Since a few days random letters withour any context are on my app screen, not to delte or anything conected to it. When I use the search these random letters are disappeared. Does anyone know why these letters show up and how these useleters can be deletd?
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Since a few days random letters withour any context are on my app screen, not to delte or anything conected to it. When I use the search these random letters are disappeared. Does anyone know why these letters show up and how these useleters can be deletd?
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Those are similar grouping letters to what you have inside the Contacts list. They appear from the point of having 45 Apps installed onward. If you tap one of those letters you can quickly jump to Apps that start with that letter. There is no way to disable this functionality.
StevieBallz said:
Those are similar grouping letters to what you have inside the Contacts list. They appear from the point of having 45 Apps installed onward. If you tap one of those letters you can quickly jump to Apps that start with that letter. There is no way to disable this functionality.
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I have less than 45 apps installed and the letters go only to the alphabet of the address book, no other function. Still I like to delete these useless letters. If I use the search function it shows the apps without the letters. Any Idea?
The number does include system Apps and as far as I remember Games in the Games Hub. You can't configure it. If you tap onto one of those Letters it will open the jump list including all letters of the alphabet with those being colored that have a Jump target. If you now press onto one of those letters (e.g. W) it will take you to the section of the list that contains Apps starting with a 'W' like "Weather flow".
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StevieBallz said:
The number does include system Apps and as far as I remember Games in the Games Hub. You can't configure it. If you tap onto one of those Letters it will open the jump list including all letters of the alphabet with those being colored that have a Jump target. If you now press onto one of those letters (e.g. W) it will take you to the section of the list that contains Apps starting with a 'W' like "Weather flow".
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The only thing these letters do, they open the full alphabet and nothing else, yeh, they take space in the list to nowhere. There should bee a way to eliminate it as I can delete an apps.
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when i place a phone call my normal procedure is:
1: press the green phone button
2: slide the keyboard out
3: begin typing a few letters of the name
4: use the arrow key on the keyboard to scroll down to the persons name <--- this is very important
5: hit return and talk
i am finding that i am unable to use the arrow keys to scroll down to select a contact on the Tilt as opposed to the HTC 6800. remember, i'm already have the kb open at this point and would prefer to just continue using it.
this then requires me to pull out the stylus or try and nail tap the contacts name from the list that appears.
it seems to only way to scroll through is to select Contacts first, start typing a few letters then scroll down and click the name then scroll some damn more and tell the phone to call. this strikes me as gratuitious.
has anyone else experience this annoyance and if so, has anyone found a solution?
i tried replacing the dialer with the touch dialer but it seems to simply skin the same lame functionality.
please advise.
I understand you want to use the kb at this point, but how hard is it to just raise your left thumb up 1.5" and use the D-pad?
I can duplicate the problem, but I've got a similar "OK... But..." comment.
Why use the keyboard? When the phone pops up, start tapping the numbers associated with the letters in the name and it'll intelligently start filtering the list. Then use a finger or the D-pad to select the one you want.
PerfAlbion said:
I can duplicate the problem, but I've got a similar "OK... But..." comment.
Why use the keyboard? When the phone pops up, start tapping the numbers associated with the letters in the name and it'll intelligently start filtering the list. Then use a finger or the D-pad to select the one you want.
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ok - i had never really done that. im just so comfortable typing on the qwerty kb that that has always been the method i have used which worked up until this phone.
only irritant i can find with the dialpad method is there is no space key for first letter first name first letter last name.
i can live with it i guess but its not nearly as bling when yer tapping on the dial pad like every other phone out there instead of using your kick ass slide out keyboard.
the habit may have transfered from my days with a treo where you simply type the name and dial.
very convenient.
In the new froyo release, when you hold down over a letter key and swipe up above the keyboard, a row of numbers and commonly used punctuation appears. You no longer need to switch to the number board to type numbers!
I haven't seen this mentioned in any reviews or commentary about FroYo. I can't be the only one to notice this, can I?
I saw it somewhere on the web, some sort of review. Don't remember where though.
romantivist said:
In the new froyo release, when you hold down over a letter key and swipe up above the keyboard, a row of numbers and commonly used punctuation appears. You no longer need to switch to the number board to type numbers!
I haven't seen this mentioned in any reviews or commentary about FroYo. I can't be the only one to notice this, can I?
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This was mentioned several times in one of the thousands of "what's different in FroYo" threads that popped up the day following its "release" (escape is more likely, it seems).
You can also change keyboard language sets by swiping sideways on the space bar
Oh. Well, I wasn't lurking on the XDA nexus one forums then, I've only just started since I got my Nexus One about three days ago. Before that, I was getting my FroYo news from places like engadget, androiddog, etc.
Thanks for the response, though. XD
the .com button is missing from the keyboard when in the browser too, very annoying...
romantivist said:
Oh. Well, I wasn't lurking on the XDA nexus one forums then, I've only just started since I got my Nexus One about three days ago. Before that, I was getting my FroYo news from places like engadget, androiddog, etc.
Thanks for the response, though. XD
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Don't forget that the basic punctuations are above the keyboard after you type a full word too. And the fact that if you type an unknown word in the dictionary, you can tap the grey word above the keyboard and it will say "<-- tap again to add to dictionary"
That's one thing that bugged me is having to hold down the textbox, scroll down, select add to dictionary, push ok and go back to the app before. They got that idea from the HTC_IME ^_^
I also noticed that if you long press the period (.) or the emoticon keys a popup will show more of the symbols / emoticons.
I'm not sure if this was new to Froyo or if this was also in eclair.
anyone noticed that now the keyboard is more responsive, I can type very fast now... I don't need skp.
I wonder if that is due to JIT compiler or if they have made other changes like adding muti-touch?
