with the dock.
Mind you I think xda has some poor java script behind it. My HTC One X does some weird **** on this site too. Not jumping cursor but have to push back twice to actually go back.

lartomar2002 said:
For me it exhibits this behavior on every forum I post on but, it will only do it the first time and afterwards its okay. I do keep an eye on it though sometimes I forget. So, if I ever post a reply and it has a quote that appears to have been changed please forgive me.
Marty, which browser are you using now and is it compatible with flash?
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I have gone back to the stock browser with browser2ram (and data2sd since a few days). Since CROMI has this nailed, I feel it is actually quite a bit faster than the other browsers, and I generally can do without the fluff the 3rd party browser provide (although I liked that fluff specifically at first.
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Only happens with onscreen keyboard never with the dock.
Mind you I think xda has some poor java script behind it. My HTC One X does some weird **** on this site too. Not jumping cursor but have to push back twice to actually go back.
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That last issue was what I was referring too as well -- drove me nuts! No smaller-format keyboard is exceptionally comfortable to type on, so I make more typos than I do while on a full-format keyboard. That double-tap requirement was a really annoying "feature"!

So no one has figured out a fix for this (other than to possibly use a non-stock based browser)? This issue has been driving me nuts for quite some time. I do remember that similar issues presented itself on the GNex back in the 4.0.1 days and was fixed by turning off spell-check. I've tried this (as well as auto-correct) but the problem persists.
sbdags, is this issue still present in your new CROMIX ROM?

Artimis said:
So no one has figured out a fix for this (other than to possibly use a non-stock based browser)? This issue has been driving me nuts for quite some time. I do remember that similar issues presented itself on the GNex back in the 4.0.1 days and was fixed by turning off spell-check. I've tried this (as well as auto-correct) but the problem persists.
sbdags, is this issue still present in your new CROMIX ROM?
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Issue is fixed in CROMi-X :victory:

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Issue is fixed in CROMi-X :victory:
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Sweeeeeet.....might have to bite the bullet and upgrade. Other than this issue, I've been so happy with 3.4.x I haven't been tempted to upgrade (not even sure what version of 3.4 I'm using ).
Thanks!