Does anyone have the problem when you type on the keyboard normal speed, some letters dont appear and you have to go back and retype those letters? Its kinda fustrating and seems to be a software issue.
Yes, I think a few people have this, me included. It happens with double letters.
I'm not convinced it's a software problem, I've been trying to get a replacement but HTC is not very cooperative.
It is highly annoying. But I think I'm more annoyed with HTC than with the phone itself.
Btw, you might want to try turning Autocomplete off (the dictionary slows things down). Also:
Start -> Settings -> Buttons -> Up/Down Control
If you put the delay to minimum, it seems to make things better.
so not every unit has this problem even though using the same rom?
Yes it could be limited to some units that fall within a certain range of serial numbers. But I'm just guessing, I'm no expert
You tried this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=342886&highlight=key+repeat
Yes, if you look at the second post I have
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Just wondering if anyone else's Tilt is acting up like mine, the keyboard when sending texts will sometimes miss a good bit of key presses and I have to go back 3 or 4 times to register the key.
It worked fine at first so I figured it was something I did so I tried a hard reset and after about 30 minutes it started again.
yup - my keyboard has been crappy since day 1. i often miss key presses and the 'click' feedback isn't there on some presses.
never had a problem with my 8525s - had 3 of them and the keyboard was always flawless.
waiting for a store to get more stock so i can see if have a faulty keyboard.
yeah i have strange problem with my keyboard too. it only seems to be missing key presses for double-letters, like the 'pp' in 'happy' or 'll' in 'hello'. the second letter sometimes doesn't show up.
its strange because typing things like 'apapapapapapa' quickly over and over again, it doesn't seem like any of the letters are getting dropped.
rking84 said:
yeah i have strange problem with my keyboard too. it only seems to be missing key presses for double-letters, like the 'pp' in 'happy' or 'll' in 'hello'. the second letter sometimes doesn't show up.
its strange because typing things like 'apapapapapapa' quickly over and over again, it doesn't seem like any of the letters are getting dropped.
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is this with the AT&T rom? the HTC rom? or both?
this is the at&t rom, without the bloatware installed.
With all the crap that AT&T did to their ROM, I don't know why anybody on here uses it. I had it for half an hour before I couldn't stand it anymore and switched to the HTC ROM.
same bug with german t-mobile rom... its like the device is busy.
unfortunately the same on HTC Tytn II German Rom too.
so is this a defect with the hardware or the software? i dont want to bother exchanging it if it happens on every device.
disable word complete and auto correct and see if it works a little better
did for me
dld
I experience missed key presses but rarely. I do however experience a probelm when using shift quite a bit. If I want to capitalize a letter I hit shift and then type the word, sometimes it will also capitalize the second letter. So Happy would be typed out as HAppy. It's annoying going back to fix it!!!!!!!!!!
RacerX10 said:
disable word complete and auto correct and see if it works a little better
did for me
dld
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Disabling these solved it.
decepticon said:
Disabling these solved it.
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didn't work for me. German HTC ROM. Only happens if double letters are typed quickly. second letter gets lost. it is definitely a bug!
I noticed that the "C" button I have to press harder to get it to work.. I'm going to see if I can have my tilt replaced ..
Just info no solution.
Using HTC shipped ROM
There are two issues outlined: Repeated letter getting missed and Shift causing capitalization of second letter as well as the first.
Issue one I cannot reproduce even with auto correct and word completion set to on. No matter how fast I get the letters in, both letters appear. The implication is that it may be a ROM issue, but also of course may be due to other apps installed. Less likely to be hardware, except in as much as some people may be pressing less firmly for the second letter???
The second issue where after pressing shift two letters instead of the first only are capitalized. I can reproduce this but only under fixed circumstances:
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There needs to be a clear release of the first letter before the second is pressed. So for example if you hit (shift) then an "A" with your left thumb and "L" with your right thumb the both letters will be capitalized if you are still pressing the "A" when you hit the "L". Never will it then give a third capitalized letter because clicking the second letter cancels the (shifT) key.
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If the first letter and the second are very close together say "D" and "E" it is possible to move from one to the other without releasing the first and again both letters will be capitalised.
So in conclusion I think this happens when either the letters are imediately adjacent to each other or if the first letter is not being released fast enough ie before the second one is pressed (easy to do if you are using two fingers to type quickly)
Mike
ya, this is an issue with the kaiser and the tilt (i've owned both). It was the samew ay with the blackjack. This is VERY annoying and i would LOVE to find a fix for it.
Thanks,
re: Mike
thanks for the test. it does seem like it would be a software problem, but i have installed both the att and the cooked rom from the kaiser upgrading forum, and they both have the double-letter problem.
i tried it right after i loaded the cooked rom, so i dont think it would be any software i loaded. and whether auto-correct/word completion on, it happens.
anyone else have any ideas?
alaiwy said:
ya, this is an issue with the kaiser and the tilt (i've owned both). It was the samew ay with the blackjack. This is VERY annoying and i would LOVE to find a fix for it.
