Ugh on e-mails anything twitter facebook if i'm chatting to someone i try and delete one letter of a word and it deletes the whole message! I just spent ages writing a message out and i made one type pressed backspace and it deleted the whole thing omg, please help why is it doing this how do i change it so annoying !!!
Keeps deleting everything i write
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First time I'm seeing this also. Are you running a custom ROM or a keyboard other than stock? If not, you might want to check your keyboard settings to see what you have checked.
Please keep us updated in case someone else runs into this. Good luck.
Please keep us updated in case someone else runs into this. Good luck.
I asked you a couple of questions so I could better understand your problem. You didn't reply, so I no longer see any reason to try and help.
Oh sorry. no not running anything like that. Only gt it a few days ago but it's really getting on my nerves i cant crrect a typo without erasing everything. ive loojed in my settings but found nothing. Sorry for not replyin to ur questions earlier x
Nope i jusr use the back space. I have worked oug when it does it maybe this will give you more of an idea : if im on a word and press backspace whilst im on tge word it wont its if ive noticed a spelling error in my previous words or whatever and im currently nit on a word jyst blank and press backspace it will leave me with just the last word i types typed* and delete all the message before it. pleaaase help
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That's very bizarre behavior, are you using the stock keyboard, or a third party kybd app?
You may have to do a factory reset to clear whatever is causing this.
Settle down. Your posts are very hard to understand with all the spelling and grammar idiosyncrasies. We're trying to help.
Don't hold down the backspace button, just tap. Long pressing tends to delete words and everything else very quickly.
No i dont have anything like that, its been doing it since the first day in got it
and well im sorry but u understood fine and seeing as its a thread about not being anle to delete anything without deleting eveything thought ud nderstand that my spelling cant be perfect seeing ss every time i make one error it will delete my whole message therefore tke me about an hour to write.
Plz help
Just makes it much more difficult to comprehended but I see its because you can't error correct and you are typing on the N7.
As recommended, I would do a factory reset. There is something wrong with your keyboard as it is not normal behavior. IF you really don't want to do a wipe, you can see if there is an alternative keyboard in the play store that you like.
You can also try clearing the data and cache but I don't really see how that will fix a keyboard functionality issue, but you never know.
Not much else I can do without actually looking at the device.
BTW, did you get this brand new or second hand? And are you running 4.1.1 or 4.1.2?
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As recommended, I would do a factory reset. There is something wrong with your keyboard as it is not normal behavior. IF you really don't want to do a wipe, you can see if there is an alternative keyboard in the play store that you like.
You can also try clearing the data and cache but I don't really see how that will fix a keyboard functionality issue, but you never know.
Not much else I can do without actually looking at the device.
BTW, did you get this brand new or second hand? And are you running 4.1.1 or 4.1.2?
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how do i do a system restore ? and do i lose everything? also what do i type in to play store just keyboards? thanks for your help and sorry its difficult to understand but im new to all this anf its really starting to annoy me as cant talk to anyone or write emails or anything.
No not second hand my dad bought it for me brand new. and i have no isea what im running how do i find out ? thankyou for your help x
Ok, out of the box, then something is wrong. Thought perhaps if it was 2nd hand, someone botched something else but sold it as "stock".
To check your version number, go to settings and at the bottom, there should be a menu called "about tablet", click on it and there should be one that says "Android version". If it is 4.1.1, you can try to upgrade to the 4.1.2; the update should be pushed out automatically but there are still many that have no received it. Believe there are some threads on here on how to force update. Updating may fix the issue.
Otherwise if you do a factory reset, it will wipe everything and bring it back to the way when you first turned on the device. Play store will save all your apps and you can either download manually or tell it to restore. The option will be there when you first log in. It however does not set up your tablet, so any icons, widgets, etc that you placed on your home screens, you will have to do so again. Also none of your app data will be saved. Such as if you play games, you will lose those save files.
In order to do a factory reset, go to settings > Backup & reset > Factory data reset. Most people do this as a last resort but normally will fix any issues and also make sure you have ample battery when you do it.
And yeah, just search "keyboard" without quotes, in the play store.
As a very last resort, you might want to think about exchanging the unit, but at this point it sounds like a software issue that needs to be corrected, unless for some reason user error but at this point it's difficult to tell which without physically being there. If you do exchange, make sure to do a factory reset anyways.
To check your version number, go to settings and at the bottom, there should be a menu called "about tablet", click on it and there should be one that says "Android version". If it is 4.1.1, you can try to upgrade to the 4.1.2; the update should be pushed out automatically but there are still many that have no received it. Believe there are some threads on here on how to force update. Updating may fix the issue.
Otherwise if you do a factory reset, it will wipe everything and bring it back to the way when you first turned on the device. Play store will save all your apps and you can either download manually or tell it to restore. The option will be there when you first log in. It however does not set up your tablet, so any icons, widgets, etc that you placed on your home screens, you will have to do so again. Also none of your app data will be saved. Such as if you play games, you will lose those save files.
In order to do a factory reset, go to settings > Backup & reset > Factory data reset. Most people do this as a last resort but normally will fix any issues and also make sure you have ample battery when you do it.
And yeah, just search "keyboard" without quotes, in the play store.
As a very last resort, you might want to think about exchanging the unit, but at this point it sounds like a software issue that needs to be corrected, unless for some reason user error but at this point it's difficult to tell which without physically being there. If you do exchange, make sure to do a factory reset anyways.
Maybe it's because you haven't leaned to use punctuation, capitalization or proof reading yet? Just a guess.
Hey, well i checked and it's the latest version. i suppose my last option is to reset it isnt it. but i don't see how jt will work as it was like this the moment i got it. but im willing to do that if it means it might work.
also i searched keyboards but there all for mobile phones and stuff. sorry im still comibf to grips with it all. thanks for your help i will resore it and let you know as its better doing that sooner rather than later as i dont have much to delete at the moment. x
Or maybe it's the fact everytime i do proof read and realise ive made a mistake i cant edit it because it will delete my whole message
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