Two specific problems and two other questions with Razr Maxx and ICS

[mekongdelta69]

Like everyone else, I dl'd ICS this weekend and I've (re)setup things which were there and navigated around fairly well. However, I've noticed a few things to which I can't find an answer.

1.) I have my phone locked via an onscreen password. Before ICS (i.e with GB), when I typed the password, it would not flash the letters/numbers in blue (or whatever color) above the keys as I typed. Now it does. Where do I find the setting so it doesn't?

2.) I have Verizon and before ICS, when I'd send a text to a non-Vzn. user, I'd always get a 'broken' arrow and the delivery was always "Pending" (even though most of the time they actually received the message). When I'd send a text to a Vzn. user, a 'solid' arrow would appear and the Report would show "Received".
Now, no matter if they're a non-Vzn. or a Vzn. user, it never shows "Received". It always shows "Pending".
Is that a bug in the ICS or Vzn. or a combination of both (and does anybody else have that problem, and if so, is there a way to fix it)?

3.) On the top, where it shows '1X' (i.e. 2G), 3G or 4G/LTE, what's the difference between when it appears white color and a blue color?

One other thing - does anybody else notice the on-screen keyboard is different now?

Thanks for anyone's help - I appreciate it.

[NuDroidUsrr]

mekongdelta69 wrote:

Like everyone else, I dl'd ICS this weekend and I've (re)setup things which were there and navigated around fairly well. However, I've noticed a few things to which I can't find an answer.

1.) I have my phone locked via an onscreen password. Before ICS (i.e with GB), when I typed the password, it would not flash the letters/numbers in blue (or whatever color) above the keys as I typed. Now it does. Where do I find the setting so it doesn't?

2.) I have Verizon and before ICS, when I'd send a text to a non-Vzn. user, I'd always get a 'broken' arrow and the delivery was always "Pending" (even though most of the time they actually received the message). When I'd send a text to a Vzn. user, a 'solid' arrow would appear and the Report would show "Received".
Now, no matter if they're a non-Vzn. or a Vzn. user, it never shows "Received". It always shows "Pending".
Is that a bug in the ICS or Vzn. or a combination of both (and does anybody else have that problem, and if so, is there a way to fix it)?

3.) On the top, where it shows '1X' (i.e. 2G), 3G or 4G/LTE, what's the difference between when it appears white color and a blue color?

One other thing - does anybody else notice the on-screen keyboard is different now?

Thanks for anyone's help - I appreciate it.

#1 - SETTINGS | SECURITY | Scroll down and uncheck MAKE PASSWORD VISIBLE

[mekongdelta69]

Thanks, but that was one of the first things I did. I even rebooted and the p.w. still flashes like I described above. That's what's so strange. That HAS to be a bug.

Appreciate the shot though.

Edit: It just occurred to me that we might be misunderstanding each other.
I don't mean the password letters/number show up in the password *box* for a moment, before it changes to a dot.
I mean when you type an "a" (for example) on the on-screen keyboard, a blue "a" momentarily flashes above the "a" on the keyboard. I was trying to prevent this (the blue "a" momentarily flashing above the keyboard).

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On the Key board yup it's changed as well is the Dialer But if the On screen keyboard is not to your Liking it can changed with Keyboard apps Like Smart Key Board & Swiftkey 3 keyboard. And the Dialer can be changed as Well to find a Different one Visit the Google Play-Store..

[NuDroidUsrr]

mekongdelta69 wrote:

Thanks, but that was one of the first things I did. I even rebooted and the p.w. still flashes like I described above. That's what's so strange. That HAS to be a bug.

Appreciate the shot though.

Edit: It just occurred to me that we might be misunderstanding each other.
I don't mean the password letters/number show up in the password *box* for a moment, before it changes to a dot.
I mean when you type an "a" (for example) on the on-screen keyboard, a blue "a" momentarily flashes above the "a" on the keyboard. I was trying to prevent this (the blue "a" momentarily flashing above the keyboard).

