Just got the dock today and wanted to share a few thoughts..
kind of clunky to attach but may just take some getting used to. Once attached feels just like a netbook
Loving the keyboard shortcuts. There's even a key to take a screenshot!
Have been trying to figure out whether there's any need to touch the screen when docked. Only thing I see so far is unlocking the tablet. You can even scroll within widgets
Wondering if there will be any apps that will allow for remapping keys. (i.e. assigning a key to custom app or shortcut
The overall feel is very nice and compact. The piece that holds the tablet looks weird when it's closed though.
The whole thing fits inside my Gtablet sleeve perfectly.
All in all, worth the money IMO. I can't stand typing on a touch screen and I can see that this will be my primary method of typing on this thing.
Post edited to remove thumbs up. Not stable at all
2nd edit (5/11/11) back to thumbs up after updating to the beta dock firmware
awesome.. want mine now!
mb2k said:
Just got the dock today and wanted to share a few thoughts..
kind of clunky to attach but may just take some getting used to. Once attached feels just like a netbook
Loving the keyboard shortcuts. There's even a key to take a screenshot!
Have been trying to figure out whether there's any need to touch the screen when docked. Only thing I see so far is unlocking the tablet. You can even scroll within widgets
Wondering if there will be any apps that will allow for remapping keys. (i.e. assigning a key to custom app or shortcut
The overall feel is very nice and compact. The piece that holds the tablet looks weird when it's closed though.
The whole thing fits inside my Gtablet sleeve perfectly.
All in all, worth the money IMO. I can't stand typing on a touch screen and I can see that this will be my primary method of typing on this thing.
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Have you encountered the glitches with the touchpad being activated and the keyboard suddenly not responding? a number of us have including me. Disabling the touch pad seems to prevent the disconnections but really annoying nonetheless.
scion676 said:
Have you encountered the glitches with the touchpad being activated and the keyboard suddenly not responding? a number of us have including me. Disabling the touch pad seems to prevent the disconnections but really annoying nonetheless.
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I've experienced it as well. Hopefully the next update will correct the problem, since the touchpad functionality w/gestures is very nice (when it works).
BTW, how do you disable the touchpad???
not once. been using it all day, in and out of the dock
nowhere2010 said:
I've experienced it as well. Hopefully the next update will correct the problem, since the touchpad functionality w/gestures is very nice (when it works).
BTW, how do you disable the touchpad???
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Fourth button on the top row of the dock, the one with a slash on a dock symbol. It doesn't solve the problem unfortunately, at least in my experience.
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Fourth button on the top row of the dock, the one with a slash on a dock symbol. It doesn't solve the problem unfortunately, at least in my experience.
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Thanks - unfortunately it doesn't help me either.
Where was you dock from?
What firmware does your dock have?
Oh great! Now I'm starting to have issues.
1st I noticed the I was missing all apps from my home sreen. Dock/Undock fixed it.
Then I notced a big time lag in my typing. No biggie still better than touchscreen.
Then while playing around in Gallery I lost dock. Dock/Undock fixed it.
Also, the wifi is beginning to intermittently turn off. hitting wifi button fixes.
Now the lag is more noticable. Typing with it now and the letters show up about 1/2 second later. Sucks cause I was just beginning to learn neat tricks with the dock. For example, I was using 2 fingers to scroll, but learned it's easier to just hold 1 finger still and use the other finger to scroll.
Hope there's firmware fix made available soon.
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Thanks - unfortunately it doesn't help me either.
Where was you dock from?
What firmware does your dock have?
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I got my dock from AmericanTV in Peoria, IL on May 5th. Its running the default firmware it came with, whereas the tablet I have updated to the latest 8.2.3.9 firmware from the Asus website.
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I got my dock from AmericanTV in Peoria, IL on May 5th. Its running the default firmware it came with, whereas the tablet I have updated to the latest 8.2.3.9 firmware from the Asus website.
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Thanks - I'm running the latest firmware as well for the tab. I'm assuming the dock firmware is what it shipped with (EP101-0207).
One other question: When the dock freaks out, does your battery status icon show a question mark over it?
