No, I didn't have to reboot into recovery mode. Once it was rooted and clipboard folder cleared, it worked.
Been about 20 days crash free and loving the s3 again.
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Help Galaxy S3 crashing when copying text to clipboard
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No, I didn't have to reboot into recovery mode. Once it was rooted and clipboard folder cleared, it worked.
Been about 20 days crash free and loving the s3 again.
hiddenmickey
Newbie
I'm confused by this and trying to follow. First, what app are you in when you do this, or are you at homescreen? By settings button (bottom row, second from left), do you mean the button on the keyboard which when in Chrome, for example, is a microphone? I see if I long press it, the clipboard is an option there. After pressing that (not sure what you mean by "bottom row second from right" since it's right there under the same key) nothing happens. I don't see where I have things to clear or anything.
Shotgun84
Extreme Android User
Open the stock Samsung keyboard anywhere where you can write text. Yeah the button on the bottom row of the keyboard, which I suppose may not actually be a settings button as you may already have changed it by long pressing. When you long press the settings/other symbol you should be presented with 8 icons in 2 rows, the clipboard is in the bottom row of these.
As stated by dfran1 if you are on ics there is no clear all button like on jb so you need to long press each entry and delete them one by one.
As stated by dfran1 if you are on ics there is no clear all button like on jb so you need to long press each entry and delete them one by one.
hiddenmickey
Newbie
Thanks for responding and so quickly. I only have one row of 4 icons in that menu. After selecting the clipboard and pressing it nothing at all happens. Incidentally, I downloaded a clear clipboard app and when I use it it says my clipboard is empty.
rynlpin
Well-Known Member
I think with all the various different threads being merged here by all the forum moderators, we seem to be forgetting that there's two copy & paste bugs. One where you go the C&P and the phone crashes and the other where you copy something and it fails to paste. I for one am getting really confused by how fragmented this thread has gotten.
Did you try to remove all cached copy/past as posted above .
I'm wondering if this will fix it?
stanzlavos
Lurker
I am having the same issue. Looks like the issue where we can copy but not paste.
When we copy, usually a pop-up gets displayed saying that text has been copied to clipboard. That doesn't come anymore. Somehow it seems to be working just within Dolphin browser. So I think that its not the paste that is not wrking, but the copy - nuthing is getting copied into the clipboard !!!
I am on JB btw... So no solution still huh... ???
When we copy, usually a pop-up gets displayed saying that text has been copied to clipboard. That doesn't come anymore. Somehow it seems to be working just within Dolphin browser. So I think that its not the paste that is not wrking, but the copy - nuthing is getting copied into the clipboard !!!
I am on JB btw... So no solution still huh... ???
I don't see an option to do this. My Tab 2 is still running ICS, unrooted.
CBers
Newbie
I am having the same issue. Looks like the issue where we can copy but not paste.
When we copy, usually a pop-up gets displayed saying that text has been copied to clipboard. That doesn't come anymore. Somehow it seems to be working just within Dolphin browser. So I think that its not the paste that is not wrking, but the copy - nuthing is getting copied into the clipboard !!!
I am on JB btw... So no solution still huh... ???
I'll +1 that as well.
Had my S3 in for repair (hardware) and it had been factory-reset when I got it back, so I though "that's good, I should be able to paste now
".Well, I could, but now less than a week later, the pasting is not working again.
Don't want to root in case phone has to go back for another repair - couldn't have un-rooted before the last repair, as the phone wouldn't power on, so I would have been a bit stuck !!
Come one Samsung, pull your finger out !!
sometimes, in some apps "copy" causes it to force close.. others it seems to work, but there is no "paste", only "clipboard" icon pops up and nothing pastes.. it is two aspects of the same bug .. I just rooted using gs3_debugfs (vzw sch535 here) and deleted all the files in /data/clipboard and rebooted, and my copy/paste is working again!! no more crashes. :smokingsomb: seems like I was out of commission since 10/25, so I am quite relieved.. rooting was very simple and won't lose any of your data..
arty:
arty:There is no root required for that but no one else has confirmed it works for this problem. Does not cause any harm to try.
I now have a note 2 verizon and the icon is there but it does nothing .
Seems maybe samsung did fix the issue, time will tell.
Well shotgun said he has fixed this with his cure and he has jelly bean and has the clear all option and can see his clipboard . I can not on my note 2 with jelly bean and cant even see any clips as I could with my siii.
So I am going on the edge here and think nothing more that maybe it is fixed, it certainly may not be but since I can not see my clips it may be .
CBers
Newbie
Doesnt make any difference on my S3.
albertojedi
Lurker
Exactly, my Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 2.0 is suffering the same symptoms.
Hi,
This is just to report recent developments between me and Samsung Mobile Singapore...
I sent an email to complain to Samsung Singapore CEO and they almost immediately dispatched an engineer to attend to me personally at my workplace! For service, I'll give it to Samsung, but solution-wise is a bit "sneaky" as the solution was the unofficial root and unroot my phone. (I hope I do not land the engineer into trouble...)
I do not want to reset my phone or root, but agreed to root, only to help them find the cause of the problem from the clips that hanged the clipboard.
According to the Samsung engineer it was because my clipboards exceeded 20mb and some inbuilt Samsung coding would stop the clipboard...He said that Samsung is currently in the works to develop an update to allow the clipboard to exceed 20mb without hanging. However, a side effect after the "root and unrooting", I couldn't update software anymore, as I have the error "Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available."
After fixing it, the problem happened, when I updated Chrome..
Went back to the engineer to root and unroot again...a day plus later, the problem happened again, this time quite suddenly, as I didn't catch any specific behaviour that caused it to happen again.
My conclusion: Still a samsung problem, even though Google Chrome seems to play a part. It's definitely related to the "S3 clipboard manager" feature, which I can live without, that caused this problem.
Felix
This is just to report recent developments between me and Samsung Mobile Singapore...
I sent an email to complain to Samsung Singapore CEO and they almost immediately dispatched an engineer to attend to me personally at my workplace! For service, I'll give it to Samsung, but solution-wise is a bit "sneaky" as the solution was the unofficial root and unroot my phone. (I hope I do not land the engineer into trouble...)
I do not want to reset my phone or root, but agreed to root, only to help them find the cause of the problem from the clips that hanged the clipboard.
According to the Samsung engineer it was because my clipboards exceeded 20mb and some inbuilt Samsung coding would stop the clipboard...He said that Samsung is currently in the works to develop an update to allow the clipboard to exceed 20mb without hanging. However, a side effect after the "root and unrooting", I couldn't update software anymore, as I have the error "Your device has been modified. Software updates are not available."
After fixing it, the problem happened, when I updated Chrome..
Went back to the engineer to root and unroot again...a day plus later, the problem happened again, this time quite suddenly, as I didn't catch any specific behaviour that caused it to happen again.
My conclusion: Still a samsung problem, even though Google Chrome seems to play a part. It's definitely related to the "S3 clipboard manager" feature, which I can live without, that caused this problem.
Felix
Shotgun84 is plain lucky...
I could see the clipboard icon, but it doesn't respond to me...
I was able to find the clipboard icon, but it doesn't respond...
Before my issue returned, I was able to see the past clippings when I pressed on the clipboard icon and able to clear them.
Shotgun84, u r either plain lucky or your problem was a different category...
psybab
Member
Clearing the stock keyboard clipboard seems to work at the moment (mine was a force close paste issue), but obviously as soon as I copy/paste more than a few links, it'll stop working again. I emailed Samsung (USA) a number of times, and they still won't even admit that it's a problem.