  Yes, I thought you were talking about it flashing on the screen, not on the keyboard. To fix the keyboard, it appears you are using the Motorola Input keyboard as the default input method. To fix this, go to SETTINGS | LANGUAGE & INPUT and then click on the gear to the right of MOTOROLA INPUT and scroll down to POPUP ON KEYPRESS and uncheck it. This will remove those popup letters. To check the keyboard you are using, go to SETTINGS | LANGUAGE & INPUT and look under DEFAULT to see which it says. If you use the Swype keyboard, it does not do the popups either.

Hope this helps.

[mekongdelta69]

"To fix the keyboard, it appears you are using the Motorola Input keyboard as the default input method. To fix this, go to SETTINGS | LANGUAGE & INPUT and then click on the gear to the right of MOTOROLA INPUT and scroll down to POPUP ON KEYPRESS and uncheck it. This will remove those popup letters."

*That's the answer I was looking for. Thank you.

"To check the keyboard you are using, go to SETTINGS | LANGUAGE & INPUT and look under DEFAULT to see which it says."

The Default says "English (US) - Motorola Input"
However, under that, the "Google voice typing" (with "Automatic" underneath it) is (blue) checked, while the "Motorola Input" and "Swype" are also checked, but they are grayed out. Even if I uncheck "Google voice typing", I can't check the other two.

Since I looked up what the blue and white colors mean for the 1X (i.e. 2G), 3G or 4G/LTE and the bars mean, now, the only thing left which annoys me is whenever I lose connectivity, I get this annoying verbal message which says, "Verizon Wireless".
So I went to Settings -> Sound -> Network lost tone and unchecked it.
I still get that message.

If I go to Settings -> Sound -> and uncheck the Roaming tone box, will that get rid of it?

[NuDroidUsrr]

mekongdelta69 wrote:

"To fix the keyboard, it appears you are using the Motorola Input keyboard as the default input method. To fix this, go to SETTINGS | LANGUAGE & INPUT and then click on the gear to the right of MOTOROLA INPUT and scroll down to POPUP ON KEYPRESS and uncheck it. This will remove those popup letters."

*That's the answer I was looking for. Thank you.

"To check the keyboard you are using, go to SETTINGS | LANGUAGE & INPUT and look under DEFAULT to see which it says."

The Default says "English (US) - Motorola Input"
However, under that, the "Google voice typing" (with "Automatic" underneath it) is (blue) checked, while the "Motorola Input" and "Swype" are also checked, but they are grayed out. Even if I uncheck "Google voice typing", I can't check the other two.

Since I looked up what the blue and white colors mean for the 1X (i.e. 2G), 3G or 4G/LTE and the bars mean, now, the only thing left which annoys me is whenever I lose connectivity, I get this annoying verbal message which says, "Verizon Wireless".
So I went to Settings -> Sound -> Network lost tone and unchecked it.
I still get that message.

If I go to Settings -> Sound -> and uncheck the Roaming tone box, will that get rid of it?

  It would make sense that when you come back onto the Verizon Wireless network, that the "Roaming Tone" box when checked would tell you that you are back on the Verizon network. If you reboot your phone, does it say "Verizon Wireless" when it comes back up? If so, that is now happening to me, so you should probably uncheck that option if you want to get rid of it.

  It is kinda annoying, isn't it?

[mekongdelta69]

I did - and it worked.

Thanks again - appreciate it.

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[mekongdelta69]

Thanks Droid Usrr for your help. Almost every single 'help' site on the Net has their resident 'expert'. (I even did that for a while on a Tech site a long time ago, in my spare time.)

I didn't see "Solved," but I clicked "Correct Answer", which I 'assume' is the equivalent.

P.S. Btw, is there anybody I could ask about Question 2 in my original post?

