Samsung Fascinate :: Keyboard Button Just Makes Symbol / Why Is This?
Oct 25, 2010Has anyone else noticed that the "-" button just makes the "_" symbol? It's annoying me that I can't hyphenate a name. Am I missing something?
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Samsung Fascinate :: White Symbol With Two Arrows
Nov 13, 2010What is the white circular symbol with two arrows in opposite directions that is right next to the 3G symbol at the top of the screen? I've seen it appear several times in the last day and it seems to coincide with a crazy drop in battery life (12 hours with minimal use).
View 5 Replies View RelatedSamsung Fascinate : If Rotate Phone Or Set On Desk - Makes An Annoying Sound That Interrupts Music
Sep 28, 2010I'm listening to Pandora and I go to my home page. If I rotate the phone, or even set it on my desk, the phone makes an annoying sound that interrupts my music. I turned off system sounds and I still get the noise. Any ideas on what I can do to get rid of that annoying noise.
View 2 Replies View RelatedSamsung Fascinate :: Keyboard & GPS Bug
Nov 26, 2010I like my Fascinate. It doesn't reboot a lot like my HTC Incredible, and the battery life is better. There were people saying it was a bug that had to do with signal, including Verizon, but I am certain that is a load of horseshit since mine had that problem with airplane mode enabled, underground and in areas of perfect service above ground. Here's what I am looking to improve on the Fascinate. a) Anytime I use a non standard-android keyboard, it lags.Swype doesn't lag while swiping, but when typing, it lags if I go really fast. It will skip leeters. Same with HTC_ime_mod, the HTC Sense keyboard. It doesn't function as it does on the Incredible, or as the standard android keyboard does.I'd like to be able to stick with swype. I am a fast typer after using these all the time for a year. Switching back and forth between android keyboard and swype is a nuisance! b) Is there anyway to make the GPS not work like shit? The Incredible could see where I was in someone's front yard, this thing takes 90 seconds to lock on and when it finally does it's half a block to 2 blocks off from where I am! c) Wifi tethering. It disconnects a lot. Downloads - android-wifi-tether - Project Hosting on Google Code. Of this list, only wireless_tether_2_0_5-pre9.apk offers some stability or fnctionality. On the HTC Incredible, they all work fine, and allow one to stay connected for extended perods of time.
-it disconnects one regularly
-it doesn't allow you to change the passphrase. It always says it is too short, when it is not. anything but the default abcdefghijklm causes this error.The disconnects occur whether or not encryption is used.
Samsung Fascinate :: Best Keyboard For Phone?
Sep 26, 2010I am curious what you think the best keyboard is. I am currently using smart keyboard pro and wondering what else is out there.
View 26 Replies View RelatedSamsung Fascinate : How Can I Turn Off Keyboard?
Nov 30, 2010I have swipe. How do I turn off the keyboard? The reason I ask is that I lile the regular android keyboard better. The onw that when you hold it landscape way there the spacebar in the middle and not off to the side. I purchased "better keyboard" didn't like it so I uninstalled it.
View 3 Replies View RelatedSamsung Fascinate :: Keyboard Skipping Letters?
Sep 17, 2010Has anyone else notice this? I have th HTC_IME keyboard installed and if I type too fast, it skips letters. Never did that on Incredible.
View 2 Replies View RelatedSamsung Fascinate :: Iphone Keyboard App For Phone?
Sep 21, 2010I am trying to find a Iphone keyboard App for my Fascinate. The one's I have found say they do not work on this phone? Can someone point me in the right direction.
View 14 Replies View RelatedSamsung Fascinate :: Push Button To Unlock
Oct 11, 2010I think a push-the-button-to-unlock AND a move-the-puzzle-piece-to-unlock-again is redundant. I saw where there is an app that will turn off the screen without locking it but isn't anyone else worried that after a few months of use, pushing the power button all the time is going to wear it out? Is there no app to turn on the screen by simply touching it, or touching one of the 4 icons at the bottom of the phone, and THEN moving the puzzle piece?
View 3 Replies View RelatedSamsung Fascinate : Add Button Is Gray And Won't Let Press It
Oct 15, 2010My add button in menu doesnt work. It is gray and when I tried to click on it to add a widget it didnt do anything. IS there a way to unlock it or be able to access it? I wanted to add the battery widget and I cant....
