Droid eris doesn't type sometimes

[enkay19]

I recently got an eris, and I read that in order to optimize battery life, you could install Handcent SMS, so I did. But, at times, my phone will not type. I will type in words and the word predictor will work, but it will not type anything into the actual message. Any fixes?

 

[zutmin]

Do not type...SWYPE
http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/81483-theme-swype.html

You can thank me later

 

[Familyguy1]

Do not type...SWYPE
http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/81483-theme-swype.html

You can thank me later

Bad link...

Good Link: http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/81483-theme-swype.html

 

[zutmin]

Bad link...

Good Link: http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/81483-theme-swype.html

Strange, the thread I linked works fine, but the link does not. Look for the "Theme for Swype" thread just below this one.

 

[zutmin]

Well, thanks for fixing it for me

 

[Familyguy1]

Well, thanks for fixing it for me

NP, one question. I installed SWYPE... yet how do I use it??

 

[Resun]

Mine does it too even with swype. I just exit out of the program I'm using and restart it. Seems to work 90% of the time. Other times I have to restart.

Sent from my Eris using Tapatalk

 

[zutmin]

NP, one question. I installed SWYPE... yet how do I use it??

Settings>Keyboard & Language>Swype

then

Open your messaging app and long press on the box where yo would enter text. You will get a popup asking you for "input method." Select Swype and you are good to go.

 

[zutmin]

Mine does it too even with swype. I just exit out of the program I'm using and restart it. Seems to work 90% of the time. Other times I have to restart.

Sent from my Eris using Tapatalk

Hmm sounds like you may need a factory data reset. See sticky thread at top of this forum.

 

[Resun]

Hmm sounds like you may need a factory data reset. See sticky thread at top of this forum.

I have done a factory reset. Multiple times actually.

 

[Crunchbot]

mind does the same thing, no matter what keyboard I use. It usually starts again if I exit the app, as stated before, or wait about 20 seconds. It didn't happen before I installed v3, and I was hoping the OTA would fix it. Just one more bug to get used to with Android, I guess.

 

[Roaddog]

That sometimes happens to me, but I've noticed that it happens when I'm holding the phone in landscape mode, and not when it's in the vertical position. Dunno why, but that seems to be an issue.

 

[gruss]

That's just masking the lag problem all he probably has to do was disable haptic. And if you really must suggest a program to fix you could at least offer alternatives especially when ShapeWriter and slide it are available in the market. Not some hacked version

 

[cmajpwc]

Believe it or not, I read this thread this morning, and experienced this problem later in the day for the first time. Wow, what bad luck. To fix it I just go back one screen and start over. It's a minor annoyance but I deal with it for now. I haven't experienced this in landscape by the way (knock on wood)

 

[cdmapes]

mine does the same thing sometimes. however, if i keep typing, when i close the keyboard, i notice that it actually did type in my message and i can send it. it's somewhat annoying that you can't check your message as you type but if you pay attention while you type it's less annoying than going back to the home screen every time.