Hey all. So the past few days I noticed that my Menu button on my S3 ATT has been showing the Google Now search. Additionally when pressing home often time it goes to the Multi Task window. These are settings I set for the 'long press'. I should note Im running CM 10.1 latest nightly and Nova Launcher (if it matters).
I figured this was a CM issue so I went to a 1 week old nightly but the same. Im not worried this may be something to do with the hardware buttons themselves. Really hoping its a software thing
Anyhow I appreciate any help on the subject or things I can try
Thanks!
Its worth adding that when I upgrade the nightly, then the buttons seem to work for at least a few hours. Im not sure if a simple reboot would also have this effect however I plan to monitor that when it starts acting up again and let you all know
Seems very odd to me that it works fine for awhile then gets worse and worse throughout the day
Thanks
I think what you're experiencing is a long button press bug. CM10.1 has a known issue of registering a long press (especially for hardware keys) even when you quickly tap.
So if I had to guess I'd say your phone is fine and it is CM10.1,
I should add this happens on my menu button too. It hasnt happened on my back button but I also have nothing on my Long Press for the back button.
RoachForLife said:
I should add this happens on my menu button too. It hasnt happened on my back button but I also have nothing on my Long Press for the back button.
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do you know if this is something that affects everyone on a galaxy s3, just some phones or all phones on cm10.1? i've been running cm10.1 on my d2vzw and generally stay on top of all the development related postings but see hardly any mentions of the topic. i realize it's not a huge bug as a simple restart will fix it but it certainly is annoying.
first post, btw :cyclops:
I havent seen mention of this before but I am not on the forums all that much.
Quick update - after flashing to latest nightly, its been nearly 24hrs without issue. Hope it stays this way
RoachForLife said:
I havent seen mention of this before but I am not on the forums all that much.
Quick update - after flashing to latest nightly, its been nearly 24hrs without issue. Hope it stays this way
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Update 2 - Yes, rebooting the phone does fix this. Last time I went 3 days before it began to act up. Rebooted and good as new. Kinda annoying but not the end of the world
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Quite frequently, my glide's physical keyboard stops working. A reboot fixes it but is kind of annoying to do this once a day
This is a new phone (less than a week old) and I am trying to find out if this is a known issue and if there is a fix for it. If my phone is defective, I might be able to still get a replacement from newegg.
I notice that there was another thread in XDA on the same topic but it quickly moved on to discuss some other issue with no clear advice.
Thanks and appreciate your help,
urundai said:
Quite frequently, my glide's physical keyboard stops working. A reboot fixes it but is kind of annoying to do this once a day
This is a new phone (less than a week old) and I am trying to find out if this is a known issue and if there is a fix for it. If my phone is defective, I might be able to still get a replacement from newegg.
I notice that there was another thread in XDA on the same topic but it quickly moved on to discuss some other issue with no clear advice.
Thanks and appreciate your help,
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Stops working all together or opens up different applications when you press a key? I had the latter. If it is the apps opening up double check you do not have any shift type button stuck as that would make it act funny and appear to not be working properly.
Tap on "ALT", "SHIFT", "SEARCH" see if that fixes it.
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Stops working all together or opens up different applications when you press a key? I had the latter. If it is the apps opening up double check you do not have any shift type button stuck as that would make it act funny and appear to not be working properly.
Tap on "ALT", "SHIFT", "SEARCH" see if that fixes it.
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Thanks for the response. I went back to my old iPhone 3 (Yuck). Let me double check on that when I get home this evening.
urundai said:
Thanks for the response. I went back to my old iPhone 3 (Yuck). Let me double check on that when I get home this evening.
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If it is launching Different apps then it is the Quick launch that is the cause. You can see what Shortcut is associated with which app go here:Settings -> Applications -> Quick Launch
Most Launch with Search + any key. Perhaps your search button is stuck.
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Mine has that problem as well usually requires a reboot as well but can't ever get it to just do it on command. U on a custom rom? Or stock?
If the random apps are opening, open the landscape keyboard and press the search button. If you accidentally press it and then you press a corresponding letter to open a certain app, it'll so that. And when you hit back, the phone thinks that you pressed the wrong letter key and has that quick open on. Just press search again. That's all lol
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I also have the problem of physical keyboard that stops working. No random apps, it just stops working. What to do to fix the issue, aside from rebooting?
