[Q] Filling out fields blocks my whole screen. - AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717

Question, this is how my screen looks while filling out fields in apps, the input takes the whole screen. It's pretty annoying when you press next which moves to the next field you can't see what the field is. Is this the norm, or is it the ROM I'm using that's doing this? I'm on Hybrid.
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When I was using h0tw1r3's CM9 @ 240 dpi, I didn't have any issues. Now that I'm using a modified stock by Flapjaxx @ 320 dpi, the input takes up the whole screen.
But I think it's more of a dpi issue, not the rom.

Hold it in portrait instead of landscape.

I don't know about the swype or stock keyboard, but can you change the key height? I use swiftkey 3 and that is an option.

lactardjosh said:
Hold it in portrait instead of landscape.
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You're right that portrait doesn't behave the same. It must be a dpi issue. I've had the rotation locked to landscape for awhile now, didn't think to test portrait.
Do you think it would be the keyboard's dpi I would have to change?
Thanks guys.

I'm pretty sure it does that on all dpis in landscape mode.. i remember my captivate doing the same thing

I just push the back button, the keyboard goes away and I select the next field.

studacris said:
I'm pretty sure it does that on all dpis in landscape mode.. i remember my captivate doing the same thing
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Me too. I think it's standard behavior.

and-on-ROIDS said:
I just push the back button, the keyboard goes away and I select the next field.
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I end up doing that too. It's pretty annoying. Oh well, thanks everyone.

Just an update; i flashed CM10 and it doesn't do this. It's so much better to use in landscape now.
ParnoidAndroid based off of CM10 does tho. Must be the multi DPI causing it.

I figured it out. It's the keyboards dpi. On CM10HYBRID-PARANOIDANDROID in Settings > Paranoid Settings > Apps > Android keyboard - I set Per App Layout to Tablet UI. It no longer fills the screen.

I'm using "smart keyboard pro "
And have for about 2 years . The settings allow you to set the field height of the virtual board.
Very helpful when using it on different devices and resolutions.
You could give the free version a go from the play store , but it has a nag screen. However , it retains full settings adjustment.
Hope this helps you ....g

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[APP] Newest TouchPal Keyboard

Here is the newest TouchPal keyboard from China!
Download it from CooTek
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Far has I know it is still in beta over there in China.... but I can not read chinese....
Here are some pictures!
I really like this keyboard it has always been one of my favorites ever sense the first beta last year. now they have made lots of changes and it is even better.
When you install it it will be in chinese. you will need to go to settings and switch it to english.
Looks nice. Downloading now.
EDIT: Just tried it out for a while. Verdict: It's great!
Once you turn off the Chinese language, the text prediction is great, and the buttons are quick and responsive. I like the option to have different layouts for portrait vs. landscape (even though I just use QWERTY for both). The edit button is top center, and very handy, since I came from a G1 and the Vibrant has no trackball/d-pad to edit words. One note though, the delete button in Edit deletes the next character, not the previous. Not a huge deal, since the backspace on the keyboard still deletes the previous character and you could just select what you need to delete in the Edit screen, just a weird change. If you don't know what I mean, try it out yourself, it's worth a try at least
I love that style of keyboard with the two letters per key (Like on my original Blackberry Pearl).
@Phromik
Yeah it is a great little keyboard. my favorite feature is being able to swipe to change from T9 to QWERTY
OOOHHHHJMMMGMGKLNAD!!!!!! MY favorite keyboard in the world i can haz again!!! THanks OP!!!
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OOOHHHHJMMMGMGKLNAD!!!!!! MY favorite keyboard in the world i can haz again!!! THanks OP!!!
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I am new to the Android side of XDA just picked up my Vibrant 2 days ago and loving it.............
My favorite too......one of the first things I downloaded to my Vibrant and seems to work pretty well just missing the ability to save passwords or url or email adresses (one click entry in the username or password box for websites is really slick and I miss that the most). It is still beta so we will see if they implement it later on.
Link not working... looks fun though
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Go to Market and search for Touchpal... is in Chinese but you can change setting easily
Um, why does the app need access to Contacts and Voice Recorder?
I ask, because we (in the I.T. dept) are being bombarded by Chinese malware and such.
The permissions do seem a bit excessive for a keyboard.
Requires these permissions:
Your personal information
read contact data
Network communication
full Internet access, view network state, view Wi-Fi state
Hardware controls
control vibrator, record a

[Q] How to change photo size?

