Help Physical keyboard hyphen "bug", only while typing on a webpage

[s_a]

The phone is flawless for me; let's put that out of the way!

After the update (but I have no evidence to say "due to the update"), the hyphen function on the physical keyboard has been acting up in the strangest manner-it sends the next typed character back to the position just before the hyphen. (It just did for my previous hyphen!) For instance: offtopic- off-topic (first is the problem, the second, my fix.) The hyphen sent the t in topic back, so I am forced to use the arrow keys to properly type hyphens. This makes "fast" typing quite cumbersome. The problem happened (or I noticed it) after the update, corrected itself without my direct intervention, and came back today. It does NOT happen when typing hyphens on the web address bar, nor when using any of the touch keyboards-it only happens when typing hyphens within a website itself with the physical keyboard, such as this forum reply (I am typing from my D3). I wonder if there's a setting that is setting itself on and off, therefore it not being a bug per se, or if this is a genuine physical keyboard to web browser problem to be worried about.

I don't imagine many will chime in, as nobody else seems to be having this problem, but if anybody has anything to say to help, thanks in advance!

 

[Clementine_3]

I have had this happen as well, thought it was me though! Glad I am not alone. I was going to actually start a thread as I also have a huge delay while typing too. Not all the time, seems sporadic and I haven't played around too much to try to pin it down. It has happened on m.fb and G+ (not the app), maybe other places too. I click in the reply or post box and type away, nothing happens so i re-click and start again. It is odd. As I said, haven't paid enough attention yet as it is a fairly new issue.

 

[TyrannoTaurus]

Are you using the stock web browser? I use Opera Mobile and haven't really noticed anything, but then again, I don't use a lot of hyphens.

 

[s_a]

Are you using the stock web browser? I use Opera Mobile and haven't really noticed anything, but then again, I don't use a lot of hyphens.

I tend to be overtly expressive and quite verbose, so I do frequently use hyphens and other characters. I just downloaded Dolphin, and thought the problem got fixed, but as I was typing this, the hyphen problem seems to remain! Bad news. It seems the keyboard is applying some unknown behaviour to hyphens while on browsers. I'll try it on the email app next.

Thank you!

 

[s_a]

Doesn't replicate on email app. It seems to be a problem with browsers. I hate that it's an intermittent problem, and I hope it fixes without me even trying, as it did before.

Anybody knows of a "secret panel" of physical keyboard settings?

 

[s_a]

I have had this happen as well, thought it was me though! Glad I am not alone. I was going to actually start a thread as I also have a huge delay while typing too. Not all the time, seems sporadic and I haven't played around too much to try to pin it down. It has happened on m.fb and G+ (not the app), maybe other places too. I click in the reply or post box and type away, nothing happens so i re-click and start again. It is odd. As I said, haven't paid enough attention yet as it is a fairly new issue.

So you had the hyphen problem as well, huh? Did you solve it? I had the super slow typing happen to me, but only once a few days back, and it did never happen again. Hope it doesn't happen that much to you.

This phone is wonderful, but I hope somebody is working on these little things!

 

[Clementine_3]

I had the hyphen thing once so thought I had a typo but then it took 2 tries to correct it.
The typing thing only happened a few times...I am on the lookout both now though.

 

[2muchtrouble]

I not only have problems with the hyphen jumping to after the word I'm typing (anti-gravity becomes antigravity-) but since the Gingerbread update typing has become a deathsport. When I type the ampersand, it automatically follows it with a capital I (salt &I pepper) - what is that about? And frequently, when I type the letter "a", it adds another (Sam becomes saam).

Now it's doing some insanity wherein almost any symbol I type, it adds a word that is from a sentence or paragraph I'd highlighted & deleted. I will type an ampersand and not only get that extra "I", I get a word like "committee" just thrown in there, it's completely bizarre. I just had to dump an entire 3 paragraph email to my boss because I was sure he'd think I was typing-while-drunk.

Also, now the menu button only works about 50% of the time, I press & press & nothing happens. I have to do a battery pull at least once a day. All this since Gingerbread - wow, what a GREAT update!

