Xperia T keyboard problem, randomm extraa letters

[mlcain]

II  havee aa sonyny xperiaa tt andd I'm usingg itt too typee thiss messagee. AsAs youu cann seesee, thee keyboard iss typingg extraa charactersers byy itselff. II amm typingg thee correctt letterss, andd extratea letters orr evenn wholee wordseds are're appearingmy.

Anyonee elsee gotgot thiss problemm? Itss driving mee madad, asas itt takes soo longg too writee anythingg.

[Uliwooly]

reset the keyboard settings

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[mlcain]

II changedd thee settingss butbut itt still'll happenss. Iss there're aa particularr combinationnn off tettingss too usewe? Orr aa particular onee that's causingg thee bugg too happenn?

Is therwe aa specificc wayy too 'reset'' thee settingss? II justst went inn and checked/uncheckeded differentt options.

Anotherf bugbug  iss that sometimess whenn iI trytry and insertwet aa characterwe inn thee middlee  ooff  a athee character appears att thee endd off thee wordd.

[Uliwooly]

are you using a different messaging app? you might want to repair your phone with SUS

Update Service (SUS)

http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/tools/update-service/

http://www-support-downloads.sonymobile.com/Software%20Downloads/Update_Service_Setup-2.11.12.5.exe

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[Wustpisk]

Mine did exactly this as well. But I sort of fixed it with an app called 'ultra keyboard'. Still not perfect, but a million times better. The downside is that I think you have to pay for it.

Why on earth they build in such a glitch is anyone's guess. My old Nokia never had this problem.

[mlcain]

I hadn't realised this before, but I *think* it's only in Chrome that the problem occurs (so I can just use the browser app instead). I only got the phone a week ago and I updated everything when I got it, so I should be up to date. I will investigate further when I get home from work.

[Wustpisk]

I think you might be right. I found out yesterday that android is owned by Google, so it seems very strange that there should be such a basic issue.

Next thing to try and work out is the copy and paste function (if there is one).

[Uliwooly]

indeed Android is by google, BUT Sony added their UIX, keyboard, apps, etc, so it's not quite just Android as google released it, otherwise it'll be like the awesome Nexus 4

[neilsgrainger]

I have the exact same problem and it is just in Chrome. It seems to ignore whatever your autocorrect settings are, too. The Google website in the stock browser doesn't allow the autocorrect to work at all and disables the ability to swipe, which is odd.

I'm also disappointed you can't disable new words from automatically being added to the My Words list. Every spelling mistake gets added to the list and I have to manually remove them. You could disable this feature in the old phones.

[mlcain · Accepted solution]

I went to play store and clicked to uninstall  chrome. It didn't seem to actually uninstall but it did clear my data, and the keyboard problem seems to have disappeared!

Thanks for your help everyone, it's so great to be able to type properly!