Thx
phatryan69 said:
Mine has that problem as well usually requires a reboot as well but can't ever get it to just do it on command. U on a custom rom? Or stock?
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I am on stock. It's just annoying when it happens at least once in 2 days.
I am thinking of rooting it and installing a custom rom to see if that takes care of it. Will keep you all posted.
I might turn on the debugging level in the logs as well to see if I can find out what's going on. Given that this happens only every two days or so, not sure if that will help much but let me see.
antonyfirst said:
I also have the problem of physical keyboard that stops working. No random apps, it just stops working. What to do to fix the issue, aside from rebooting?
Thx
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I am on Rogers stock ROM. At this point, it certainly looks like something to do with the software (will be hard to find several of us having the same hardware problem).
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Stops working all together or opens up different applications when you press a key? I had the latter. If it is the apps opening up double check you do not have any shift type button stuck as that would make it act funny and appear to not be working properly.
Tap on "ALT", "SHIFT", "SEARCH" see if that fixes it.
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+1.
My keyboard stops working too, but this doesn't happen very often. I experience this about once in 3-4 weeks for now.
I have had this problem a few times as well (on stock AT&T).. QWERTY doesn't respond at all, reboot fixes it! Got me worried the first couple of times though
I continue to run in to this once in a while. I have tried pressing all kinds of keys (search, alt etc) with no success. At times, I see some of the keys working but not others.
Anyway, this looks like software / driver issue. Looks like reboot is the only cure so far.
I wanted to get the opinion of the devs who make all of the ROMS for this device. Below is my experience and my theory:
I have had the phantom soft key issue on every incarnation of the GSII software. I un rooted and went all the way back to the beginning. I used each rom version till the issue occurred, then I let the phone update to the next ROM version and repeated the process. Every single un rooted update had the same issue and then every single Rooted ROM all ROMS for the ET4G were tried and the issue occurred.
Strange part is it came out of nowhere. I have had and have been flashing for an entire year without issue and one day all of a sudden... BOOM. I don't think it is as simple as the signal issue. I think it has to do with flashing as well. Unless this is happening to someone who has never rooted their device, I think something in the roms we flash trigger the issue which is related to signal.
Has anyone known anyone who has never rooted their device and has had the issue? By the way, the store gave me a brand new factory OEM screen and the issue still occurs.
Gorguts said:
I wanted to get the opinion of the devs who make all of the ROMS for this device. Below is my experience and my theory:
I have had the phantom soft key issue on every incarnation of the GSII software. I un rooted and went all the way back to the beginning. I used each rom version till the issue occurred, then I let the phone update to the next ROM version and repeated the process. Every single un rooted update had the same issue and then every single Rooted ROM all ROMS for the ET4G were tried and the issue occurred.
Strange part is it came out of nowhere. I have had and have been flashing for an entire year without issue and one day all of a sudden... BOOM. I don't think it is as simple as the signal issue. I think it has to do with flashing as well. Unless this is happening to someone who has never rooted their device, I think something in the roms we flash trigger the issue which is related to signal.
Has anyone known anyone who has never rooted their device and has had the issue? By the way, the store gave me a brand new factory OEM screen and the issue still occurs.
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I had the issue straight out of the box when we still had gingerbread. I hardly get it anymore besides on occasion
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Elw00d said:
I had the issue straight out of the box when we still had gingerbread. I hardly get it anymore besides on occasion
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Right outta the box before rooting it?
I personally think its hardware related with, either over time the screen moving and the heating up of the device causing phantom button presses... this only recently started happening to me and after i wipe screen with cloth while its turned off it goes away. for awhile... idk haha
I disabled the hardware capacitive keys and use the software on screen buttons. Problem solved
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As said above, I had this issue on Gingerbread..out the box, no root. It'd press menu by itself lol, always gave me WTF moments. I'm on ICS now, and no problems at all.
Crazy, ok. Well I got the answers I was looking for. Thank you everyone for your info. Note 2, here I come.
Yup, happens here too. Menu key goes nuts when charging.
