Problems with cut and paste

asmallchild

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Anybody else with problems cutting and pasting?

I find either it doesn't work or worse, it results in freezes and crashes within chrome


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Anyone?

Just tried it now, tried to copy and paste from the messaging app to Gmail

copy function was successful but i didn't even get a prompt to paste in gmail despite long holding in the free text field

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I always get FCs. Out of curiosity are you using Swype? I'm wondering if their latest (awful) update is part of the problem and I keep forgetting to uninstall and check.
 
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I'm using Swiftkey 3

I should try it on Swype as I have that installed too

Maybe I'll try it on the stock keyboard and report back
 
Could not get it to work with the stock keyboard either

Surely I cannot be the only one with this issue?

Tried to cut and paste a text message into tapatalk, fc on attempt 1, no ability to paste on attempt 2

This is so frustrating...

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Mine worked fine for weeks then suddenly stopped working. The only solution on the web was a hard reset so I did that and mine is back to normal now. Probably a bug or a bad app install.

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I had this exact same issue.

You have 2 options;

1) Factory Restore your device

2) ROOT your device, install ROOT Explorer, navigate to / > data > clipboard, select ALL and delete all, than go into your Settings > Applications Manager > All, look for TestServices, than remove updates/clear data. Reboot and everything should be fine.

I opted for option 2 simply because restoring a device sucks and I wanted to root anyways because I missed AdFree, ROOT Explorer, and could not stand the WIFI Notification.

Essentially what happens is something in your clipboard becomes corrupted by TestServices. You basically have to clean up a mess you did not make.

Thanks appreciated ;)

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Root is forthcoming then

Thanks to all you guys for the help

The battery life and camera is great on this thing

Beyond that, I find I'm really beginning to miss my Nexus.....
 
2) ROOT your device, install ROOT Explorer, navigate to / > data > clipboard, select ALL and delete all, than go into your Settings > Applications Manager > All, look for TestServices, than remove updates/clear data. Reboot and everything should be fine.

You're my hero.

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Thank you so much jaj6503
It really work. My s3 is my first android phone and my first time to root for this. Rooting is so easy. 0.01% risk only. All i read from forums just exaggerated that rooting is hard. Now i'm searching things i could do more now. Thanks again
 
Rooting is so easy. 0.01% risk only. All i read from forums just exaggerated that rooting is hard.

The GS3 has the easiest root method I've ever seen (haven't tried nexus but that's simple too.) The difficulty/risk isn't too exaggerated elsewhere, and can still screw with your hardware if you do something wrong. We just have an easy phone.
 
I had this exact same issue.

You have 2 options;

1) Factory Restore your device

2) ROOT your device, install ROOT Explorer, navigate to / > data > clipboard, select ALL and delete all, than go into your Settings > Applications Manager > All, look for TestServices, than remove updates/clear data. Reboot and everything should be fine.

I opted for option 2 simply because restoring a device sucks and I wanted to root anyways because I missed AdFree, ROOT Explorer, and could not stand the WIFI Notification.

Essentially what happens is something in your clipboard becomes corrupted by TestServices. You basically have to clean up a mess you did not make.

Thanks appreciated ;)

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Grumble. I have the paste problem too.
Is it really foolproof to root/unroot? How do I do it?
 
I had this exact same issue.

You have 2 options;

1) Factory Restore your device

2) ROOT your device, install ROOT Explorer, navigate to / > data > clipboard, select ALL and delete all, than go into your Settings > Applications Manager > All, look for TestServices, than remove updates/clear data. Reboot and everything should be fine.

I opted for option 2 simply because restoring a device sucks and I wanted to root anyways because I missed AdFree, ROOT Explorer, and could not stand the WIFI Notification.

Essentially what happens is something in your clipboard becomes corrupted by TestServices. You basically have to clean up a mess you did not make.

Thanks appreciated ;)

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ETA: never mind. It worked for me! I didn't have to do anything to the TestService app, but after I rebooted I have paste back - thanks!

Now, if I want to restore my phone to unrooted condition, how do I do that???
 
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I couldn't find a clipboard in data. I searched for it and couldn't find it any where else. Tried just clearing test services. Nothing happened after the reboot.
 

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