Just updated my phone to the official ICS. (XEN)
Now, Swype works for an hour or so, after that it doesn't react anymore.
Allready did an factory reset, but i still have the same problem.
Does anybody know whats going on, and how I can solve this?
Reboot every hour is a little
Ok, I think Thumb keyboard is the problem.
I bought this a while ago, so with restoring my Google account it was installed automatically after the factory reset.
After deleting this prog the phone works fine.
I hope it stays like this...
Use swift keyboard X
It's best.... I was tried every keyboard out there but bought only swift x..
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I have this same problem. It suddenly freezes and will not work. Only way to get it started is to choose another keyboard, wait a long time, then go back. It STILL freezes after a while. STUPID ICS update.
I have googled everywhere and there still isn't a solution. SWYPE can't do anything cause its built into the Samsung update and not a stand alone app... Come one Samsung! How can you put out an update without checking! Grrrrrr
I need my swype working!
Ok, it did freeze again but just once.
Eskasi, what firmware do you have?
Mine is XEN.
eskasi said:
I have this same problem. It suddenly freezes and will not work. Only way to get it started is to choose another keyboard, wait a long time, then go back. It STILL freezes after a while. STUPID ICS update.
I have googled everywhere and there still isn't a solution. SWYPE can't do anything cause its built into the Samsung update and not a stand alone app... Come one Samsung! How can you put out an update without checking! Grrrrrr
I need my swype working!
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At last someone else has the same issue as me!!!! I am on an SGS2 and it's doing my head in, no matter what version of MIUI I install the new swype just stops working as you say unless I choose another keyboard then it seems to be hit and miss whether it works or not.
Any solution found?
After installing another rom I am fed up with this, there is however an alternative, try the TouchPal Keyboard, similar to swype and actually in a couple of instances better, like sliding up on the number keys to get a number straight away or slide down to get a character straight away, rather than holding the button down, so far after 5 minutes of use works fine. See how you get on.
Try Touchpal Keyboard from the market - it's free and I find is so far as accurate as swype without the headache of freezing.
Same problem for me after ics update. It would freeze on me and while doing that drain my battery as well. Note is performing so much better after disabling swype. I hope they come with a fix soon though,I love swype...
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I have same problem, what I did is delete swype data file from Application\Swype, them reboot.
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I have a samsung captivate. It is a early model, I got it the day they became available. The phone will not always answer an incoming call. the green answer button comes up but will not swipe. Anyone else have this problem? Will froyo cure this?
Youre gonna need to add some more info....
are you on stock 2.1?
if you did flash a custom Rom which one and which kernel/ modem are you using?
Did you do a restore with titanium? (this is where I had problems when I flashed)
captivate wont answer incoming calls Sometimes
yes complete stock, no mods whatsoever
I had a problem like this when I first got my Captivate as well. My problem was that it wouldn't swipe all the way across the screen. This got very frustrating while driving. The solution, surprisingly, was to make sure my hands weren't completely dry. Without traction on the screen my phone didn't register my fingers.
I don't know if that'll help but there are also other dialers out there on the market that you can try legitimately without rooting or flashing a different ROM (if you're trying to avoid doing those things).
I would do a flash back to stock and do a master clear to rule out any software issues. You can do this without having to root. You just wont be able to back up your apps and system config.
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It is and always has been completly stock.
Are you rooted? I had this problem every now and then... not very often.. I figured it was due to one of the apps I was running in the background, that was sucking up all the RAM and the phone became unresponsive. I backed up my apps, and flashed stock and then restored only the ones I absolutely wanted... I am sorry, I dont remember which app it was, just know that it was a background process that was collecting some kind of stats! Hope that helps!
By the way how long ago did this start happening?
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I have a samsung captivate. It is a early model, I got it the day they became available. The phone will not always answer an incoming call. the green answer button comes up but will not swipe. Anyone else have this problem? Will froyo cure this?
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i had a similar problem even tho i had a custom rom my incoming calls didnt come in at all.i had to Reflash my rom.. idk how similar this situation is but i agree with the other guys.. try reflashing stock
phone is not rooted. I cant tell you how long it has been happening but it appears to be more frequent as of late. The one thing I can ad, when it does it, it may do it several times in a row
Thank you guys for helping the newb.. I appreciat the input!
I occasionally get the same problem on my SGS even before rooting
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The time it took you to go back and forth on this forum, you could have flashed back to stock and master clear to troubleshoot. The problem isn't going to fix itself.
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Thanks for all the HELPFUL input
I will try flashing stock
This may be a common sense answer but usually when it doesnt swipe all the way accross for me its because of to much grease ( or sweat) on my hands or on the screen like after lengthy phone calls or if my hands are dirty or something. Try cleaning the screen well, and washing your hands and such. Always fixed for me.
by swipe do you mean it doesnt move at ALL or it goes half way or you cant get it all the way to the other side to answer?