View 1 Replies View RelatedMotorola Droid :: Keyboard - Symbol Above (A) Key?
Nov 9, 2009What's the symbol above the A key? It looks like an indent arrow. Is it tab? Mine doesn't seem to work. All the other symbols do, so I know I'm hitting the alt key right.
View 1 Replies View RelatedSamsung Fascinate :: Can't Get Keyboard And Word Prediction - Using Back On SF
Nov 23, 2010At some point early on in my SF ownership, I accidentally pushed something that gave me a keyboard and word prediction that I like SO MUCH more than the little black box word prediction with Swype. I didn't download a 3rd party keyboard or anything. Problem is, I've somehow hit something again that has brought the black box popup word prediction and a different keyboard back. I've messed with every combination I can think of in Language and Keyboard, but can't seem to get the other keyboard back.
The keyboard I currently have is the one that has the letters and symbols on the same key. The one I like has just the letters on the keys and a symbol button to push to get just the symbols. The word recognition I want has a bar right about where you type that gives you suggestions and you can touch the suggestion you want and it will insert (it has the most likely suggestion in red, I think).
I make so many more typing mistakes with the black box prediction/current keyboard. Can someone tell me how to get the other way back?
Samsung Fascinate :: Lock / Power Button Not Working
Nov 21, 2010After being a dedicated bb user, I recently switched to a droid. I'm completely satisfied, however, I have had a small issue with my lock/power button. I've only had the phone for two weeks, but my power/lock button seems to be "stuck". I can still push it, but it's not as "click able" as when I first purchased it. I wish I could explain it better. I actually went to verizon a few days ago, and they weren't much help. The tech actually sprayed some of that air in a can stuff, which temporarily made it better. However, it now seems stuck again. Has anyone had this problem? Sorry for being such a new b!
View 2 Replies View RelatedSamsung Fascinate :: Dedicated Camera Button App / Hack
Nov 28, 2010I know the Fascinate has no dedicated camera button, and I can't seem to find an app/hack for it, but is it possible this is in the works? Is it possible to reroute one of the hard buttons for this purpose? I know a lot of people would like it, but being that it seems to not exist at this point, I'm guessing it may be an impossibility? Any info would be appreciated.
View 10 Replies View RelatedSamsung Fascinate : Week Back Button Randomly
Oct 3, 2010Have had this phone for just a couple hours and as I was getting it set up I noticed that the back button started acting up. Randomly the haptic feedback on it is weak, only about half strength. Anyone else have this problem? Should I exchange it?
View 18 Replies View RelatedHTC Desire : Lack Of Symbol On Main Keyboard / How To Fix?
Jun 2, 2010Is anyone else annoyed that the � symbol is omitted from the alt keyboard but not the $. It'd be good if when configuring the location they were then swapped around; save me digging for it in '123', then page 2.
View 26 Replies View RelatedSamsung Fascinate :: Function Of Hard Search - Magnifying Button
Sep 1, 2010I use this button all the time on my DINC for voice commands, usually things like locate .... and it pops up google maps and shows me what I'm looking for. Since Bing is the search engine of choice on the Fascinate, what function will holding down the button serve? Will it still allow Google Voice commands? If not, I think that's a deal breaker for me.
View 5 Replies View RelatedSamsung Fascinate :: No Home Button In Stock Browser / Make It?
Oct 20, 2010Is there something I am not finding, I like to have Google as my home page and at times I want to bounce back to the home Google page to start a new search, I have to go back to my favorites and pull the google page back from there. Is there a trick to make the browser go back to the established home page from within the standard browser interface so that it is not a multiple click task?
View 5 Replies View RelatedSamsung Fascinate :: Power Control Icon - Looks Like A Refresh Button?
Sep 13, 2010What is the icon in the Android Power Control that looks like a refresh button? I can toggle on/off, but not sure what it does.
View 3 Replies View RelatedSprint HTC Hero :: Using Stock Keyboard Don't See The Pipe Symbol
Jul 25, 2010I'm using the stock keyboard, and don't see the pipe symbol anywhere.
