Editing a post on mobile?

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Funny thing happens when I try to edit posts (for typos brought on by autocorrect mostly); they get deleted. I've noticed the little ticky circle is always selected, with no way I've found to unselect. I'm on android (whatever the latest is) on a galaxy s5 and/or a galaxy tab 2.

It's a minor nuisance, but still a nuisance.
 

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Funny thing happens when I try to edit posts (for typos brought on by autocorrect mostly); they get deleted. I've noticed the little ticky circle is always selected, with no way I've found to unselect. I'm on android (whatever the latest is) on a galaxy s5 and/or a galaxy tab 2.

It's a minor nuisance, but still a nuisance.

Are you using the Mobile Style? (scroll all the way down to the bottom left)
 

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Go to the post in question.
Tap the pencil icon.
Scroll down past the Delete button until you see the edit box, with your text in it. It will say Message just above the box.
Edit the post.
Tap Save Changes or Preview. If you Preview, you'll need to scroll down until you see the Save Changes button, and tap it to post.
 

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See, that's what I try to do. But every time I tap the text box to edit the post, it'll jump to a page that says the post doesn't/is invalid. Then the thread will show my post as deleted.
 

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See, that's what I try to do. But every time I tap the text box to edit the post, it'll jump to a page that says the post doesn't/is invalid. Then the thread will show my post as deleted.

Can you tell me what kind of phone and which browser you're using ? I'll try to suss it out for you.
 

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Phone is a Samsung Galaxy 5. Tablet is a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0. Both are running Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, and I use Chrome on both. It also happens in the os's native browser (which I think is just a stripped down Chrome).
 

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Phone is a Samsung Galaxy 5. Tablet is a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0. Both are running Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, and I use Chrome on both. It also happens in the os's native browser (which I think is just a stripped down Chrome).

I'll see what I can do.
 

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The Mac/iOS version doesn't have this problem (in case it helps, it's not messed up on all mobile versions).

KateSmash I'm sure she will figure it out for you soon.
 

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The Mac/iOS version doesn't have this problem (in case it helps, it's not messed up on all mobile versions).

KateSmash I'm sure she will figure it out for you soon.

Charging an Android phone Right Now in fact.
 
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