No refresh button is a real bummer. I think this button is far more useful than say, the auto light button.
The backspace button is also really far for those of us who have smaller hands. But, this is something you can just get used to.
Does the hardware keyboard support languages other than English? Can you change the predictive input dictionary language and/or the keyboard layout?
Can you type, for example, German or Japanese on it? What about typographical symbols that don't have a dedicated key (like dashes)?
Delay, there are supposed to be regional keyboards available in the future.
I don't have mine yet, so I can't expound on detail regarding settings in the TF, but I doubt one will be able to simply change the language of the keyboard without changing the language setting of the whole OS. Also the keyboard will probably still output English characters.
Got my dock yesterday, and UPS just dropped off my TF a couple hours ago ( ).
Anyway, I just 'mated' the TF to the dock for the 1st time, and it did not sound good / did not go well. Didn't want to go down, and it seemed like it was getting hung up on something. I slid the latch over, and pulled the TF back out and a tiny little piece of black plastic fell onto the desk (very tiny... like 1mm x 1mm).
I finally got it to dock ok, but the little sliding latch isn't automatically sliding all the way to the right. It only goes about 1/2 way, then I have to sort of help it along to get it all the way over.
Anybody else had this problem? I'm wondering if I have a faulty dock.
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Got my dock yesterday, and UPS just dropped off my TF a couple hours ago ( ).
Anyway, I just 'mated' the TF to the dock for the 1st time, and it did not sound good / did not go well. Didn't want to go down, and it seemed like it was getting hung up on something. I slid the latch over, and pulled the TF back out and a tiny little piece of black plastic fell onto the desk (very tiny... like 1mm x 1mm).
I finally got it to dock ok, but the little sliding latch isn't automatically sliding all the way to the right. It only goes about 1/2 way, then I have to sort of help it along to get it all the way over.
Anybody else had this problem? I'm wondering if I have a faulty dock.
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Is it supposed to go all the way over? I've just assumed that it was designed to only go halfway. Now I'm really curious what other people's docks are doing.
Mine only goes halfway if my TF isn't clicking in completely to the dock. It does go all the way over as long as I push down and get both sides to click in.
I haven't had any problems with the dock yet, no problems with wifi, no problems with touchpad *knocks on wood*. I did experience some lag typing into forms, but no more so than with touchscreen keyboard on stock browser, so I don't think that was dock dependent.
The only issue I have with the dock is I don't believe there's a button to the multitasker. I want to be able to move between programs more easily while docked. I don't want to have to touch the "monitor" every time I want to multitask. Also, I need the touchpad to register pinch to zoom. I'm hoping these get updated soon.
Has anyone tried an SDXC (not SD) card in their dock yet?
Yes it is suppose to go all the way over. If it's not going all the way over for you, then the transformer is not COMPLETELY flush with the dock. Meaning that, when you close the transformer down with the dock it should be smooth all the way around.
strikethreeout said:
No refresh button is a real bummer. I think this button is far more useful than say, the auto light button.
The backspace button is also really far for those of us who have smaller hands. But, this is something you can just get used to.
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menu+r on the stock browser works.
here's the list of shortcuts:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1071739&highlight=shortcut
madsquabbles said:
menu+r on the stock browser works.
here's the list of shortcuts:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1071739&highlight=shortcut
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Those shortcuts wont work for me, wierd. In stock browser.
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Hi to everyone in this forum. I've recently received as a present a new toshiba folio 100, but, since I'm experiencing an annoying menu button flashing, I've thought of it as a software problem so I upgraded the folio using the foliomod1.3c and applied the rotate patch and also the 1.3c fix patch. The menu still flash with no apparent logic. I've tried to kill all applications running and it's still there. It seem to come up and down at random. I ask to all in this forum: do you believe it's a hardware issue or is a software issue? Because if it's a hardware issue I'm going to try to have a new folio from toshiba. I'm overall very pleased with the work that Dexter made to make the folio an usable machine but this flashing is driving me crazy. I use the folio basically as a portable scientific pdf reader so I need to concentrate on what I read and this flashing is really annoying. I would like very much to thank you all in this forum in advance for all the suggestion/help you could provide.
use my "foliobuttons" app
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use my "foliobuttons" app
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I have a request that serve All those who suffer MENU crazy button .