Add to this the disappearance of the clipboard option, and the display showing exact percentage of battery usage still available, and I'm more than a little unhappy. I was already displeased with the Droid for the fact that I can't change the font size of text msgs or Gmail. The latest round of problems are a dealbreaker for me. I'm dumping it for an iPhone - and I HATE ALL THINGS APPLE! So thanks a lot, Android, I spent a lot of time & money buying & setting up this phone & 6 months later I full on HATE IT!

 

[TyrannoTaurus]

I not only have problems with the hyphen jumping to after the word I'm typing (anti-gravity becomes antigravity-) but since the Gingerbread update typing has become a deathsport. When I type the ampersand, it automatically follows it with a capital I (salt &I pepper) - what is that about? And frequently, when I type the letter "a", it adds another (Sam becomes saam).

Now it's doing some insanity wherein almost any symbol I type, it adds a word that is from a sentence or paragraph I'd highlighted & deleted. I will type an ampersand and not only get that extra "I", I get a word like "committee" just thrown in there, it's completely bizarre. I just had to dump an entire 3 paragraph email to my boss because I was sure he'd think I was typing-while-drunk.

Also, now the menu button only works about 50% of the time, I press & press & nothing happens. I have to do a battery pull at least once a day. All this since Gingerbread - wow, what a GREAT update!

Add to this the disappearance of the clipboard option, and the display showing exact percentage of battery usage still available, and I'm more than a little unhappy. I was already displeased with the Droid for the fact that I can't change the font size of text msgs or Gmail. The latest round of problems are a dealbreaker for me. I'm dumping it for an iPhone - and I HATE ALL THINGS APPLE! So thanks a lot, Android, I spent a lot of time & money buying & setting up this phone & 6 months later I full on HATE IT!

The phone came with Gingerbread. The update just fixed certain problems the phone was experiencing. Having said that, your phone is clearly defective. I would contact Verizon and explain the issues you are having and have them replace your phone.

 

[glennj]

The phone came with Gingerbread. The update just fixed certain problems the phone was experiencing. Having said that, your phone is clearly defective. I would contact Verizon and explain the issues you are having and have them replace your phone.

Not his. He has a Droid Pro !

He just posted in the wrong forum.

Glenn

 

[redsox985]

I wonder if it's an issue in the keychar file that holds the assignments for each button. I have this problem too...makes me think it's not phone specific, but software, which a replacement wouldn't fix.

 

[s_a]

I wonder if it's an issue in the keychar file that holds the assignments for each button. I have this problem too...makes me think it's not phone specific, but software, which a replacement wouldn't fix.

I too have the feeling it's linked to the OTA, AND all similar updates throughout Android phones. It seemed somebody bugged the keyboard files, and nobody noticed. I wish this problem was better reported (i.e. more of a problem to more people, as it seems most users are not using hyphens, thus making me think that problem will probably never be addressed.)

I noticed this after the update, so somebody must have messed up somewhere. Wish this was on an official known bug list, and that it was going to be fixed some time, because it's way more problematic than the blue tint was, in my case (I use the keyboard a LOT, way more than the camera!) So I take it EVERYBODY has this hyphen problem (while on websites) after the update?

(This phone is fantastic, BTW, despite this annoyance.)

 

[glennj]

When I open up the default browser and go to Google and type in something like www.face-book in to the search entry box, with the hard keyboard, I get exactly that entered. Not www.facebook- So, what do I need to do to replicate the problem you are reporting ?

I am on the OTA, rooted now but not yet Rom'ed.

Glenn

 

[s_a]

When I open up the default browser and go to Google and type in something like www.face-book in to the search entry box, with the hard keyboard, I get exactly that entered. Not www.facebook- So, what do I need to do to replicate the problem you are reporting ?

I am on the OTA, rooted now but not yet Rom'ed.

Glenn

It's not on the address bar. Try facebook- (see what happened?) It's typing done on websites themselves, such as forum replies like these.