View 3 Replies View RelatedSamsung Fascinate :: Adding Words To Dictionary In Android Keyboard Format
Sep 24, 2010I cannot seem to find an answer to this although I seem to recall that when I first got the phone that I did it once for one word. When in Android Keyboard input, if you type in a word that is not in the dictionary, is there a way to save it so that it comes up again in the future and you don't have to type the whole word out each time you use it? It appears that this is the case in swype (which I do not care for) but after a lot of trial and error, I cannot seem to locate a place where you can do this.
View 6 Replies View RelatedSamsung Fascinate :: App Not Installed / Get Droid X's Multi Touch Keyboard On Phone?
Sep 9, 2010Every time that I try to install an apk file, the phone says "Installing" then it says "Application Not Installed".
I am trying to get the Droid X's multi touch keyboard on my Fascinate. Has anyone tried to do it? Does it work for you? How did you do it?
HTC EVO 4G :: What Makes Best Touch Qwerty Keyboard? Deep Analysis
Jun 8, 2010Now I'm not a professional reviewer, but I think I have some good insight to share. Also you may be wondering why this is in the EVO 4G forum, well the EVO is considered one of the best phones out there and I happen to own an EVO myself. I think the phone is great, but I'm usually critical of my devices and I like to take a look at the keyboard as I'm an avid texter. I see a lot of posts of people wondering why one keyboard is not as accurate as another phone. If you're a big texter and you're looking for a really good text phone, I promise this is a good read. So what makes the best touch QWERTY keyboard? Well we would have to look at the criteria of what makes the best QWERTY keyboard:
Keyboard layout
Capacitive touch screen quality
Multitouch
Accuracy of predictive text
If a phone can do all of these things perfectly, you'll have a phone that will be a texting monster. Lets take a look at what I think is the most important criteria, keyboard layout.
Portrait Keyboard Layout
Unfortunately, I think the EVO comes in last for keyboard layout. It has the largest screen, but it wastes most of it with its oversized cursor buttons. The cursor buttons need to be smaller for the other keys to breathe and need to be in a D-Pad layout. If the keyboard is top notch, we shouldn't be using the cursor keys so frequently to fix errors. Also why the keyboard takes up 2/3 of the screen confuses me. This is purely opinion, but I would rather have the "hide keyboard" button not take up space and move it in the upper right like the Nexus One and iPhone as a "Done" button. Lastly the EVO has the shortest "width wise" space bar. The space bar is used frequently and shouldn't be gimped like that. So that leaves the Nexus 1 and iPhone. If you look closely, the iPhone has the most space between keys. Most typing errors are from keys being so close together and hitting the wrong key.
The EVO faces the same problem, although the keys are bigger, so are the keys that are right next to it. Bottom line, keys not only need to be bigger, they need more breathing room in between each other. Another close detail is the "q" and "p" key. The EVO has those keys farther away from the edge of the screen than the iPhone and Nexus 1. The edge of the screen is the least responsive area, so is this space a benefit or a negative? My take on it is that one of two things happen, you either hit the neighboring key, or the key doesn't register at all. If you hit the neighboring key, it takes much longer to edit, rather than to just try and hit the key again. So even though the edge is less responsive, its more beneficial to have the "q" and "p" key closer to the edge and away from its neighboring key. Portrait Keyboard layout goes to iPhone, 2nd Nexus1, 3rd EVO 4G
Landscape Keyboard Layout
Next is landscape mode. I thought this deserved to be addressed as it changes everything. Although the iPhone still has more space between the keys, I'm gonna have to give this landscape mode to the EVO. Unfortunately the space bar on the EVO is STILL the shortest out of the three. So why does landscape make such a big difference even though the keys on the EVO are tightly packed? Well the difference is that the keys are now squares, instead of thin rectangles. This increases accuracy a lot and pretty much negates the disadvantages of having narrow spaces in between the keys. Again HTC could of capitalized on more space for the general keys by not taking up so much space with the cursor keys. As for the Nexus1, the keys are slightly bigger than the iPhone, but are still really tightly packed, so I would say its a tie.