Is it possible to prepare application you can setting ON/OFF the MENU button
Most of the time useless button.
sometimes button jump after 10 minutes, sometimes after an hour
Usually I fix the problem by changing the settings with FolioButtons 1.1.
If you could add to FolioButtons on/off operation for menu Buttons was the best.
Hi teknoraver,
Can you add enabled/disabled menu button in foliobuttons application ?
flashing on...
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use my "foliobuttons" app
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I am pretty desperate about this issue, because none of the methods seem to help...
Right now the buttons work opposite- Menu button flashes mad and none of the other 3 responds...dont know how it happened
Just a thought- while the folio is booting up the menu button ALREADY flashes! I have zero understanding in there but isn't it a process that loads / starts early in the line?
I appreciate everyone's effort trying to solve this bug as it makes this handy tool a useless pile of crap.
I was wondering how many folio users are suffering of this crazy buttons madness.
Mine was crazy from the very beginning; I sent it back for repair and toshiba only did a firmware restore... Nothing changed at all!
It makes my folio almost unusable!
bye bye crazy buttons
After two weeks of testing and a complete breakdown of my folio100, I finally find the problem or just crazy buttons and freezing of the screen.
I drag a thickness in the screen in the bottom right corner of the screen to isolate the audio connector and it works better than a miracle again.
The only downside is that the screen comes out slightly from the slot but nothing really bad.
The thickness I put slightly too big or-1.4 mm I'll Demount next week to put a finer and I'll try to take pictures in passing.
Note however that the loss of waranty is innevitable.
Sorry for my bad english ;-)
I think it's a hardware issue and even a build quality issue.
If i hold my folio at the side of the buttons, i get the flashing buttons problem (even the foliobuttons app will not help), if i hold it at the other side, i've got no problems at all.
Do you have an animated background? Because I saw that some people had this issue with an animated background...
Hi Mshr73, nice first post indeed
Could you post some pictures of what you did?
Mshr73 said:
After two weeks of testing and a complete breakdown of my folio100, I finally find the problem or just crazy buttons and freezing of the screen.
I drag a thickness in the screen in the bottom right corner of the screen to isolate the audio connector and it works better than a miracle again.
The only downside is that the screen comes out slightly from the slot but nothing really bad.
The thickness I put slightly too big or-1.4 mm I'll Demount next week to put a finer and I'll try to take pictures in passing.
Note however that the loss of waranty is innevitable.
Sorry for my bad english ;-)
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seems to get better...
I really don’t want to be too quick on this, but Dexter’s 1.4 seems to bring relief to this issue - for 2 days I have been running this mod the menu button stopped flashing!!
Any similar impressions on this?
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I really don’t want to be too quick on this, but Dexter’s 1.4 seems to bring relief to this issue - for 2 days I have been running this mod the menu button stopped flashing!!
Any similar impressions on this?
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No way pal, I guess I'm in the opposite situation. It still happens to me, and sometimes I think it even got worse... well, I can always look at crazy keys as a "special feature" that no other tablet will have!!!
I just tested without thickness under the screen, with foliomod 1.4 and after a few hours I again the problem of crazy buttons.
Mshr73 said:
After two weeks of testing and a complete breakdown of my folio100, I finally find the problem or just crazy buttons and freezing of the screen.
I drag a thickness in the screen in the bottom right corner of the screen to isolate the audio connector and it works better than a miracle again.
The only downside is that the screen comes out slightly from the slot but nothing really bad.
The thickness I put slightly too big or-1.4 mm I'll Demount next week to put a finer and I'll try to take pictures in passing.
Note however that the loss of waranty is innevitable.
Sorry for my bad english ;-)
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Well, I just finished dismantling e reassembling my Folio. Following your hint, I cut a piece of paper and put it between the audio connector and the back of the screen (yes, it was metal vs metal). I'll see whether it's gonna work or not. Crossing fingers for now.
Not that I'm so confident in leaving a piece of paper stuck right where the DC input is .