If I type and hold down both keys it looks like it now registers both correctly (except it waits until one finger is lifted to recognize the second letter)
I think this is different from eclair which wouldn't handle the second letter correctly.
dumbestcrayon said:
Don't forget that the basic punctuations are above the keyboard after you type a full word too. And the fact that if you type an unknown word in the dictionary, you can tap the grey word above the keyboard and it will say "<-- tap again to add to dictionary"
That's one thing that bugged me is having to hold down the textbox, scroll down, select add to dictionary, push ok and go back to the app before. They got that idea from the HTC_IME ^_^
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In 2.1 i just tap and hold on the unknown word and it adds it to the dictionary.
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In 2.1 i just tap and hold on the unknown word and it adds it to the dictionary.
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The new method may be easier to understand, but it
adds an (unnecessary) extra tap to get the job done.
Dave RL said:
I also noticed that if you long press the period (.) or the emoticon keys a popup will show more of the symbols / emoticons.
I'm not sure if this was new to Froyo or if this was also in eclair.
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Dave RL said:
I wonder if that is due to JIT compiler or if they have made other changes like adding muti-touch?
If I type and hold down both keys it looks like it now registers both correctly (except it waits until one finger is lifted to recognize the second letter)
I think this is different from eclair which wouldn't handle the second letter correctly.
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Both of these are just from 2.1, not new.
Thanks for clarifying those Rusty. I guess I wasn't using the keyboard enough in 2.1.
Meh. Swype.
Wondering if any of this can be changed/disabled:
1. After voice inputting text, whole input is highlighted so if i press back but only one word was misspelled the entire input self-deletes.......
2. When attempting to correct text, I get this large annoying box with a "Tt" or something in it that looks like a font selection, I need it to go away.
3. when I voice input "gets" and it only shows up with "get", then I select the space where the "s" needs to be added and it suggests the entire word "gets".......so it looks like :
get|
gets|getting
and if i select the change it becomes
getgets
it's about as bad as it gets........any help on fixing these three issues would be greatly appreciated
I know this isn't going to be much help but I had the same annoyances with Handcent, so I switched to Go SMS...no major problems just small things that bother a person OCD but not a normal person lol
These problem might be keyboard base. I used Swype and didn't notice problem 2 and 3.
anyone else?
Damani311 said:
Wondering if any of this can be changed/disabled:
1. After voice inputting text, whole input is highlighted so if i press back but only one word was misspelled the entire input self-deletes.......
2. When attempting to correct text, I get this large annoying box with a "Tt" or something in it that looks like a font selection, I need it to go away.
3. when I voice input "gets" and it only shows up with "get", then I select the space where the "s" needs to be added and it suggests the entire word "gets".......so it looks like :
get|
gets|getting
and if i select the change it becomes
getgets
it's about as bad as it gets........any help on fixing these three issues would be greatly appreciated
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For 1 touch somewhere in the text to unselect everything and put the cursor where you want it.
2 the T box is a context menu for text editing: cut, copy, paste.
3 (on swype anyway thats all I use)select the word and double tap that will bring up the word choice window and selecting the correct word will replace it instead of just inserting it there with both of them.
Hope that helps...
Your best bet might be to ask in the Hancent forums. I also had a few issues with it so went to Go sms myself and am enjoying it alot.
I was using Swype for the past year and really liked it. I find the new android kb even better. Once you uncheck the "dynamic floating preview" (which I think is distracting) it looks and works great! One thing I didn't like about Swype is it wouldn't suggest any email address that started with a number. Since I have a few that I use a lot, it was a pain. Now you can enter anything into your personal dictionary and assign a nickname, then type the nickname and your word will show up. You can even add a sentence to the dictionary, assign "fav" as a nickname, and that sentence will pop up when you type fav.
Do wish it had numbers on the main screen. Hopefully a theme will become available with more long press options on the main keys, and maybe even color options.
Anyone notice if you open the Phone app the box in the middle says "Enter name or number" but there is no way to get the keyboard to pop up to begin typing. Am I missing a setting for the keyboard to pop up?
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Anyone notice if you open the Phone app the box in the middle says "Enter name or number" but there is no way to get the keyboard to pop up to begin typing. Am I missing a setting for the keyboard to pop up?
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type the name out on the numeric keypad. Or you could do like I did, and remove the phone icon on the launcher, and replace it with the contacts icon(you can get to the phone in the contacts app). I prefer it this way anyways.
Just press the numbers with the letters of the name you're looking for and the matching names will appear above. My name is Patrick so if I press 728 all the names starting with "Pat" appear.
Of course, it has a dial pad. Guess you have just minimized it. Please refer to attached screenshot on how to bring it up again...
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Of course, it has a dial pad. Guess you have just minimized it. Please refer to attached screenshot on how to bring it up again...
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I don't think that is what he was referring to. he was asking why the keyboard wold not come up. As in, the numeric keypd is there, but the alpha keyboard was not.
NRG1975 said:
I don't think that is what he was referring to. he was asking why the keyboard wold not come up. As in, the numeric keypd is there, but the alpha keyboard was not.
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Yes you are exactly right, on my Moto X the keyboard will pop up. If I use the dialpad and continue to type a name out using the letters on each number eventually it will bring up the contact I am looking for but it's certainly not as fast or intuitive as Moto's dialer.
As mentioned using the Contacts app this is even slower as you have to hit the search icon then start typing then decide how you want to communicate with that person(phone, text, email)
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As mentioned using the Contacts app this is even slower as you have to hit the search icon then start typing then decide how you want to communicate with that person(phone, text, email)
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There may only be one extra tap in contacts app process. so, not really all that much slower. My next option to you, would be to check out ExDialer, or another dialer app.