FYI just cause you want to get a developers opinion does not give you permission to ask a question in the development section.
Papa Smurf151 said:
FYI just cause you want to get a developers opinion does not give you permission to ask a question in the development section.
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I will begin chastising myself at once....
Gorguts said:
I will begin chastising myself at once....
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Picture please ^^^^^^^^^
I have this issue on out of box uprooted and other sget4g were okay for some time after rooting and flashing custom made roms... They too fell prey to the mysterious phantom presses... Ahhh the horror.
My fix was....... To
I have had this issue several months and now have a good solution. Use this info posted by elijahbrown on Page 464 in PA thread I believe. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34125394
" Disables menu key!
Ooookay..
Go to system/usr/keylayout
Select sec_touchkey. kl and edit as text. You'll see key 217 is search. Delete that line of code or put a "#" in front of it to turn it into a comment. Save the file.
Re boot and let meet know.
Just curious as to why you want to do this so bad? "
# comment out menu and search keys. Save file and Set permissions.
Then head over to the play store and get Button Savior. I paid for the advanced features and am very happy. Have to keep the phone until may 2013, sprint claims liquid damage so no replacement.
Button Savior on screen hidden pop up menu buttons works great and no more phantom presses menu or search pop ups ever again! 
After about a day of use my touch screen thinks any touch is a long press and thus I can't scroll in apps. When I try to scroll it think I'm holding down my finger - in calendar for instance I can't scroll through days, it thinks I am trying to add an event to the day I'm on. In BBC I can't scroll through articles it think I'm right click on the article etc.
Rebooting fixes the issue, but it happens every single day. Any idea what could be going on?
I have the same issue running 10.1 on an HTC One XL. Did you ever find the solution?
pretordan said:
After about a day of use my touch screen thinks any touch is a long press and thus I can't scroll in apps. When I try to scroll it think I'm holding down my finger - in calendar for instance I can't scroll through days, it thinks I am trying to add an event to the day I'm on. In BBC I can't scroll through articles it think I'm right click on the article etc.
Rebooting fixes the issue, but it happens every single day. Any idea what could be going on?
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ctennenh said:
I have the same issue running 10.1 on an HTC One XL. Did you ever find the solution?
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did either of you try wiping data/cache/dalvik and reflashing the rom and gapps?
I wiped and installed from scratch originally. I'll try reflashing the rom and gapps and wiping the cache again. I'd rather not lose everything but I'll do it as a last resort. Thanks.
pretordan said:
After about a day of use my touch screen thinks any touch is a long press and thus I can't scroll in apps. When I try to scroll it think I'm holding down my finger - in calendar for instance I can't scroll through days, it thinks I am trying to add an event to the day I'm on. In BBC I can't scroll through articles it think I'm right click on the article etc.
Rebooting fixes the issue, but it happens every single day. Any idea what could be going on?
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I have had the same problem periodically. I update cm10.1 every morning and it has only happend to me on certain updates, rebooting solves the problem. However, with it happening every day maybe try a different update? Works for me, you might get something out of it.
those single press becomes long press is a known bug from android source code, wait for google to fix it.
the only current fix is to reboot your phone, though it's only temporary.
pcshano said:
those single press becomes long press is a known bug from android source code, wait for google to fix it.
the only current fix is to reboot your phone, though it's only temporary.
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or flash a different ROM in the mean time. I've used both root box and AOKP with no issues with the long presses. I specifically stopped using cm because of that bug.
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The last couple ROMs I've flashed for my GSIII (Cyanogen 10.1 M1 & Carbon 1.4 JB 4.2.2) both work pretty well, I'm on Carbon at the moment because the video seems a little more stable.
However I've had a recurring issue on both ROMs. Ocassionally, the hardware Home Button will act as though it is always being long pressed.
So when you quickly tap it, the task switcher comes up instead of taking you to your home screen. The only fix seems to be to reboot the phone.
It didn't do this on the Cyanogen 10 final release so I'm guessing it has something to do with 4.2.2. Has anyone else experienced this issue? I tried searching around but couldn't find anything about it.
Thanks for any help.
