Anyone else keep accidentally searching for stuff?

[rsdroid]

+ 1. I never use it either and have accidentally hit it many times, and I have small hands!

 

[zadam123]

same here, always hitting it wth my palm when holding it

 

[thrashtrash]

bump

bump

i really hope someone takes this up

 

[fallsgable]

just curious about what you all use for search instead, and how you get there...I personally like the search button, especially the long press of it to search for anything by voice....
I just long press and speak what I want....if I say "call (name)"...it calls them immediately.
If I just want an answer to a question, I just say it, and the Droid will searh for the answer on the web, and return an instant result....
I cannot imagine an easier way to do it than:
step 1 press button
step 2 talk

There cannot be an easier way to search for ANYTHING.... can there?

 

[Backnblack]

just curious about what you all use for search instead, and how you get there...I personally like the search button, especially the long press of it to search for anything by voice....
I just long press and speak what I want....if I say "call (name)"...it calls them immediately.
If I just want an answer to a question, I just say it, and the Droid will searh for the answer on the web, and return an instant result....
I cannot imagine an easier way to do it than:
step 1 press button
step 2 talk

There cannot be an easier way to search for ANYTHING.... can there?

It's not that they don't use it...the keep activating it by mistake....

 

[Sam]

just curious about what you all use for search instead, and how you get there...I personally like the search button, especially the long press of it to search for anything by voice....
I just long press and speak what I want....if I say "call (name)"...it calls them immediately.
If I just want an answer to a question, I just say it, and the Droid will searh for the answer on the web, and return an instant result....
I cannot imagine an easier way to do it than:
step 1 press button
step 2 talk

There cannot be an easier way to search for ANYTHING.... can there?

It's not that they don't use it...the keep activating it by mistake....

right. there is a search thing on the bottom of every page of Home++ that i use, and an app for everyone else. its just the placement.. i hit it all the time... *annoyed*

 

[lockman]

I'm guessing you're hitting it holding phone in portrait? I have large hands as well, but rarely hold phone that way unless I'm on a call.

 

[thrashtrash]

umm

just curious about what you all use for search instead, and how you get there...I personally like the search button, especially the long press of it to search for anything by voice....
I just long press and speak what I want....if I say "call (name)"...it calls them immediately.
If I just want an answer to a question, I just say it, and the Droid will searh for the answer on the web, and return an instant result....
I cannot imagine an easier way to do it than:
step 1 press button
step 2 talk

There cannot be an easier way to search for ANYTHING.... can there?

if you check the options off in settings you can search the web, contacts, music ect by just starting to type what youre looking for. that button is useless, and you can just use the icon for voice search

 

[thrashtrash]

and

i almost always use the phone in portrait because not all of the bugs have been worked out of the 2.1 roms yet so portrait mode isnt completely functional

 

[arm33n]

bump, that search button is really annoying damn..

 

[thrashtrash]

The 'search' key is a waste IMO. No need for a soft/hard key for search. I understand it's a Google phone (Google is synonymous with 'searching' now) but a 'Phone' button would have been much better suited than the magnifying glass.

ok i see 3 threads now on this issue and i think we need to find some way to fix this! and i agree! i would love to remap that button to and answer key!!!! but only have it answer calls, i dont want to be opening the dialer all the time instead of the search function. i understand a lot of you just started holding the phone differently but man, this phone is supposed to be able to do everything short of curing AIDS and i dont want to have to teach my self to hold the phone differently! i find it comfortable just the way i do it! can someone with some knowledge of the programming of the phone please help us out???

 

[TheOldFart]

I was hitting it all the time until I got the Verizon combo case/holster. Any case with a raised lip the entire way around will prevent you from accidentally hitting the search button. That would include cases like the Verizon combo case/holster, the Verizon silicone case, the Body Glove case and the Seidio case.

 

[SSHGuru]

I hit the overly sensitive search key also.

Better than the Nexus where you cant hit them on purpose.

 

[mth04]

Threads merged...thanks for the heads up Black!

 

[thrashtrash]

bump

anyone who has this problem smart enough to take a crack at fixing it?