BTW, did you try with a smaller thickness? Even if this is the problem, I'm wondering whether a piece of paper would be enough or not.
thyself can someone. post pictures of before and after details?
we will be much appreciated
i didn't have the crazy buttons issue this far in 2 weeks, just my home butten needs to be pressed harder. I'm pretty sure it's hardware related, i read often that users experience it when changing from an warm room to a colder one, or in regions where its verry humid(some circuit closes maybe...). so Mshr73 is on the right way as far as i can tell.
Dexter's 1.4
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No way pal, I guess I'm in the opposite situation. It still happens to me, and sometimes I think it even got worse... well, I can always look at crazy keys as a "special feature" that no other tablet will have!!!
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Really sorry mate, I hope it will solved this for others too...
Anyhow, it is so disturbing, that I was already considering to send the tablet back to Toshiba...
I'll try to do this weekend if I do not have too many customers. I post the result Monday.
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I'll try to do this weekend if I do not have too many customers. I post the result Monday.
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I'm looking forward to your pictures, too... because my trial simply didn't work.
I tried with both a single piece of paper and then with 2 pieces wrapped in tape. I put these spacers between the back of the display and DC/audio connector.
In both cases, the crazy keys phenomenon started to happen after 15-20 minutes of usage.
In most cases, it starts to show when I unlock the device. As soon as I unlock it, home and menu buttons light up with no apparent reason and go crazy for 10-30 seconds.
Then, I even tried to loosen just a little the screws (I read, somewhere in the forum, of a guy who said that he solved his crazy keys and screen lag problems this way). I mean, all screws are now locked but not too tight. Well, I have to say that I don't have any screen lag anymore (I even removed the piece of paper, from the battery area, which used to solve the issue before) but crazy keys still happen. I'm going slightly mad
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I'm looking forward to your pictures, too... because my trial simply didn't work.
I tried with both a single piece of paper and then with 2 pieces wrapped in tape. I put these spacers between the back of the display and DC/audio connector.
In both cases, the crazy keys phenomenon started to happen after 15-20 minutes of usage.
In most cases, it starts to show when I unlock the device. As soon as I unlock it, home and menu buttons light up with no apparent reason and go crazy for 10-30 seconds.
Then, I even tried to loosen just a little the screws (I read, somewhere in the forum, of a guy who said that he solved his crazy keys and screen lag problems this way). I mean, all screws are now locked but not too tight. Well, I have to say that I don't have any screen lag anymore (I even removed the piece of paper, from the battery area, which used to solve the issue before) but crazy keys still happen. I'm going slightly mad
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Well ... with a piece of paper the problem Come back.
I handed a piece of cardboard and the problem disappears.
I think that to raise the screen to solve them but I'm still not 100% sure.
Hi,
Anybody having issues with the webtop application while using the laptop dock and their mouse freezing while using the firefox application. Its really annoying. I have to remove the phone from the dock and put it back for it to start working again. This happens only with the mouse, everything else works... such as the keys.
I've seen this problem before while testing some other things on the webtop and figured it was my BT mouse. Control from the touchpad that the atrix turns into when in webtop mode seemed fine though. I'll see if I can figure out what's causing this.
Stupid question, but a possibility.
When you double click the corner of the touchpad, it turns if off. There is a small indicator light in the upper left. Is this on or off when it freezes?
If it is off, try double tapping that corner to turn it back on.
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Stupid question, but a possibility.
When you double click the corner of the touchpad, it turns if off. There is a small indicator light in the upper left. Is this on or off when it freezes?
If it is off, try double tapping that corner to turn it back on.
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Hey jkrohn,
thanks for your help but I already checked the basics, obviously the light is on because the touchpad is on but when it freezes the light is still on and does not respond to the double touch.. like I said correctly it freezes...
I gues you have not experienced this huh..
No, luckily I haven't experienced it.
The only time I had a freeze was after about an hour of watching hulu.
I had this problem, but I didn't know about the double click option for tuning it on and off. I fixed it by undocking and redocking the phone. I'll have to keep an eye on this next time. I don't think I double clicked the light on the touch pad at all when this last happened, because I never tap the touch pad area.
mine has once or twice. I closed the lid and reopened it and it fixed itself.