Thanks,
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double letter or capitalization issue?
the double letter is the only issue i have with the keyboard and it makes me crazy.
alaiwy said:
the double letter is the only issue i have with the keyboard and it makes me crazy.
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some just posted this in howardforums:
have you tried changing this?
Start->Settings->Buttons->Up/Down Control and make the delay short.
i tried it and it seemed like it made it better? it doesn't seem to refer to the keyboard but it works i think...?
I have been running a older version of Dutty's Kaiser ROM for some time with great results, however, I have noticed that my hardware keyboard is slower than it should be. I can press a button and either get no response or two characters typed. Anyone else experience this and know what causes it?
thanks ahead of time,
Levi
Use Disable T9 cab
I also had more performance with different radios and spls
There is a recen thread on this
do you know where the recent thread is? or where the disable T9 cab is located? i did a forum search but turned up too many hits and after reading the first page of hits i gave up.
The problem has escalated!
you know I tried that disable T9/XT9 cabs and tricks, but they didn't help. I investigated further as to why my hardware keyboard doesn't respond correctly. I think that I have found that is is strictly a hardware related issue. Only a few of the buttons on my device have this problem, and their not really slow, they just don't type each every time I press them. I also found that the harder I pressed those problem buttons, the more likely it was to actually type them. I might end up trying another ROM and hard resetting the device but if not, I may try taking the device apart and cleaning the keyboard, I suppose I have just typed it to death! If all else fails unless anyone else has suggestions, time for a new phone. Anyone else have this problem with the Kaiser, and another thing. Have a kaiser?, look at the front of it and inspect the shiny button cluster. Does your button cluster move about the opening sort of loosely jiggling around? hmmm........ mine does!
Levi
this is a known issue with alot of ROMs that are made from the AT&T OEM rom.
blacksage said:
you know I tried that disable T9/XT9 cabs and tricks, but they didn't help. I investigated further as to why my hardware keyboard doesn't respond correctly. I think that I have found that is is strictly a hardware related issue. Only a few of the buttons on my device have this problem, and their not really slow, they just don't type each every time I press them. I also found that the harder I pressed those problem buttons, the more likely it was to actually type them. I might end up trying another ROM and hard resetting the device but if not, I may try taking the device apart and cleaning the keyboard, I suppose I have just typed it to death! If all else fails unless anyone else has suggestions, time for a new phone. Anyone else have this problem with the Kaiser, and another thing. Have a kaiser?, look at the front of it and inspect the shiny button cluster. Does your button cluster move about the opening sort of loosely jiggling around? hmmm........ mine does!
Levi
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I second both observations.
On my keyboard, it's the R and H buttons that are unresponsive. As to the shiny button cluster, mine moves too. But not as much as my friend's TYTN II does.
spip72 said:
I second both observations.
On my keyboard, it's the R and H buttons that are unresponsive. As to the shiny button cluster, mine moves too. But not as much as my friend's TYTN II does.
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You may want to check your key repeat speed and delays in settings->buttons. I had mine set to lowest delay and highest speed. I tried to double the delay, and reduce the speed to less than half. My keys seems to work a little better now (but i've just been testing for a few minutes).
jiggly buttons
my hardware buttons jiggle around a lot. they still work fine, but yes I believe they are just jiggly by poor deisgn.
Ive noticed that when ever I press the end button, it presses right instead sometimes. this doesnt seem to happen to any of the other buttons.
This also happens when it is either really cold or hot (due to using it with the charger and wifi running with performance set to high) but only with the end key.
I dont remember it being like this and I've had it for a couple of months now although I could be wrong since I hardly use the end key. Does anyone know if this is common or what could be wrong?
Im on orange in the UK and have the original updated 1.93.405.1 Rom.
On a side note (instead of opening another thread):
I used AdvanceConfig to change the startup animation but it doesnt work properly and comes up as a white screen. If I go to 'HKLM\Software|HTC|StartupAnimation' it is blank inside with no values. I know it wasnt like this before because I previously disabled the startup sound by changing a key that was present in this directory.
Could someone post the values which are inside 'HKLM\Software|HTC|StartupAnimation' please?
I also have this problem. Every now and again the end key acts as the right key. Very frustrating when trying to end a call.
Thing is it only happens every once in a while and ( as far as i can tell at random ) so i'm questioning the software rather than the hardware.
I'm seriously considering sending the phone back cause this is one of the key functions of a phone surely lol.... I'm also on Orange with the latest official rom, i'm considering flashing a custom rom to see if it makes any difference.
Solution here: Edit, wrong url...
Same problem here, but happens when I do a long press on the end key. It's intermittent though.
espenjoh said:
Solution here: Edit, wrong url...
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DO you have the correct URL then
This is really bugging me, does this effect anyone else?
