Samsung Galaxy S III issue while correcting text message

MagsMcKinley
Newbie

This seems to be happening since the latest update.  I will be typing in a text message and if I go back to a word that was typed incorrectly and use the suggestion it will erase almost everything that I have typed.  I don't notice anything highlighted where it would insert the correction over everything that was just typed.  Suggestions?  It is so frustrating to be typing a longer text and then have everything erased just by correcting one word.

Thanks,

Mags

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Ann154
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Did you try looking on this community for similar discussions about your question? I think there are a few existing discussions.

I'm most definitely NOT a VZW employee. If a post answered your question, please mark it as the answer.

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MagsMcKinley
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When I first did my search nothing came up.

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wanttofish
Contributor - Level 1

Same thing has been happening to me and many others. Verizon & Samsung know about this problem and said it will be fixed in the next update. But the fix is easy. You will have to download another keyboard from the market. I didnt want to do that either but it fixed this problem for me. I downloaded "Swipe" keyboard.And i like this one better. Good luck.

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MagsMcKinley
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Thanks...I appreciate the input...I'll take a look at "Swipe".

Mags

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MagsMcKinley
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Grabbed the new Swipe by Nuance....love it!  Problem solved!!  Worth all of the .99 cents I paid for it...no more frustrating corrections...this did the trick!!  Thank you!!

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grafixgurl247
Enthusiast - Level 1

I feel your pain. Ever since the Jelly Bean update my Samsung keyboard permanently has haptic feedback and keytones on, which I hate. I had it turned off and then Verizon pushed the update and now I can't get the haptic to stop, and the only way to have keytones stop is to be on silent or vibrate. When I go to turn them off in Settings, it already shows that it is not selected. I have also started having issues with autocorrect and smart words. If I am typing and I misspell a word, then click one of the smart words or the correct spelling of the word, it jumps to almost the beginning of my text, post, message and I have to start back over again. Extremely frustrating. I have turned this feature on and off and it has not fixed. I the normal Messaging system for texting, Outlook and Gmail for Email and Facebook and Twitter and it doesn't matter which app I am it it does this in every one. I was so excited to finally have a fast awesome phone with no issues. Until Jellybean.

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MagsMcKinley
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Have you tried Swipe by Nuance...works like a charm!!

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