Hexidecimal said:
The last couple ROMs I've flashed for my GSIII (Cyanogen 10.1 M1 & Carbon 1.4 JB 4.2.2) both work pretty well, I'm on Carbon at the moment because the video seems a little more stable.
However I've had a recurring issue on both ROMs. Ocassionally, the hardware Home Button will act as though it is always being long pressed.
So when you quickly tap it, the task switcher comes up instead of taking you to your home screen. The only fix seems to be to reboot the phone.
It didn't do this on the Cyanogen 10 final release so I'm guessing it has something to do with 4.2.2. Has anyone else experienced this issue? I tried searching around but couldn't find anything about it.
Thanks for any help.
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This has been a known issue with CarbonRom. Here is a post that talks a little (very little) about it. It's a known bug and is basically when the three front hardware buttons automatically do long presses. No solution has been found yet.
topherk said:
This has been a known issue with CarbonRom. Here is a post that talks a little (very little) about it. It's a known bug and is basically when the three front hardware buttons automatically do long presses. No solution has been found yet.
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Thanks for the reply, hope that once the GSIII gets official 4.2.2 it can be resolved, if not sooner.
Hi all,
I'm unable to post my question in the development thread for this rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2085828), but hopefully some of you are running the Stable 4.2.1 version of Slim's rom and can help address my question.
First off, this rom is pretty much flawless and battery life is excellent (once I found the right Kernel). The only problem I'm experiencing is with the use of my Home Button. Often times when I go to hit the Home button it pulls up the Recent Apps, as if I'm "long pressing", instead of taking me to my home default screen. I also noticed that when this happens, if I hit the Menu Button it launches Google Search, as if I were "long pressing" it.
So it's as if the Rom/Phone thinks I'm "long pressing" when not. Typically a reboot fixes it for part of the day and then the issue returns. I've used the Halo Launcher that is included in the rom as well as my preferred NOVA Launcher and the problem persists with both. I've also tried full wiping and re-flashing but the problem always turns up.
I searched the thread as well and novone has mentioned it as an issue, I'm wondering if it's a hardware problem with my actual phone? For now, Ive enabled the on-screen nav keys as a work around.
Any thoughts or help on this would be much appreciated.
-Ryan
imryanthompson said:
Hi all,
I'm unable to post my question in the development thread for this rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2085828), but hopefully some of you are running the Stable 4.2.1 version of Slim's rom and can help address my question.
First off, this rom is pretty much flawless and battery life is excellent (once I found the right Kernel). The only problem I'm experiencing is with the use of my Home Button. Often times when I go to hit the Home button it pulls up the Recent Apps, as if I'm "long pressing", instead of taking me to my home default screen. I also noticed that when this happens, if I hit the Menu Button it launches Google Search, as if I were "long pressing" it.
So it's as if the Rom/Phone thinks I'm "long pressing" when not. Typically a reboot fixes it for part of the day and then the issue returns. I've used the Halo Launcher that is included in the rom as well as my preferred NOVA Launcher and the problem persists with both. I've also tried full wiping and re-flashing but the problem always turns up.
I searched the thread as well and novone has mentioned it as an issue, I'm wondering if it's a hardware problem with my actual phone? For now, Ive enabled the on-screen nav keys as a work around.
Any thoughts or help on this would be much appreciated.
-Ryan
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This seems to be a common issue with 4.2.x ROMs. As far as I've heard the exact cause is unknown and there is no known permanent fix as of yet. For what it's worth, I'm running LiquidSmooth RC2 (4.2.2) and have the same issue periodically, as do many others. As you've noticed, a reboot is the only current fix. I'm sure it's something they will eventually work out, but for now it's a minor intermittent annoyance.
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This seems to be a common issue with 4.2.x ROMs. As far as I've heard the exact cause is unknown and there is no known permanent fix as of yet. For what it's worth, I'm running LiquidSmooth RC2 (4.2.2) and have the same issue periodically, as do many others. As you've noticed, a reboot is the only current fix. I'm sure it's something they will eventually work out, but for now it's a minor intermittent annoyance.
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Ahh, gotcha. I hadn't searched through any of the other 4.2 Rom threads. Thanks.
Something just got submitted to fix it I believe. http://review.cyanogenmod.org/#/c/33383/
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