Sunday, June 28, 2009

In Search of the = sign

Last night, a reader noted that the = sign on the Nokia E63 keypad does not seem to work. The symbol is on the top of the o so normally you can press the function key and it would work but sure enough, when I tried it, I couldn't make the = happen.

So far, none of the discussion boards have yielded an answer except that you can use the symbols grid to access = sign (which isn't really an answer to this burning question of why the = cannot be accessed on the keypad).

Have we discovered an glitch in the E63 matrix?

EDIT: Just thought I would test the other keys and summarise what I've found
  • Function key + O does not give = and nothing shows up | Shift + O doesn't work either
  • Function key + @ does not give ( but instead / shows up | Shift + @ works
  • Function key + / does not give ) but instead / shows up. | Shift + /works
  • Function key + ' does give the & sign
  • Function key + ? does give the ! sign
  • Function key + U does give the * sign
  • Function key + J does give the # sign
  • Function key + I does give the + sign
  • Function key + K does give the - sign
  • Function key + , does give the ; sign
  • Function key + . does give the : sign
As mentioned before my Nokia E63 firmware is:

100.21.110
14-11-2008
RM-450
Nokia E63-3

Please list your firmware when leaving a comment as well. Type *#0000# to get firmware

12 comments:

  1. Not really.
    I can hold down the o-key for a second or two and there it comes! No problems for me.

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  2. I get oooooooooooooo when i hold down the o-key :P Tried turning off predictive word text and still have the same result.

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  3. no problem with firmware version
    100.21.110

    RM-449 Nokia
    E63-2 (211.04)

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  4. I get oooooo as well when I hold down the "o" key.

    Firmware:
    100.21.110
    14-11-2008
    RM-450

    Awesome blog by the way. Keep it up!

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  5. I get = after holding for 1 or 2 secs.

    100.21.110
    14-11-2008
    RM-450
    E63-3

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  6. 100.21.110
    14-11-2008
    RM-437
    Nokia E63-1(27)

    No problem with Function + o. Works if I press and hold o as well.

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  7. no problem with that
    110.21.006
    02-03-2009
    RM-437
    Nokia E63-1 (42)

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  8. Delighted to find your blog, as a fellow owner of a E63 on 3 in Australia.

    I'm aware of this problem from the Whirlpool forum. I do not have the problem on my phone, which I've not quite had for a month. Maybe I have a more recent firmware version.

    My phone came with a Facebook icon, if that gives a clue.

    Either this is a bad batch of phones, or more likely a glitch some software somewhere.

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  9. Matthew, thanks for your feedback and hope you find this blog useful. If you press *#0000* you can see the firmware details, can you please post what firmware details show up?

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  10. 500.21.009
    02-06-2010
    RM-437
    (c) Nokia E63-1 (09)

    I have Czech keypad and all symbols on all buttons works ok.

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  11. i can't find underscore in keyboard

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  12. you need to press the SYMBOL key to get the underscore

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