It's happened to me, but I was able to identify that one of my fingers pressed the key while I was handling the phone.

You're holding it wrong.

 

You're not alone.

Search Pops Up By Itself. Help.... - Samsung Captivate

 

Good thinking. Try the old battery pull solution and let us know if it (or anything else you attempt) has any success.

 

I took my Captivate apart & found out it was a cable that just needs to be press down. "small micro ide cable" im not having the problem anymore. To me it seems like it happens when you put the phone down kinda hard or drop it. this cable can come loose at times.

 

Whoa.....My phone is doing the same thing. Please tell us where this small ide cable is located inside our phones. I will try securing it if thats all the problem is. Thanks.

 

i used to have the problem but i think it went away after i cleared my phones memory by pulling the battery

 

Yeah my first captivate did that, the search pops up when I put it down sometimes. This 3rd one is ok

 

When you say you took it apart, you opened the back and.....what? Removed all the tiny silver screws and popped out everything? Was this cable labeled?

thx

 

Yup, I have the same problem. It can just be sitting on my nightstand and the search function activates on its own. I may go a few days without this happening and other times it happens numerous times a day.

 

I had this problem with the Home (and sometimes Back) buttons. It was very frequent, and often after unlocking the phone.

Exchange phone for that and some other issues... haven't had it on the new one yet, but also haven't put a new screen protector on (I ran out so had to buy some more). So it'll be interesting if that's a factor. Do you use a screen protector?

I never took my phone apart.