Landscape mode goes to EVO, tie for iPhone and Nexus 1
Capacitive Touch Screen Quality
What good is a keyboard if the screen can't even read your touch actions? I know that the EVO is not tested in this, but we can still use this as a base of comparison. I really believe that the quality of the screen plays a very big role in the responsiveness of your touch actions. Nothing is more annoying then having your touch actions not being registered correctly or not at all. Right off the bat, the Nexus1 is out. So its now the iPhone and EVO 4G. From what I have read, but I can't seem to find the article. The EVO 4G uses a much higher quality capacitive touch screen compared to the Nexus1, most likely very close to the iPhone. So I'll say its a tie between the EVO and iPhone.
Capacitive Touch Screen quality goes to, EVO 4G/iPhone tie, 2nd Nexus 1.
Multitouch
With a multitouch keyboard you're able to type faster. All those fast typers out there can really appreciate a multitouch keyboard. I'm not sure if the Nexus1 supports this, but I don't think it does, so correct me if I'm wrong. So in this case you either have multitouch keyboard or you don't and the iPhone is the only one to have it.
Multitouch goes to iPhone, tie for EVO 4G and Nexus1
Accuracy of Predictive Text
I don't have any experience in this on the Nexus1, but only on the EVO 4G and iPhone. So anyone can chime in if I'm incorrect on this matter. I would think the EVO and Nexus1 would be the same considering they're both Android devices. From my experience and watching many videos, it seems like the iPhone does a better job at correcting and predicting text input compared to the EVO.
Predictive text goes to the iPhone, tie for EVO 4G/Nexus1
Misc
So the last thing I think all the phones adds a little something to make texting easier that doesn't quite fit the criteria. The iPhone OS has a pretty neat magnifying glass where you can move the cursor. I found this extremely handy. The EVO 4G has the cursor buttons instead, which isn't as slick, but can prove to be more precise. Then finally both the EVO 4G and Nexus1 has the voice to text feature from Google, which is pretty dang accurate.
MISC goes to the EVO 4G, tie for iPhone/Nexus1
So what phone do you think has the best, most accurate touch QWERTY keyboard? Is it one of these three, or another phone out there. Also what do you think makes the best touch QWERTY keyboard phone? I appreciate those who took the time to read, took me a while to type up.
Samsung Fascinate :: Push Button On Side To Unlock And Lit Up White Screen
Sep 28, 2010my brand new samsung fascinate just went white. I went to push the button on the side to unlock it, and just lit up white. I went to do a hard reset and it did not solve the problem. When i restart phone, i can hear the phone start up music, and the soft buttons on the front work, but all i see is bright white. I had someone call me, and my phone rang, yet all i saw was a bright screen. When it goes idol to black, it wont turn back on at all.
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Sep 14, 2010is there any way to change the "Messaging" button to launch Handcent SMS instead of the Defualt app? I love handcent and wanna use this button to launch that instead of the app I won't be using.
View 1 Replies View RelatedSamsung Fascinate :: Noise From Pushing Power Button / Is It Because Of Cheap Plastic?
Oct 31, 2010Just found out I hear annoying noise when I push power button time to time. Is it because of cheap plastic or my SF is the only one have weird power button? I heard some people say volume rocker is wiggly, but my power button makes annoying noise.. like scratching blackboard with fingernail?
View 4 Replies View RelatedAndroid :: What Makes A Button Change Color On Mouseclick
Jul 29, 2010Why is this button changing color to orange when clicked: <Button android:background="@android:drawable/btn_plus" ...>
But this one is not? <Button android:background="@drawable/ic_btn_round_plus" ...>
Found another type of button (text and image) that changes color to orange when clicked
without having to create a selector: <Button android:text="List" android:drawableTop="@drawable/list" ...>
Jelly Bean :: Bluetooth Makes Keyboard Glitch / Unresponsive
Nov 23, 2013My Bose Bluetooth Headset Series 2 makes my keyboard glitch and unresponsive. I have updated the headset's firmware etc. As soon as I turn off the headset, the keyboard returns to normal.
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Sep 6, 2010Anyone know why my slide out keyboard is suddenly typing two different letters when I type or why the space button is backspacing? I tried reflashing my phone with sprint's swupgrade tool. that didn't help. Anything else anyone knows that I can do?
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Sep 22, 2010am getting this error: cannot find symbol symbol: method log(java.lang.String) when using method : log("some test", +test);
I have imported import android.text.TextUtils; import android.util.Log;
Still its throwing same error why it is so ?