My Streak used to take very good photos which came out natively at 2592x1944 pixels, around 300kb in size. But suddenly that has changed and now photos are only 640 x 480 pxls and about 80kb. I've made no changes nor can I find any means of returning to the higher quality. Can anyone shed any light, please?
When using the camera there are settings for this. I am on my IPAD so i cannot provide instructions. Maybe later when I am on the phone.
Hi,
There is a strip of very small settings buttons down the left hand side of the viewfinder area, touch the top one and a scrollable box comes up, somewhere in there are the resolotion settings. Make sure you check the superfine option, then pick 5MP option.
The buttons are really fiddly, it takes me a couple of tries to get the settings menu up.
Hope this fixes your problem.
The pics I take with my streak are usually around 800MB
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Guest69 said:
Hi,
There is a strip of very small settings buttons down the left hand side of the viewfinder area
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Not on mine I'm afraid! There are five buttons on the right side (brightness/contrast, store location, white balance, flash mode and zoom), but none whatsoever on the left side???
I remeber that being the case before the Froyo update. Are you on 2.2?
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Guest69 said:
I remeber that being the case before the Froyo update. Are you on 2.2?
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Yes, I am. And I had high quality photos both before and after updating to 2.2. It's only recently that this has happened and I can't think what I must have done to have caused it, nor can I find any resolve. The last thing I want to do is a cold reset, so if anyone can suggest how I might be able to reinstall just the camera app, perhaps?
AidanBell said:
Yes, I am. And I had high quality photos both before and after updating to 2.2. It's only recently that this has happened and I can't think what I must have done to have caused it, nor can I find any resolve. The last thing I want to do is a cold reset, so if anyone can suggest how I might be able to reinstall just the camera app, perhaps?
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HI AidanBell,
the option to set the quality of the camera is just below the brightness and contrast option.
Once you click on it just scroll it and you will find it.
Thank you so much. At first I still couldn't find it, but eventually I realised that the brightness/contrast menu is scrollable - which is not in any way obvious nor have I ever known before! So of course scrolling down I've now finally found all the quality controls. So simple and yet so beautifully hidden! Thanks again to everyone who helped with this. Job done.

[Q] How to fix roms cutting off part of applications on screen?

I have issues with some applications getting cut off at the bottom of the screen when using roms such as the AT(HoneyComb)RIX 3.4 EXT4 or the Alien one. I can still scroll to the bottom of the application using the rest of the screen but there will still be part of the screen gone the whole time. Off the top of my head it does this with my SSF4AE guide app, on every single page. Also using handcent I have a similar problem; the background is not appearing fully when I go to my list of text messages
Ive been using Alien for weeks and dont have this problem on any on my 700+ apps, including Handcent which is prob the one I use more than any other.
I had the SSF4AE app problem on both but the handcent problem was only on AT(HoneyComb)RIX 3.4 EXT4
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I just thought about this, my photobucket app has appeared to be shrunk ever since Gingerbread, you can see it doesn't quite take up my screen.. But it sounds like you are having the opposite problem, the app is too big to be displayed on the screen right?
Edit: i think its not showing correctly because of my photobucket privacy settings.. But it is just slightly smaller than the screen, it has a black border all the way around. Also I dont know what SSF4AE is.
Its just a guide for a fighting game that I use frequently.
It's supposed to look like this http://i.imgur.com/NaI1e.jpg
but it looks like this http://i.imgur.com/oDByS.jpg
I didn't notice until now that you mentioned your photobucket app being smaller that the sides are cut off a little too as well in this. I just took a picture from the web and edited it btw.
This thread says to download "spare parts" and toggle compatibility mode, Im gonna try that now and let you know.
Edit: Yup that worked for me! that should fix the problem for you too. Thank you for asking the question because it motivated me to find this simple fix. Im gonna hit your thanks button for that, if it works for you feel free to do the same lol. Also, strangly enough Spare Parts was also one of those apps that had a scaling prob haha, but its fixed now in that app as well. I cant say for sure yet if unchecking the "compatibility mode" causes any negative effects on other apps but it for sure fixed the scaling issue in photobucket and spare parts. Additionally, the "fancy input animation" is pretty cool it makes the keyboard slide up instead of just appear. Enjoy.
Yup that fixed my problem with the SSF4AE guide app. Thanks a lot . The handcent issue is still there but it might just be a problem with the theme..