 

[doogald]

It's not on the address bar. Try facebook- (see what happened?) It's typing done on websites themselves, such as forum replies like these.

I just tried it and it worked fine.

However, I am using the Swiftkey X keyboard as my default. Have you tried an alternate (soft) keyboard?

 

[glennj]

Well, lets-see if you-are right...

Does not look-like you are.

Thank-you for trying to help me replicate this bug I am sure you are experiencing.

May-be it only happens with certain really-hyphenated word pairs ? Sort of a spell-check error ?

Have not seen it yet, and this message was entered using the hard key-board via the default browser app instead of the Phandroid app I usually use.

I'm trying to replicate it !

Glenn

 

[s_a]

Well, lets-see if you-are right...

Does not look-like you are.

Thank-you for trying to help me replicate this bug I am sure you are experiencing.

May-be it only happens with certain really-hyphenated word pairs ? Sort of a spell-check error ?

Have not seen it yet, and this message was entered using the hard key-board via the default browser app instead of the Phandroid app I usually use.

I'm trying to replicate it !

Glenn

Seems to me thatunfortunately-you are not using the hardware keyboard, which is the only keyboard that has the problemthe software keyboards are ok. But since I mainly use the D3's KB (that's why it's there in the first place), I see the problem every day. Notice how this hyphen has been going forward all this time, and the joined words above. The problem only happens with the physical KB, and using the software KB is not an acceptable option for the D3 (wouldn't make sense, although I know you meant well.)-

 

[TyrannoTaurus]

I-am typing-this from-my phone-using Opera-Mobile Browser. No problems. ...however, I tried it with the stock browser and I had your problem. It's an issue with the stock browser. Problem ----> Solved

edit: As a side note, Opera Mobile Browser is WAAAAAAAY faster than the stock browser anyway

 

[s_a]

Facebook-

This is from Dolphin HD. I have had Opera in the past, not currently installed. I find the stock browser quite snappy. Opera is not bad. However, the problem should be on Motorola's shoulders, since they messed it up for a number of popular browsers. I shall try Opera in due time.

Again, I did think the problem happened on all web browsers, due to Dolphin replicating it, but I have not tried the others for this specific problem.

 

[glennj]

Seems to me thatunfortunately-you are not using the hardware keyboard, which is the only keyboard that has the problemthe software keyboards are ok. But since I mainly use the D3's KB (that's why it's there in the first place), I see the problem every day. Notice how this hyphen has been going forward all this time, and the joined words above. The problem only happens with the physical KB, and using the software KB is not an acceptable option for the D3 (wouldn't make sense, although I know you meant well.)-

Note though that in my message you replied to above I was very specific in saying it was typed using the Default Browser and the hardware keyboard, the physical one, not any of the software keyboards. Yet, the - problem you describe never showed.

What this tells us is that there is some difference between your environment and mine that has not been pinned down yet. I suspect it might be a difference in settings somewhere. I, for example, hate "word-prediction" and have turned it off where-ever I can find it on this phone. Maybe that is why I never get this odd problem showing up ?

Glenn

 

[s_a]

Note though that in my message you replied to above I was very specific in saying it was typed using the Default Browser and the hardware keyboard, the physical one, not any of the software keyboards. Yet, the - problem you describe never showed.

What this tells us is that there is some difference between your environment and mine that has not been pinned down yet. I suspect it might be a difference in settings somewhere. I, for example, hate "word-prediction" and have turned it off where-ever I can find it on this phone. Maybe that is why I never get this odd problem showing up ?

Glenn

My apologies, as I mentally combined both your post and that of Doogald. I wish it was my problem alone, but it has been replicated above by several posters. My environment is nothing more than just the OTA, nothing less, nothing more. No root, and little fluff (or lack thereofI still have Motorola's UI.)-

(Funny, the problem just replicated above.)

