The puzzle was quite easy. It sounds as if I'm making feeble excuses but I'm having problems doing the puzzles on my tablet . When I try to put in a 4 or 7 for example it goes to "check" or "reset" and I don't know how to stop this happening.
Posted 21st Jan 2015 at 00:40
gareth Administrator Daily subscriber Rated puzzle: ModerateHas started but not yet finished this puzzle
Hi Penelope, I'm sorry you're having trouble. I can see you're on a Nexus 7 Android tablet, and I think (although I am not completely certain) that you are using Google Chrome. Nothing in the PuzzleMix code has changed for a while, so is this a recent problem or has it been happening for a while?
I have just tested with Google Chrome on a Nexus 7 tablet here and I can't spot any problems, other than the existing (annoying!) issue with some of the grid lines vanishing (which is quite simply a rendering bug in Chrome on Android on standard-resolution screens - the best I can do for that issue is try and detect the browser and swap in thicker lines, but when I tried this it caused more problems than it fixed).
Anyway, is this button selection issue still happening? It sounds like the browser somehow got the 'focus' jammed on the wrong elements. Did it happen again when you tried another puzzle? Did you try quitting and reloading the browser in case it had got 'upset' in some way?
Thanks for your reply Gareth. This is a new problem, since a recent update, and happens with other sites as well. I ' ve just ordered a Nexus 9 so I hope that solves the problem!
I tried changing the browser but it didn't help. The problem seems to be that the screen is too sensitive and reacts if you just hover over a button without touching it. It also keeps freezing and this happens on Facebook, yahoo etc as well. Anyway I'm hoping my new tablet will be much better behaved!
Posted 22nd Jan 2015 at 14:16
gareth Administrator Daily subscriber Rated puzzle: ModerateHas started but not yet finished this puzzle
Hi Penelope,
I tried upgrading my Nexus 7 to the latest Android (5.0.2, I think), and the latest Chrome too, and the site does work - so I think unfortunately it must be your particular tablet as you say. If you search online it does seem to be a relatively common fault with the Nexus 7 (e.g. here - that's quite an interesting page to read anyway, since it seems to talk about the same problems you've had, especially further down).
I do have one other thought - you're not using an unofficial mains charger and using it while its plugged in? If you use a touch device with a non-regulated power supply you often get all kinds of touch screen problems. If you only use it while its plugged in, you might try changing the charger first instead. But otherwise it sounds like you have a faulty device and it would need to be sent for repair.
Gareth
Posted 2nd Feb 2015 at 21:10
ericjohnson327 Rated puzzle: HardCompletion time: 56:14Used 'valid marks' Used 'auto remove' Used 'show invalid' Used 'show wrong moves'
More than one solution.
Posted 3rd Feb 2015 at 17:16
gareth Administrator Daily subscriber Rated puzzle: ModerateHas started but not yet finished this puzzle
Just one solution, ericjohnson327 - don't forget that no X and no V means two cells do NOT sum to either 10 or 5.
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I'm sorry you're having trouble. I can see you're on a Nexus 7 Android tablet, and I think (although I am not completely certain) that you are using Google Chrome. Nothing in the PuzzleMix code has changed for a while, so is this a recent problem or has it been happening for a while?
I have just tested with Google Chrome on a Nexus 7 tablet here and I can't spot any problems, other than the existing (annoying!) issue with some of the grid lines vanishing (which is quite simply a rendering bug in Chrome on Android on standard-resolution screens - the best I can do for that issue is try and detect the browser and swap in thicker lines, but when I tried this it caused more problems than it fixed).
Anyway, is this button selection issue still happening? It sounds like the browser somehow got the 'focus' jammed on the wrong elements. Did it happen again when you tried another puzzle? Did you try quitting and reloading the browser in case it had got 'upset' in some way?
Gareth, puzzlemix
I tried upgrading my Nexus 7 to the latest Android (5.0.2, I think), and the latest Chrome too, and the site does work - so I think unfortunately it must be your particular tablet as you say. If you search online it does seem to be a relatively common fault with the Nexus 7 (e.g. here - that's quite an interesting page to read anyway, since it seems to talk about the same problems you've had, especially further down).
I do have one other thought - you're not using an unofficial mains charger and using it while its plugged in? If you use a touch device with a non-regulated power supply you often get all kinds of touch screen problems. If you only use it while its plugged in, you might try changing the charger first instead. But otherwise it sounds like you have a faulty device and it would need to be sent for repair.
Gareth
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