I'm hoping there's a software update/bug fix to speed webtop up, and fix the track pad.
Yes mine does it all the time in firefox, i have mine on a uk orange brand with latest updates. How do we go about updating the lapdock? Any fix woul be great as its very annoying.
Thanks
Paul
hi, guys...i have the same problem got a 200$ laptop dock from amazon and my touchpad move around to different area especially to corners of the screeen when the firefox is open. This is really annoying....I have Aura 1.1.3 build 8 with 2.3.4 webtop fixed image [CWM Install] V1 . So much money spent on this phone.....
Moisture?
My trackpad sucks too, and the mouse freezes once in a while, but for me it's usually when I get something on it like if I took a drink of my soda can and had some moisture on my finger, and then touch it. That's when it starts bouncing around all funny and sometimes not moving. Solution is obviously just wiping off the pad with your shirt, or any other absorbent material for that matter... I really did write this in hopes that it would help, but reading it back now almost feels like a waste of space. Oh well, good luck with your trackpad!
I am having the same issue and I just received one from AT&T. Is there a current fix for this?
Ok, so aside from a few barely noticeable dead pixels, my TF Prime is fine.
But 3-4 times I've had this weird issue... the TF will all of a sudden start freaking out, flipping screens back and forth, tapping on app icons, keyboard keys, etc. It's as if a ghost has taken over my Prime, lol... what the??
Just happens at random, doesn't seem to be a particular app or action that's setting it off. Has happened while using the stock browser, Evernote, and typing an email.
Anyone else seeing this? Some kind of software glitch, or do you think I got a dodgy touchscreen?
By any chance, do you have the keyboard dock attached? On a few occasions, I've had the palm of my hand kind of resting on the mouse pad and that will set it off - not a tablet flaw, it's just my hand in the wrong place. Without the dock, I've managed to accomplish the same "flaw" by resting my thumb too close to the screen. With a sensitive capacitive screen, you just need to be really close to the screen to set it off. If not, then you have a real problem.
Bye.
No, I'm not lucky enough to own the dock yet, got one on pre-order, lol.
It's not just one tap or two, I mean the thing just flips out, scrolling home screens back and forth, typing automatically on the keyboard, etc., like it's possessed or something... on auto-pilot. It will go on indefinitely, and the screen will become unresponsive to my own taps. The only way to stop it is by doing a hard reboot by holding down the power button for about 10 seconds.
Now that I think about it, probably a touchscreen hardware issue... seems like it's "holding" the tap on, not releasing the tap off when it happens. I guess I'm gonna return it next week, ugh.
I qwas having this problem also but it started happening after i put on a skinomi screen protector. People thought i got water in tablet but maybee that wasnt the problem. If your having same problem.
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I've had that happen many times on my Nook Color. Drives me nuts. Certain games trigger it for me. Or sometimes it seems to be caused by my hand touching the screen or more than 2 points ( which is all my NC can handle )
Found that if I turn the device to sleep mode and wipe screen good, it usually fixes the issue. Either that or sometimes I have to reboot and it is normal again.
Glad I'm not the only one with a possessed tablet.
I don't know what it is but it seems be easily interfered by something. Whenever I'm typing just as I am doing right now writing this thread what happens is those two blue arrows pop-up midway while I'm writing up my sentence and the next thing I know my type cursor has jumped up two lines above and I'm writing over my previous text.
Then it's a trial to get the type character back at the end to continue typing. For some reason clicking at the end using the mouse cursor has no affect, the cursor will move right back to whatever area the cursor jumped to earlier. So I have to use the arrow keys to move it back into the right position.
Also, does anyone know a 'select all' keyboard command for Android OS? Oh it exists, but it does not work in the text box window as I'm typing this.
I can't be the only one frustrated with the extra and unneeded difficulty it is to type on this dock where it certainly feels like it could be easily remedied if ASUS done more testing with it.
It's because you're touching the mousepad while typing. Try to disable it, 4th button from the left, on the top row on the keyboard.
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You do have the current firmware correct? Personally I've had no issues.
