REPRODUCIBILITY: unsure
OS VERSION: 4.5.0.16/4.5.018 (licensed version)
HARDWARE: Xperia Xa2
UI LANGUAGE: English US
REGRESSION: predictive text input fails
DESCRIPTION:
When typing on the keyboard no “word suggestion” is provided. The clipboard icon appears, the rest of the line is empty.
PRECONDITIONS:
During upgrade I was recommended to remove a few packages related to predictive text input (not sure of their exact names). I uninstalled them using pkcon remove. The upgrade went well but after reboot I had lost predictive text input.
After refreshing the package list (pkcon refresh) I tried to install it Jolla store but it simply says “waiting” to end up with an error.
Predictive text input worked well before upgrade.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE:
system upgrade to 4.5.0.16 (upgrade to 18 did not fix or change anything)
EXPECTED RESULT:
Working predictive text input, ie word suggestion as you type or Chinese characters displayed as Pinyin is input.
ACTUAL RESULT:
empty row at the top of the keyboard (only the clipboard icon shows up)
MODIFICATIONS:
No change applied, simply followed to recommendation to uninstall xt9 related packages.
No improvement since the latest update, rather it’s been getting worse. Reboot, enter 2-3 characters, it breaks, repeat. Effectively turns a phone from a method of communication into a toy. Please take a look at this issue!
Not sure that de-installing also removes the user files. E.g files that are modified during use, like personal dictionaries and so.
One of these / this file is perhaps corrupted?
There is /home/defaultuser/.local/share/xt9/xt9.dlm .
This file was modified after I added some unknown name into the XT9 dictionary (by writing 3 times the same word). I presume it stores personal entries.
If this file isn’t deleted after uninstallation of XT9, try to delete it by manually. (You will lose all your recorded entries!).
I encounter this bug on a daily basis, mostly with the Dutch keyboard (I haven’t paid too much attention when using the German or English ones). What I’m seeing is this:
I open a text prompt and start typing. Sometimes, the predictive text works, but more often it does not. Typically, I realise this first when words that I use very often do not show up at all, and the list of proposed words then quickly gets shorter with each letter I type.
I then switch between keyboards (e.g. from Dutch to German and back). After that change, predictive text typically works normally (so you do not need to reboot)
When I then switch to a new text prompt (for example, two different fields in a calendar entry, a new note, etc.), predictive text is broken again, and I need to switch keyboards again to make it work.
I’ve seen this behaviour in version 4.4.x.x already on both an Xperia X and an Xperia XA2. Both are now on 4.5.0.24 without any improvement of the situation.