Yeah, using the end key to lock is when I notice it the most and when it gets most annoying. It is weird that it only happens with the end key and not the other 3.
Also, Ive got a protective film over the whole of the diamond so Im thinking maybe this reduces the sensitivity? What about the rest of you? Do you use a protective film on the capacitive part too? BTW, Im using a Martin field screen protector.
im having this problem with every rom i flash..so its not rom problem..it is in the device itself
I've only got a protective cover on the touch screen not the keys so thats not an issue.
There must be something we all have in common as it would be more widely reported.. happens for me quite frequently when trying to lock the device and it returns to normal if i just leave it for a while... very strange.
Official Rom HTC and am on Orange UK handset?
What are other people on?
When I get a phonecall the buttons flash as usual, but the end key button does not flash. It´s ligts up and does not flash.
Changed rom but the same. I think it is a hardware problem, What do you think?
Thanks for responding
Omission said:
Official Rom HTC and am on Orange UK handset?
What are other people on?
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Yeah, can people tell us which network their on if your having trouble with the end key and which country? could it be problems with early batches?
Ok, search is supposed to be my friend, but it hasn't worked out this time. I am having problems with the operation of Transcriber on my US 3G Diamond. Revriles posted a request for help on this in the "Diamond Support Center" thread, but he didn't get any response from anyone. Here's his description of the problem:
The transcriber on my Diamond doesn't work properly all the time. From what I can gather it appears as though once the percentage figure for memory use (I think thats what it is - the percentage you see when you click on the drop down arrow in the top right hand corner of today screen) goes over around 40% (which it does fairly quickly on my device after you have turned it off or soft reset it) I experience the problem. To describe the problem I have to write really slowly for it to etch on the screen but then it doesn't recognize text properly. Really annoying. I rang HTC but they didn't even call me back. Can't find evidence of anyone else having same prob on net. Please help?
I have tried a whole range of numbers in the registry for "Finger Pressure" and "Pressure Threshold," from "1" to over 80,000. That didn't help. I've killed apps to try to free-up memory, including killing TF3D. And I've used Advanced Config Tool to set all of the system performance settings (caching) to the "recommended" values. At best it will perform well for a short time, but it always ends up getting "laggy." the strokes start falling behind the stylus motion and some strokes are missed altogether, even though I am very careful to use consistent pressure with the stylus.
By the way, I have the same problem when using letter recognizer: it will start missing strokes and therefore insert incorrect letters.
Any ideas for a solution?? Thanks.
Hi all,
I was just curious if anyone else is seeing some physical keyboard keypress/release detection issues on their Droid3s? The most common problem I'm seeing is a lack of detection of spacebar keypresses (i.e., I'll find words joined together). Sometimes it also fails to detect the release of the spacebar (or other keys), thus repeating a row of letters.
The keyboard is physically clean. This is however a "day one" phone and I've used it/the keyboard fairly extensively for the nearly two months I've owned it.
The problem seems most likely to occur when typing quickly. I'm certain I am pressing the spacebar though.
Have not modified the stock software.
Thanks
--Tod
Been having the sticking issue with my Droid3 as well. Haven't notice it skipping any keys, though. My spacebar, period, and backspace keys all like to stick every so often. Which can be rather infuriating when you've just typed a lengthy message, only to make a single typo, and have the backspace key wipe out everything you just wrote.
I've been thinking about getting a replacement, but I think I'd rather deal with a minor annoyance than get a refurbished phone.
Same thing.
https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/55080?tstart=30
tliebeck said:
Hi all,
I was just curious if anyone else is seeing some physical keyboard keypress/release detection issues on their Droid3s? The most common problem I'm seeing is a lack of detection of spacebar keypresses (i.e., I'll find words joined together). Sometimes it also fails to detect the release of the spacebar (or other keys), thus repeating a row of letters.
The keyboard is physically clean. This is however a "day one" phone and I've used it/the keyboard fairly extensively for the nearly two months I've owned it.
The problem seems most likely to occur when typing quickly. I'm certain I am pressing the spacebar though.
Have not modified the stock software.
Thanks
--Tod
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I just got a replacement today. My first d3, the middle of the spacebar wouldn't press in. It would usually register a keypress, but sometimes it wouldn't . It got really annoying because I always pressed in the middle. And it would seem to randomly add many spaces untill I pressed another button or not space at all.
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Thanks all, just called 611 and ordered a warranty replacement. Very much hoping it's a new device rather than a refurb.
My current one has also has been experiencing the reboot issue with greater frequency lately.
I'm having the same issues but it's happening to the spacebar AND the backspace. I'll delete a mistake I made than all of a sudden the phone will delete everything like I was holding it.
what do you guys think? if it's software I'll wait for a patch. If it's hardware then I may need a new phone. but I agree with RandomEncounter, I'd rather deal with than get a referb.
Husky
Never had this issue on either one of my Droid 3's. I'm on .890, might make a difference.