Cernunnoz said:
It's because you're touching the mousepad while typing. Try to disable it, 4th button from the left, on the top row on the keyboard.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium
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Nah, I'm only seeing this happen when I'm writing something big. A short line like this the problem doesn't occur. I try to key my thumbs up in the air so I don't touch the trackpad, cause lord knows I wish it did have a traditional 'mouse pad' instead. Maybe part of my hand is reaching over a bit, but I'm not seeing that as the cause. Typing on this thing just feel buggy.
and yes I'm running the latest ICS version. Got my dock on the same night ASUS pushed the 4.0.3 update.
Not experienced this on this keyboard but have experienced on other small sized boards. its always my chubby mitts getting in the way. palming the touch pad or accidental hitting arrow keys etc...
I was only thinking how well i could type on the board considering its size. Much prefer it to my old netbook keyboard.
I turned the pad into gesture mode and it doesn't seem to jump around as i could imagine it would, maybe try turning the sensitivity down, i had to do that as i found it impossible to control under the default settings.
otherwise my only gripe is that i cant work out how to change the hotkey apps, i.e. change the browser it loads
Just turn off the track pad while typing and you're all set. Problem solved.
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There definitely is some kind of glitch when typing in a text input box a web page on ics. I see it on the tf prime as well as on my gnex. Sometimes you have to just accept where the cirsor has landed and delete and re type stuff. Grrr.
Wow something new comes up every day around here
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I don't know what it is but it seems be easily interfered by something. Whenever I'm typing just as I am doing right now writing this thread what happens is those two blue arrows pop-up midway while I'm writing up my sentence and the next thing I know my type cursor has jumped up two lines above and I'm writing over my previous text.
Then it's a trial to get the type character back at the end to continue typing. For some reason clicking at the end using the mouse cursor has no affect, the cursor will move right back to whatever area the cursor jumped to earlier. So I have to use the arrow keys to move it back into the right position.
Also, does anyone know a 'select all' keyboard command for Android OS? Oh it exists, but it does not work in the text box window as I'm typing this.
I can't be the only one frustrated with the extra and unneeded difficulty it is to type on this dock where it certainly feels like it could be easily remedied if ASUS done more testing with it.
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+1 i have the same problems but I still love my dock regardless I got it mostly for the extra battery life when I am out and about
I get the same thing occasionally. I'll have to watch and see if I'm accidentally touching the trackpad. If not, I'll have to accept it as a quirk, because otherwise the dock is great for me.
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Nah, I'm only seeing this happen when I'm writing something big. A short line like this the problem doesn't occur. I try to key my thumbs up in the air so I don't touch the trackpad, cause lord knows I wish it did have a traditional 'mouse pad' instead. Maybe part of my hand is reaching over a bit, but I'm not seeing that as the cause. Typing on this thing just feel buggy.
and yes I'm running the latest ICS version. Got my dock on the same night ASUS pushed the 4.0.3 update.
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Try...turning off trackpad for a while and see how it performs.
Seriously, even if you THINK you're not inadvertently hitting the touchpad, try turning it off. I get the same thing on my HP Envy 14, and I end up turning its touchpad off when I've typing longer copy as well.
Drives me crazy, and that freaking Envy has been on the market for two years now and they haven't fixed palm rejection yet.
...You've got fat hands
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I'm only seeing this happen when I'm writing something big. A short line like this the problem doesn't occur.
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I think that is further evidence supporting the hypothesis that you're probably touching the trackpad. When you're writing something long, chances are you don't consciously manage your thumb location the entire time as opposed to when you type something short.
So just as everyone else has said, manually turn off the trackpad.
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no my hands are quite normal size.
but to end this thread.
it's indeed maybe the over sensitive trackpad, and I noticed the button on the keyboard dock to turn it off.
Still doesn't explain away the broken select all function, but I guess that's the faulty default browser.
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no my hands are quite normal size.
but to end this thread.
it's indeed maybe the over sensitive trackpad, and I noticed the button on the keyboard dock to turn it off.
Still doesn't explain away the broken select all function, but I guess that's the faulty default browser.
