Are you sure your not just hitting the magnifying glass button on the right corner? I know it is pretty easy to hit by mistake especially being a touch sensitive button and not tactile.

 

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Tried this and doesnt seem to work for me

 

I've hit it by mistake so many times, I wish it was tactile instead of touch sensitive.

 

Thats my signature!

 

I wish all the bottom buttons were real buttons. I'm constantly hitting them by mistake and screwing up whatever it is I'm working on at the moment. Probably my biggest gripe about the Droid.

I have to go thru this conversation every time I hand my phone to someone else to show them a photo or cool app:
Me: Here check this out.
Them: Oh cool....wait I don't know what happened, it disappeared.
Me: *sigh* Yeah you can't touch any of the buttons at the bottom.
Them: Oh....well that's a pain in the ass.
Me: Yes, it is.
Them: Well, how am I supposed to hold this thing?
Me: Very carefully.

 

Shaking didn't do anythin for me.

 

Did you try standing on one foot and shaking your tailfeather?

 

Guess I need more direction on the shaking method to make this work. Either that or drink more coffee so the shaking is more spontaneous......

 

baahahahaha...what a silly thread...it does not do anything to shake phone people! Unless you install a special app or something

 

This thread completely wins. Thanks a bundle for the giggle PS Lekky, you're cool haha!

 

Yes it is a art that takes much time to master, I have become so well skilled that I am as smooth as a dove when doing it.

 

Naw-ah! When I shake my DROID, it gets bigger ... for awhile anyway.

 

Really? When I shake mine, it tells me to stop. Guess I'm doing it wrong.

 

When I shake mine the red eye ball comes up and glares at me

 

Won't we go blind doing stuff like this?

 

Hahaha... A bunch of blind Droids with hairy palms.

Back on topic, sorta, I have the problem with accidentally hitting that search button, too... and I've yet to use it intentionally. Hmm... Too bad there's not a way to disable it all together.

 

The search button has to be the most annoying "feature" on the Droid. Whoever thought that up needs to be brained a few times with a crowbar.

Mike