Yeah, i know that when i first turn on my phone and try swiping, nothing will happen, it will just stay green and not respond. After leaving my phone on for a couple of minutes, it usually corrects itself.
This is also a common problem for stock users wanting to use a lockscreen replacement (i.e. widgetlocker).
If you try using widgetlocker without any lagfix, you can get phone call screens you can't interact with for a few seconds.
I have had a similar issue both stock and rommed. I find a lot of time it does have something to do with friction on the screen but also if I have low signal it will happen as well. My phone will actually freeze up to the point of having to remove the battery, this same thing happened on my old Samsung Blackjack II.
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Ok so this may seem strange but it's the only thing I can come up with. I have CM7 on my phone now and I've tried a few times to get this to work. Every time I install swype on my phone after a hour or two I no longer get a lock screen and my home and search keys don't work. I've done a full reset a few times and I only run into a problem after getting swype back on. I've gone so far as to backup everything except swype and then reset and load everything back and it's been working fine for a full day now. Swype is the only thing different. Has anyone else had an issue like this? I've searched forums and everywhere for days trying to find an answer.
Ok nevermind, It finally did it without swype also.
I was wondering if anybody else is having the same issue.
Sometimes when I"m typing quickly on my droid (and sometimes when I'm not typing so fast) the key seems to repeat. The concequences can range from annoying to downright haphazard (I have wiped entire draft messages because of this bug). Is this a hardware problem or a software problem? I've had this issue since day one and don't really want to have to restore my phone since there are a lot of customized settings on there and it would take a while to reconfigure everything.
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I was wondering if anybody else is having the same issue.
Sometimes when I"m typing quickly on my droid (and sometimes when I'm not typing so fast) the key seems to repeat. The concequences can range from annoying to downright haphazard (I have wiped entire draft messages because of this bug). Is this a hardware problem or a software problem? I've had this issue since day one and don't really want to have to restore my phone since there are a lot of customized settings on there and it would take a while to reconfigure everything.
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are you talkin about when using the physical keyboard? if so, i have been having same problem. since day 1 like you said
EDIT: i have the 862
Did you install the update? This bug was fixed with the update on D3.
I had the same issue, since going to the OTA I haven't been experiencing many issues, my alt key and shift key tend to act a little odd sometimes now though, but far less annoying than continuous chars repeating...
I've also been running Steel Droid since I went to the OTA, sooooooo
Im not sure if it was fixed through the update or SD. Gonna assume OTA though.
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The XT860 doesn't have an update yet
I figured I was in the same boat as many other people, but thanks for letting me know that eventually this bug will get fixed.
I contacted Motorola and they played dumb about it, but really I didn't want to have to wipe my device just to find the same problems happening over and over again.
Yes I was referring to the physical keyboard.
Thanks for all the responses!
same here
I'm having the same problem on my XT862. Before the OTA update, I had problems with the spacebar and period key sticking and doing things like this............................................................ until i hit another key to stop it.
I have the latest OTA now, and immediately after the update, the problem stopped for a few days, but now i'm having issues again. Mostly the spacebar and the "L" key tend to not recognize when i press them.
Same problem here, using XT860, but for me it doesn't seem to be specific to any key... meaning any key will just repeat itself for unknown reason.
Is anybody able to replicate the problem at will ?
Before my update, I did notice if I used a different area of say my space bar or backspace or period keys, I could prevent it from happening... and using the edges seemed to cause it to "stick" more consistantly... but that COULD have been all in my head... just a perception observation so unless confirmed by others, assume im just looney just figured id give as much information as I've gathered as I could!
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i use the xt860 and haven't had that sort of problem.. i guess i got real lucky..
I have this issue too on my bell xt860. I thought it was a problem with the phone!
I thought the keyboard was sticking, but if you hold the button down, it doesnt repeat, it gives you different character settings. Has there been anyword on when this update will be coming down the pipe? Is it fixed with a custom rom?
I just recently got my note and I like it, I tried writing with spen and it worked well first week. Yesterday all of a sudden my phone stopped recognizing letters in the text write mode. The spen works fine just can not get any letters or numbers recongnized, not even a wrong suggestion. It all seems like I got some settings turned off but can not figure out what. Please help, thanks.
try re-install your room / factory rest that should sort u out
looks like you are having conflict in your apps
What is room and how do I do it?
He meant ROM but don't go flashing Roms unless you know what you're doing.
Before you start thinking about Roms - what had you been doing before the problem happened and what had you installed? Also, are you still on stock Rom?
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what had you been doing before the problem happened and what had you installed? Also, are you still on stock Rom?
