Help What the heck does this do? (People/Contacts app "feature").

[mousouchop]

I would search to see if this was already asked... but I don't even know how to word it, or what to call it, so I must just ask.

On my Droid Incredible, if I launch the People app to view my contacts and hold the Menu button while viewing the main contacts list, a keyboard will pop up. Type on the keyboard, and the typed letters appear in a smokey overlay over your contacts... but it doesn't do anything.

Does anyone know what this does? Without rebooting my phone, I cannot get rid of the *banner* I guess you'd call it. I've done this twice-- once on accident (thought the keyboard would allow me to search contacts), and once just now trying to figure it out!

What is it?

 

[x_Prozak_x]

I'm sorry mousouchop.... I'm afraid your phone has cancer.

(I have no idea either)

 

[AKRaouf]

This has happenend to me also. What you have to do is go to manage applications and force close people, then start it up again. I think this happens if you force close google search, but I am not sure, havent experimented... so now you dont have to restart lol...

 

[AKRaouf]

When you hold down menu and the keyboard pops up, you should be able to search contacts... i do this all the time and i can confirm it works, since i have to use it to search through about 1200 contacts sometimes.. that is just a wierd glitch or something.

 

[SynisterWolf]

+1 my searches too. Anyway you can post a screen shot?

 

[mousouchop]

When I had posted this thread, I have some gibberish in said banner over my contacts list... after a restart (to clear the banner), the keyboard now searches... Random glitch I guess? Never thought to kill the People app. So used to contact lists on phones, never registered in my head as an APP. haha.

 

[Nsane1]

that's weird, mine does the banner thing as well and doesn't search at all. Odd, I've never tried that before.