Android Emulator Stuck Equals (=) Phantom Keypress

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Android Emulator Stuck Equals (=) Phantom Keypress

For some reason, and only on my Dell Vostro 1000 laptop, the Android emulator keeps thinking I have the = key pressed and continually emits a string of "=====" equal signs. This happens no matter what I'm doing in the emulator. It responds to my manual keypresses as well, interspersing them. It happens no matter which version of the Android system I run (2.1, 2.2, etc.)

Strangely, it happens even running the Android emulator via a remote desktop session where the remote desktop client is the laptop and the server is another PC running the emulator. If I run the emulator on the other PC locally (not remote desktop,) the emulator functions fine!

This problem didn't occur when I first installed the SDK and as far as I know no other software has been installed since then. I tried clicking the "clear user data" from the emulator launcher and still no effect. I have also tried deleting the SDK directory and reinstalling it, but the effect is still there.

Has anyone seen this?

Thanks, Jeff

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Same issue here, running 2.2 Android on a Dell Inspiron. Had the emulator before and it worked fine, this time it can't do anything as it constantly jumps to Search "====================...". Any ideas?

Stefan 2010-09-01 14:16:32

There is a workaround, but it's only partial. If you install a new emulator that has no keyboard, this will prevent the problem. Of course if you actually need to test the application by entering text, you're out of luck. I'm glad someone else was able to reproduce this, so I think it confirms that it's likely an emulator defect. I'll submit a bug report.

glenviewjeff 2010-09-02 16:01:06

I just submitted a bug report: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=10963

glenviewjeff 2010-09-02 16:11:29

Update: I found another application that exhibits this behavior. ScummVM when opening a dialog to save the game also receives these phantom keypresses.

glenviewjeff 2010-10-23 05:19:33

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I JUST started seeing this behavior yesterday after having an instance of a 1.6 emulator up and running for months. The only thing that was done yesterday was a session of Netmeeting was setup, with Desktop Sharing turned on. I suspect this is causing adverse emulator issues since somebody else was seeing remote connectivity issues.

I am on a tight deadline and will post more information if I can get this pegged down. Currently, Netmeeting is NOT running but the emulator still has the phantom = going strong :( Sure makes it hard to maneuver around in the OS!

And PS...I have a Dell Inspiron 1501 but like I said earlier, the emulator had been working fine for months.

Matt Cooksey 2010-09-09 15:58:12

Update: I found another application that exhibits this behavior. ScummVM when opening a dialog to save the game also receives these phantom keypresses.

glenviewjeff 2010-10-23 05:20:02

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