[Q] MIUI - landscape mode?

Hi, Sipmle Q...
Does MIUI for Dell Streak has landscape mode?
As i remeber it does not while i was using it on HTC.Desire
btw, MIUI rocks (in portrait o/c)
It'll be great to have it in landscape
Greets!
I too would love landscape on MIUI as its not so awesome stuck in portrait mode - still excellent though
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It does not have a default landscape mode but in a couple of the other threads I posted a modified android.policy.jar file that would default everything to landscape mode except for the lock screen and some of the settings menus.
cdzo72 said:
It does not have a default landscape mode but in a couple of the other threads I posted a modified android.policy.jar file that would default everything to landscape mode except for the lock screen and some of the settings menus.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1528412&highlight=landscape&page=20
Is this for MIUI?? It seems to refer to the CM7 ROM rather than MIUI and it's quite a bit smaller than the default one?
Ahh, silly me, I've found this one! I'll give it a go and post how I get on.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23499584&postcount=47
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If it works for you, i'll go back to Miui.
That was the only thing that put me off Miui is that it doesn't do landscape, and i use it in my car alot with the music player.
Did not work for me really. The launcher is still stuck in portrait. I've ended up going back to O2 Froyo rom after having tried all the gingerbread roms out there. None were reliable enough for me, though all are very well done. Back to SPB mobile shell for me!
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It's not intrinsically landscape, but most of the stock apps can (and should!) be replaced with more useful alternatives. Once you get it running in landscape, and replace the launcher and phone app, you never really notice that it's not meant to be landscape.
Hiding status bar:
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I hide the lock screen - I don't mind personally but that might bother some people. There are 3rd party replacements for that too though.
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[Mod] HTC Sense 4/3.5 Launcher, Bootanimation, Lockscreen & Clock

Have anyone tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652355 on your Atrix. This is really cool!! i actually love the HTC Sense 4 clock...and it look awesome on my Atrix. [Please keep in mind that this is NOT my work, i just wanted to share this with you, so if anything screws up...don't blame me!!!]
Please Post your screenshots after applying the Launcher....
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if that's for a galaxy, how come you're posting this in the atrix forum?
android-DEP said:
if that's for a galaxy, how come you're posting this in the atrix forum?
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it actually works on other devices as well...i have installed the Flip Clock & Launcher in my Atrix...and its looking pretty awesome in my homescreen!! u should also give it a try.....[i didnt try the boot animation...so not sure about it]
The launcher doesn't seem to scale correctly and there are some other icons over the dock.
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you have to enter in launcher setting, now dock settings, then tap twice any option and back to launcher
Change the dpi to 270 and everything fits perfectly. I'd suggest an app like LCD Density Modder Pro so you can apply a permanent market fix. For the overlay on the dock I'd say turn on Tint AB and put the AB Scale to 1. Doesn't completely get rid of the overlay but it definitely makes it less noticeable like in my screenshot.
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Neroga said:
Change the dpi to 270 and everything fits perfectly. I'd suggest an app like LCD Density Modder Pro so you can apply a permanent market fix. For the overlay on the dock I'd say turn on Tint AB and put the AB Scale to 1. Doesn't completely get rid of the overlay but it definitely makes it less noticeable like in my screenshot.
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270 no way!
rancur3p1c said:
270 no way!
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Whatever works, right? Not much of a difference besides app icons look a bit bigger lol.
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