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I have not been doing anything to it but use it normally for voice, messaging and emails,
I have some apps installed from the android app store, I tried to put a screen capture of the apps but the forum does not let me post an outside link yet.
Yes I am still on stock rom, have not done anything to the phone.
Maybe a hardware fault?
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Does not seem like it since the pen works fine draws lines nicely.
Any suggestion on what I can do?
I will try to make a video of it and post it.
Hey it works now, I was playing with swipe keyboard and after selecting Samsung keyboard back it started working. Not sure why it did not work before if I figure it out I will post it.
I thought it was some settings problem that I could not figure out.
Hey,
I have Verizon droid 3 running up in Canada, and its been working fine...however it recently started having issues with the touchscreen.
Basically the screen works normally 3% now, otherwise it only works when the keyboard is open to just above the first row of keys.
If I touch the screen while the keyboard is fully open it wont respond, but when I go back to the working position it will respond to a touch made while fully open (ie; I pressed ok after typing, it didn't submit until I closed the keyboard to the working position, like a delayed response).
It seems like a software issue, but I already hard reset.....
Any ideas? I don't want to change this phone after only 5 months (no Verizon warranty here!)..
Thanks,
--CP
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CrazyPhil said:
Hey,
I have Verizon droid 3 running up in Canada, and its been working fine...however it recently started having issues with the touchscreen.
Basically the screen works normally 3% now, otherwise it only works when the keyboard is open to just above the first row of keys.
If I touch the screen while the keyboard is fully open it wont respond, but when I go back to the working position it will respond to a touch made while fully open (ie; I pressed ok after typing, it didn't submit until I closed the keyboard to the working position, like a delayed response).
It seems like a software issue, but I already hard reset.....
Any ideas? I don't want to change this phone after only 5 months (no Verizon warranty here!)..
Thanks,
--CP
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Which ROM are you on, stock or a custom one?
Its a long shot, but I have odd touchscreen issues when plugged into cheap power sources (inverters, etc). You may want to check the battery - pop it out for a bit, put it back in, maybe try someone else's, etc...
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Phibernaut said:
Its a long shot, but I have odd touchscreen issues when plugged into cheap power sources (inverters, etc). You may want to check the battery - pop it out for a bit, put it back in, maybe try someone else's, etc...
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Haha ya I have odd touchscreen issues when I get to 100% battery and am still plugged in :cyclops:
adamskub said:
Which ROM are you on, stock or a custom one?
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I believe it's stock-ish, I don't remember what I flashed 5 months ago, think I just changed the radio.img:
57.1.60.XT883.ChinaTelecom.en.CN
XT883
2.3.4
n_16.18.16s
2.6.35.7-g790a33c / [email protected] #1
SLNCT-57.1.60
Thanks,
--CP
CrazyPhil said:
I believe it's stock-ish, I don't remember what I flashed 5 months ago, think I just changed the radio.img:
57.1.60.XT883.ChinaTelecom.en.CN
XT883
2.3.4
n_16.18.16s
2.6.35.7-g790a33c / [email protected] #1
SLNCT-57.1.60
Thanks,
--CP
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Oh ok, then I'm not really sure. I would, if you want, try and flash right back to complete stock and see if your having the same troubles. If you are then it's almost guaranteed to be a hardware problem. However, if the problem doesn't persist then it could have just been some weird bug or glitch that happened. I've had some weird things happen a week or so after a flash and it was software related.
But all this would be having you do a reflash either through CWM/Safestrap or sbf and then you lose everything you have (Though you can backup & restore apps via Titanium Backup). So if you don't end up reflashing I understand
Also does this happen only at certain times/intervals say when your charging? Hope this helps!
Edit: I looked at the orig post at work and forgot to look at it again. A hard reset should be able to fix it, but you never know. I would recommend a reflash and see what happens. Sorry I can't be more help
I hate you. I read your post yesterday and thought "huh, that's really weird and unfortunate." I woke up today and the same thing is happening to me. I haven't flashed anything since April. It was totally out of the blue.
Mine only works when the screen is slid open bout half a centimeter, not even enough to force the screen to rotate.
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That's exactly what's happening....It's been like this for a week. However, it sometimes works when I left it for the night to charge...or randomly, but full functionality lasts only a few minutes.
has there been any update on this status? im trying to fix a friends with the same problem.
Chaunton said:
has there been any update on this status? im trying to fix a friends with the same problem.
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I think that is bad luck and your digitizer is stopped working.
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I think that is bad luck and your digitizer is stopped working.
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I'm in the same train
It's strange.
Yesterday my touchscreen it was completely unresponsive the whole day.
stock rom, everything untouched
i rebooted it a million times. closed or open make no difference.
today, it is working amazingly
what was the difference? nothing at all! it layed on my desk all night
i don't understand how the digitizer can go between perfect condition and not working as it wish.