[MooseNYC]

There were a few posts in the "Pocket Day" thread here about the indication for "ABC" or "123" on the 7100 series BB's.
I wanted to bring this into a new thread as it isnt really tied to just PocketDay but seems to be a stand alone issue.

I have the same problem and I cant seem to get rid of it when I try. Occationally it will go away but there isnt a standard way of getting rid of these indications. As I understand it, these indications are supposed to show if you are in an 'editable' field and indicate weather you are in 'sure-type' mode or dual tap.
I have a 7100g, using a BES. Registering (as was previously mentioned) does not help the issue.

Anyone have any thoughts?

Dave

[aristobrat]

My workaround is to go into an editable field and turn it off.

It's always "ABC" on my 7100 (never had "123"), so I'll just pop into messages, click REPLY, press/hold the * key until "ABC" goes away, and then cancel my reply.

I have no idea what causes it to happen. It doesn't happen often for me, but it always seems to turn itself on when I'm nowhere near an 'editable' field. ??

[Stinsonddog]

The ABC means multitap is on which I think goes on in certain fields like password. The * key turns it on and off.

123 is number lock

• To turn on NUM lock, press Shift + Alt
• To turn off NUM lock, press Alt

Not sure if this helps in your situation.

[tankee531]

activate suretype which is much easier & faster to use that multitype

[aristobrat]

Yeah, I never use multitype, which is why I'm confused as to why I see "ABC" on the screen sometimes. *I* never turned it on.

The fact that it turns on automagically when you're in a password field is the best explanation I've heard of so far. I do "do" passwords. :D

[TheMatrix]

Happens here too after upgrading to 4.0.x.