I wish we had the same environment, so that I could prove my phone defective. There are no relevant settings for the physical keyboard, and the 3 available didn't help solve the problem (turning off auto cap/auto correct/etc. didn't work.) I am glad yours is working wellI wish I could reset or alter the innate settings of whatever command is affecting the physical KB this way, but there are simply no way to do so, short of being this phone's programmer.- I love the phone, unlike an user above, but IMHO, this IS a genuine problem if it's spread across most unrooted, just updated phones.

 

[doogald]

My apologies, as I mentally combined both your post and that of Doogald. I wish it was my problem alone, but it has been replicated above by several posters. My environment is nothing more than just the OTA, nothing less, nothing more. No root, and little fluff (or lack thereofI still have Motorola's UI.)-

I was using the hardware keyboard as well. I do use Dolphin HD as well, but I also tried it on the stock browser and was not having hyphen problems in either browser. I am also unrooted (I rooted my last phone, and was pretty aggressive about trying out new ROMs, but this phone doesn't need to be rooted - everything runs great so far.)

However, my default virtual keyboard is Swiftkey X, and it's prediction engine runs when you are using the hardware keyboard - which was why I mentioned Swiftkey X, and makes me wonder if the prediction of the default multi-touch keyboard is what is making these hyphen changes for you when you are using the hardware keyboard?

What happens if you change the default virtual keyboard to Swype, for example? Does this still happen? Or, in the default multi-touch keyboard, have you turned on the setting "Auto-correct errors"? If you have, does turning this off fix this problem for you?

 

[s_a]

I was using the hardware keyboard as well. I do use Dolphin HD as well, but I also tried it on the stock browser and was not having hyphen problems in either browser. I am also unrooted (I rooted my last phone, and was pretty aggressive about trying out new ROMs, but this phone doesn't need to be rooted - everything runs great so far.)

However, my default virtual keyboard is Swiftkey X, and it's prediction engine runs when you are using the hardware keyboard - which was why I mentioned Swiftkey X, and makes me wonder if the prediction of the default multi-touch keyboard is what is making these hyphen changes for you when you are using the hardware keyboard?

What happens if you change the default virtual keyboard to Swype, for example? Does this still happen? Or, in the default multi-touch keyboard, have you turned on the setting "Auto-correct errors"? If you have, does turning this off fix this problem for you?

Good news, and thanks for this particular post. I wouldn't have figured it out otherwise. The hyphens do now work properly-as you can see. All I did was to switch from the stock virtual KB to Swype (I was using stock because Swype feels new, and I hardly use the virtual KB anyway! Since most people use KBs OTHER than the stock one, it seems that's why not everybody can replicate this bug.) I do think that it shouldn't be a problem in the first place, and that this should be properly addressed, but honestly doubt it ever will. So I'll just leave Swype on from now on-typing will be much less of a hassle going forwards!

Thank you for solving the Mystery, sir. Hopefully the many others that have this problem can find this thread and work around this bug as I did. May you have a nice day.

Addendum: just checked the stock KB settings, and auoi-correct was already off-still, no doubt a setting there is responsible for the hyphen annoyance.

 

[TyrannoTaurus]

Good news, and thanks for this particular post. I wouldn't have figured it out otherwise. The hyphens do now work properly-as you can see. All I did was to switch from the stock virtual KB to Swype (I was using stock because Swype feels new, and I hardly use the virtual KB anyway! Since most people use KBs OTHER than the stock one, it seems that's why not everybody can replicate this bug.) I do think that it shouldn't be a problem in the first place, and that this should be properly addressed, but honestly doubt it ever will. So I'll just leave Swype on from now on-typing will be much less of a hassle going forwards!

Thank you for solving the Mystery, sir. Hopefully the many others that have this problem can find this thread and work around this bug as I did. May you have a nice day.

Addendum: just checked the stock KB settings, and auoi-correct was already off-still, no doubt a setting there is responsible for the hyphen annoyance.

I switched to Swype after reading this and realized that when I use the hardware keyboard it also automatically turn im into I'm and il into I'll. Thank God! That has been annoying the hell out of me, lol. Who would have thought that the virtual keyboard you use would have an effect on the hardware keyboard? Strange, but I'm happy I found that out as well.