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
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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.
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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!
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After updating to WM6 (firstly xda 0.1) then to Vanilla I noticed that when typing on a keyboard I got eg. "tu" when typing "t" or "u"; the same situation with "gj" when typing "g" or "j". I also got the problem of getting wrong symbols (eg. "**" instead of 8). I've got 2 T-Mobile UK version (HERM300) devices, one updated tens of times and the other one oneuntouched. After checking the registry I can say that both are the same as far as know keyboard registry fixes are concerned.
Is it a hardware thing or something I could fix. I searched over the forum, but others had different keyboard issues with their devices.
you could try going into the input options and toggling the predictive text to not kick in till after 4 words have been typed or just disable it. this may be the problem, its set to try right away by default and I see all kinds of wierd errors when it is set like this.
or you could try to go on a vigirous finger diet and excersise routine with the hope that your fingers shrink in size.
or you could use a hip top, the hiptop 2 has the best keyboard IMHO though the herald/kaiser is very nice as well
Unfortunately turning off all the predictive text options doesn't help. I start thinking that this is some kind of hardware issue as everything in the registry is as it is supposed to be. I just wonder how it could happen as it was working flawlessly (even under WM6) and suddently started working weirdly.
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Unfortunately turning off all the predictive text options doesn't help. I start thinking that this is some kind of hardware issue as everything in the registry is as it is supposed to be. I just wonder how it could happen as it was working flawlessly (even under WM6) and suddently started working weirdly.
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I have not come across this problem, this might not work and I doubt it will! but try this keyboard fix cab file for the 8225, you can always remove it with remove programmes if it is a no go.
boz said:
I have not come across this problem, this might not work and I doubt it will! but try this keyboard fix cab file for the 8225, you can always remove it with remove programmes if it is a no go.
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I was experiencing the same problem and this cab file worked for me. Thanks. Just don't forget to power cycle the device once the cab is installed.
Ever since i flashed to the CM6 Nightly builds i've been encountering a few problems. These problems didn't exist with my previous rom which was the damage control 3.2 i think.
First problem is the on-screen keyboard, it seems like this keyboard is the one that comes with the new froyo update, i dislike this keyboard mainly because everytime i try to type anything in the web browser box the whole keyboard screen slides up after each button press. this gets extremely annoying, this keyboard also doesnt have the directional buttons so editing documents or just simply editing typos is cumbersome. I would like to switch back to the keyboard i had before, i believe it was the keyboard that was on 2.1
Second problem is the flash player doesn't work at all, it definitely worked on Damage Control but for some reason it doesnt work on this CM6 build, yes i've tried uninstalling and reinstalling but nothing seems to fix this problem. Is this a known problem in the CM builds? Mainly flash videos don't work. i've yet to try it on games like miniclip.com.
any help on these two problems would be greatly appreciated, thank you!
I just remembered I have 1 more question its about a voicemail app that let's u hear ur voicemails straight from the app I remember there's a play, last, and next button I remember I had it on the stock sprint rom. can anyone tell me what the app is called and where I can get it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=729802
the very bottom of my touch screen (i'd say about 1/4" of it) sometimes doesn't respond when touched, i say sometime, but really its only in a few apps, in the Facebook app i cant check my notifications unless i use the scroll pad, in Gmail i cant delete a message unless i switch to landscape, at first i thought it was the touchscreen, but the app drawer launcher opens ass it should, the space bar on the soft keyboard works as it should, i can scroll through the market if i swipe from bottom up, which leads me to believe its some sort of software error... has anyone else had this problem? if so, do you know how to fix it?
also, I've tried it in different roms (stock, cm 6.1) and have rebooted several times but to no avail
thanks in advance
I here that the radio effects all driver so you could try to flash a new one. Make sure it doesnt undo the root though!
crowstar said:
I here that the radio effects all driver so you could try to flash a new one. Make sure it doesnt undo the root though!
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well, ive tried several different things... basically I ended up completely reverting back to the stock PC10IMG... i am now running stock, ota, no root... basically out of the box plus a minutes, but alas, my touch screen is still doing the same, I've gone through several apps and from i can tell, the majority of the ones that give me issues are the stock ones (i.e. gmail, facebook, voice, etc) and some third party ones (andy 83; the entire bottom row doesn't work which makes it useless as a calculator, wordfued free). Im really not sure how to proceed from here seeing as it seems contained in several apps, but not in the system as a whole... i guess i can live with it, its annoying, but not unuseable
Couldn't post this in the synergy thread as don't have enough posts. Have not seen anyone else with this problem.
About once a day my keyboard will no longer display what I type on the screen. I can see it cycling through the dictionary but nothing will end up on the screen. Been doing this for the last several synergy releases.
This is with ANY keyboard as have tried the default android, Gingerbread from the market and Swype. Once I reboot the problem goes away for a time.
Problem usually surfaces in Handcent or Enhanced Email as those are the programs where I am the most and typing.
Anyone else run into this?
Thanks!
fraslin said:
Couldn't post this in the synergy thread as don't have enough posts. Have not seen anyone else with this problem.
About once a day my keyboard will no longer display what I type on the screen. I can see it cycling through the dictionary but nothing will end up on the screen. Been doing this for the last several synergy releases.
This is with ANY keyboard as have tried the default android, Gingerbread from the market and Swype. Once I reboot the problem goes away for a time.
Problem usually surfaces in Handcent or Enhanced Email as those are the programs where I am the most and typing.
Anyone else run into this?
Thanks!
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No idea, I used synergy for a good long time and never had that issue. What I'd suggest you do:
Use the stock e-mail and messenger apps for a day and see if the problem happens in there. If it does, then you might need a clean, fresh install. If not, then you know the problem lies Handcent and Enhanced E-mail apps and, thus, I recommend finding replacements or learn to like the stock apps.
Worst case, just reboot the phone when it happens. Reboots are like erasers, it fixes all the problems.
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Thanks for the reply!
Am assuming that a clean install would fix but have been seeking to avoid.
I did switch to Smart Keyboard Pro from the Gingerbread one and it seems like it may have fixed it.
Need a couple more days to verify...
How do you disable the voice typing key on the Sense keyboard?
I have tried disabling the "Voice Search" app but it seems to get re-enabled after a while, automatically. (Have seen this before, after doing a system software update - it is now happening even without any updates.) and the voice-typing key comes back after a while, automatically.
This key is a real issue because I keep pressing it by mistake! It makes the keyboard incredibly annoying to use.
I am on android 4.0.4 with Sense 4.1.
Xharlie said:
How do you disable the voice typing key on the Sense keyboard?
I have tried disabling the "Voice Search" app but it seems to get re-enabled after a while, automatically. (Have seen this before, after doing a system software update - it is now happening even without any updates.) and the voice-typing key comes back after a while, automatically.
This key is a real issue because I keep pressing it by mistake! It makes the keyboard incredibly annoying to use.
I am on android 4.0.4 with Sense 4.1.
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I don't know about disabling it, but if you find the keypad very annoying have you tried an alternative?
SwiftKey
Swype
HackersKeyboard?
I haven't. I am looking for a solution that does not require me to install a 3rd party keyboard - I am concerned about privacy issues.
Xharlie said:
I haven't. I am looking for a solution that does not require me to install a 3rd party keyboard - I am concerned about privacy issues.
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What privacy issues are you concerned about?
And fair enough I understand that, but to be honest that is your only solution.
I must say I have used swiftkey for a while now, and couldn't live without it, the predictions are almost genius, very nicely laid out (could have a couple of improvements) and the themes are ace !
Theres nothing to be concerned about.