Does your HTC Chacha have the Fn + @ bug?

The HTC Chacha is out and exclusive with Smart for the next month or so and we just found out one little bug with the keyboard — go see if you Fn + @ works normally.

It could be a software bug or something so we tried it with a couple of HTC Chacha we could get our hands on.

The “y” key has the “@” as alternate function, so when you press Fn + Y to key in the “@” sign, the “Â£” comes up instead. Could have been minor stuff but the “@” sign is frequently used considering this is the un-official FB phone.

Update: We found that Fn + P turns out to be the “@” key but that leaves out the tilde (~) again.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

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19 Comments

emman says:

13 years ago

I agree with abe regarding this one. Good thing I opted for Gallaxy Pro instead of this one.
Calling HTC customer service!!!
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gonkyouka says:

13 years ago

How many units have you tried?
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Dr,Medtech says:

13 years ago

OT lang po sir abe.. ok lang ba mga android apps sa chacha.. i’ve heard that “some” apps don’t have a horizontal lock so instead tagilid siya sa fone.. is this true? kaC naman if ganito, weird naman tingnan.. salamat!
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Abe Olandres says:

13 years ago

@gonkyouka – around 5
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lawrence says:

13 years ago

this key-mapping problem is a minor bug which HTC could easily resolve with a software patch. Chacha users should inform HTC customer service so the proper patch comes out soon. If you can’t wait, you could search for a key-mapping third-party application on the market which hopefully solves the problem.
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Name: Roy says:

13 years ago

It has something to do with the language and keyboard settings, maybe it was set to use EU as default keyboard.
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Aedos says:

13 years ago

So is it a good phone? Coz im waiting for mine from smart.
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Jhay says:

13 years ago

Will try it out once I get to review the ChaCha later this week. :D
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aedos says:

13 years ago

Got my htc chacha yesterday from smart. Cool phone. No problem with the @ key btw.
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Jonaflormicfren says:

13 years ago

Still don’t know about this, but i would like to find it out.
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Lia Espina Lopez says:

13 years ago

Got my HTC Chacha last week, no problem with the @, too :) Maybe only the prototypes had that problem.
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Joseph says:

13 years ago

My HTC Chacha works fine too. no problems here.
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praveen says:

13 years ago

My chacha has an issue..
sometimes if I press key ‘S’ to (search a contact with letter s’) sudeently it shows my sms inbox. and pressing “G” redirects to Gmail Inbox… this issue get solves if I restart my phone.Any solution for this
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Fruu says:

13 years ago

Yeah same with my phone, but that bit goes on and off for me! I comprimise for s with a z but with g and b (b directs me to internet) I can’t so I don’t know what to do :/
Rashid Younus says:

12 years ago

I`ve been having the same problem for a while now, but i found a genius way to fix it! Go to settings>applications, then enter the option called `Quick Launch`, where shortcuts are shown. There, you just touch the screen on the shortcut you want to remove, hold it for a few seconds, and that`s how you clear that shortcut. :)

ls says:

13 years ago

I called up customer service and they told me to do this:

Would you please check with below settings to clear the shortcuts: homepage > menu > settings > applications > quick launch >

you may try to press and hold the “g”short cut to clear

press and hold the “s”short cut to clear messages shortcut

and then it works. hope it helps.
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daniel says:

13 years ago

my htc chacha has @ as at P and “pound” symbol at y so it’s not a bug….
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daniel says:

13 years ago

my htc chacha has @ marked at P and “pound” symbol at y so it’s not a bug….
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pepper says:

13 years ago

Thank You very much to (Is) I was having the problem from one hour ago. I decided to check out goole for the trouble shooting. Thank God it worked by following your steps….
Would you please check with below settings to clear the shortcuts: homepage > menu > settings > applications > quick launch >

you may try to press and hold the â€œgâ€short cut to clear

press and hold the â€œsâ€short cut to clear messages shortcut

and then it works. hope it helps
YES IT INDEED HELPED,,, THANKS EVER SO MUCH….
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