[NuDroidUsrr]

2.) I have Verizon and before ICS, when I'd send a text to a non-Vzn. user, I'd always get a 'broken' arrow and the delivery was always "Pending" (even though most of the time they actually received the message). When I'd send a text to a Vzn. user, a 'solid' arrow would appear and the Report would show "Received".
Now, no matter if they're a non-Vzn. or a Vzn. user, it never shows "Received". It always shows "Pending".
Is that a bug in the ICS or Vzn. or a combination of both (and does anybody else have that problem, and if so, is there a way to fix it)?

  What app are you using? I use the built in text messaging app, and I only see the "arrow" for just a few seconds while the message sends, and then I see the date and time it was sent.

  Are you sure the people you are texting are receiving your texts?

[mekongdelta69]

I use the built in text messaging app too. (The green icon on the bottom, with the dopey smiley face.)

Just like you (for Vzn. and non-Vzn. recipients), after I send a text, I see the broken arrow for a couple of seconds and then it slides to the left and it also shows: Sent: (date and time) to the right of the broken arrow.

What used to happen is (for Vzn. recipients ONLY), after several more seconds, instead of that broken arrow (with the date and time sent to the right of that), the broken arrow used to turn into a green circle with a white check mark (with the date and time sent to the right of that).
For non-Vzn. recipients, the broken arrow remained as above.

Before ICS, for Vzn. recipients, when you held your finger down on the text and chose "View Report", it would say, "Received". If you held your finger down on the text and chose, "View message details", it would say (among other things), "Cause code: OK or Msg dlvd, 32768".

Before ICS, for non-Vzn. recipients, when you held your finger down on the text and chose "View Report", it would say, "Pending". If you held your finger down on the text and chose, "View message details", it would say the same as for Vzn. recipients.

After ICS, it doesn't matter whether I send a text to Vzn. or non-Vzn. recipients, they ALL show the same properties as when sending a text to non-Vzn. recipients (i.e. I never get the check mark and it never says "Received". The broken arrow remains and it always says, "Pending".)

[NuDroidUsrr]

mekongdelta69 wrote:

I use the built in text messaging app too. (The green icon on the bottom, with the dopey smiley face.)

Just like you (for Vzn. and non-Vzn. recipients), after I send a text, I see the broken arrow for a couple of seconds and then it slides to the left and it also shows: Sent: (date and time) to the right of the broken arrow.

What used to happen is (for Vzn. recipients ONLY), after several more seconds, instead of that broken arrow (with the date and time sent to the right of that), the broken arrow used to turn into a green circle with a white check mark (with the date and time sent to the right of that).
For non-Vzn. recipients, the broken arrow remained as above.

Before ICS, for Vzn. recipients, when you held your finger down on the text and chose "View Report", it would say, "Received". If you held your finger down on the text and chose, "View message details", it would say (among other things), "Cause code: OK or Msg dlvd, 32768".

Before ICS, for non-Vzn. recipients, when you held your finger down on the text and chose "View Report", it would say, "Pending". If you held your finger down on the text and chose, "View message details", it would say the same as for Vzn. recipients.

After ICS, it doesn't matter whether I send a text to Vzn. or non-Vzn. recipients, they ALL show the same properties as when sending a text to non-Vzn. recipients (i.e. I never get the check mark and it never says "Received". The broken arrow remains and it always says, "Pending".)

  That is the bad part about troubleshooting, if you update your OS, you can't test the previous version with anything... I would have liked to compare Pre and Post ICS, but I couldn't..

  Thanks for all that info.. Very handy.

[NuDroidUsrr]

mekongdelta69 wrote:

Thanks Droid Usrr for your help. Almost every single 'help' site on the Net has their resident 'expert'. (I even did that for a while on a Tech site a long time ago, in my spare time.)

I didn't see "Solved," but I clicked "Correct Answer", which I 'assume' is the equivalent.

P.S. Btw, is there anybody I could ask about Question 2 in my original post?

Yea, the old system used a "Solved" button, the new site uses "Helpful and Correct" comments. Points are awarded to people that receive helpful and correct answers.