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Actually did you ever figure out why when you click somewhere the cursor doesn't follow? This has nothing to do with the keyboard dock and I find this to be the most annoying thing I end up having to arrow over to where I was to place the cursor.
Exactly
rks words misspelled, but has no (okay go back to where you were)
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Actually did you ever figure out why when you click somewhere the cursor doesn't follow? This has nothing to do with the keyboard dock and I find this to be the most annoying thing I end up having to arrow over to where I was to place the cursor.
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Coming from 7 months of TF101 use, I know damn well to shut the track pad off when I type. That changes exactly NOTHING. What happens with almost predictable regularity is the cursor, in these text boxes on XDA and other web sites, jumps all the way to the beginning of the text: Top left, in front of the quote, or whatever text is in the box.
I have not done enough typing in word docs etc, to know if it happens there, but I think the issue is prevalent to these text boxes... and it is annoying as hell. It did it in the last paragraph, halfway through the word "regularity wit the second part of the word ending up as the first characters in the box...
WTF!!!
Oh... and as jdbaker notes, you cannot just touch where you want the cursor to move to, with fingertip or mouse (unless youtry several times, but FIRST click into the box with finger, and... this requires toggling the trackpad on, and then off again after it does it's crappy job.
For what it's worth, I DO NOT think these issues are the fault of the Dock/Keyboard) or at least not entirely. It seems to be a poor implementation in the browser/ICS/Keyboard combo.
While I am *****ing, ICS Dictionary is crap. Ma - go read the rest up in the top left where the Cursor just jumped... AGAIN. That's the best way I can get you to share my pain, LOL! Ahem! As I was SAYING, the dictionary is sorely lacking in corrections, or ease of use. At these text sizes (yes, I know I can increase text size or zoom) it is very tricky to select the right correction consistently Sigh! Anyone notice it's hard to determine which letters the cursor is between, also?
It just needs work, these things ARE fixable. As soon as Asus gets all the BIG **** fixed, perhaps they can help with the small stuff, LOL! (Google could be fixing stuff as well)
If had no issues with the dock it kinda werid to type on but im geting use to it. But no one person is the same, so what works for me might not work for some.
I had the same problem, but as others suggested I turned off the trackpad and it was fine.
But it seems you are having a different problem correct? How is the typing otherwise, any lag? When I got my dock, there was an upgrade. This was post ICS.
Just throwing this out there, your pretty sharp I am sure you did all this...so I fail...lol..carry on
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I've been using the tab all weekend, with the dock attached and had absolutely none of the problems you describe.
it's quick, it's crisp and accurate, the cursor doesn't stray and it can keep up with my typing speed (85wpm)
hate to say it but you might have a duff dock.
2 finger scroll seems to work 70% of the time. I have no clue what clicking the button does. Sometimes it behaves as a 'back', sometimes a 'home', sometimes a left click. Doesn't seem to work when you click and drag, cuz when i click down it moves the mouse due to the sensitivity. There is zero palm rejection so I had to turn off the '3 finger tap gesture' option, but it still seems to be wonky. I've updated to the latest s7+ firmware. Not sure if there is any keyboard case update.
This being my first keyboard case with a trackpad on android... this is kind of disappointing? Hope its just a defect in the keyboard case....
been using it for the last 48 hours. this thing is absolute trash. track pad is horrible. keyboard is too flimsy and doesnt really fit straight every time its closed up.
also not a fan of how the mouse pointer doesnt really go away when watching youtube or any other sort of video app
keys are nice and clicky tho.
I love the Keyboard. Immediately after first use a firmware update for the keyboard (so its not related to the S7 plus update) came in, that might have improved performance. I haven't found a way to check for keyboard firmware updates yet, let alone to install it, but you might need an update for better performance.
congusto said:
I love the Keyboard. Immediately after first use a firmware update for the keyboard (so its not related to the S7 plus update) came in, that might have improved performance. I haven't found a way to check for keyboard firmware updates yet, let alone to install it, but you might need an update for better performance.
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interesting. looked around and don't see a way to force that.
It's not the biggest deal overall, found a BT mouse in the house that just worked better regardless lol. Still a bit of a bummer. Glad I only paid like $60ish for this.