Search engine bug

Hello,
Since I've updated my phone on the latest version of android software 4.4.4 I've noticed a bug in the search engine.
If I want to find a specific contact or a specific song in the Walkman app, the phone doesn't recognize the typed letter.
If I, for instance, type the letter "b", the letter "b" will apear as it should in the search bar, but instead to find a contact or a song starting with that letter words will apear with the "a" letter. All of the oter letters, except the letter "f", are wrongly recognized.
I've tryed to restart the phone for a longer period, and to change the keybord input to another language, but nothing helped me to get rid of that problem.
Is there any way to fix this?
Btw. I've only uploaded my phone twice with the Sony PC Companion, I've never rooted the phone, nor did I play with the system in any way.
Thanks in advance for your ansvers.

Try performing a system repair as this will often fix issues after an upgrade - This will factory reset your phone
Switch off your phone and unplug from Pc (Hold volume up and power for around 10 seconds)
Start PC Companion and select Support zone then Update my phone/tablet then in Blue Repair my phone/tablet and follow the onscreen instructions - When prompted connect your phone still switched off holding volume down or back button - This should start the repair or reformat process
If you are using Windows 8/8.1 or a 64bit operating system then adjust the settings for PC Companion and run in compatibility mode and chose Windows 7 or XP
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import java.awt.*;
import java.applet.*;
import java.net.*;
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// v1.5 Home Page Search applet
// 15th February 1998
* This applet provides search facilities for Web sites with no CGI access
* Copyright (c) 1997 Richard Everitt G4ZFE
* [email protected]
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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/* Modification history
* xxxx 12th February - alpha version
* v0.9 19th February - first beta version
* v0.91 26th February - tidy up
* - added maxSearch functionality
* - added debugMode parameter
* v0.92 03rd March - added server and indexname parameters to
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* v0.93 09th March - fixed bug with lowercase filenames
* added case insensitive/sensitive/match whole
* word functionality
* v0.94 12th March - fixed bug which resulted in "cannot connect"
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* v0.95 15th March - Removed some uses of debugMode. Server parameter
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* - Added support for working behind proxy servers/
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* v0.96 17th March - Corrected code to parse HREFs. It was not
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* - Match whole word not working properly
* - HREF="http://server/" was not being followed
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* v0.97 20th March - fixed bug where incorrect page name was being
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* stack unwound then this variable was lost. Stack
* used to stored page name instead.
* v0.98 23rd March - if match found on index page (using HTTP) then URL to
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* v0.99 25th March - allow to be resized < 600 pixels
* allow handling of links such as
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* Added option menu for number of pages to search
* Allow handling of framed links such as
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statusArea.setText("");
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caseInsensitive.setState(true);
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URLSelected.startsWith ("file:"))
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newURL = new URL("http://www." + hostName + ".demon.co.uk/" + URLSelected);
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newURL = new URL (server + URLSelected);
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for (int i=1; i < pageNames.size() ;i++)
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Hi all,
We have been using robohelp x5 for a while now and have up
until now published the project as HTML with skin onto our website.
In previous years I've then pointed my sitemap to each page in turn
(to improved google rating), and then added java script to
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I noticed that there are a number of other variants to
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I know I could do exactly the same thing as I've been doing
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Hi Lyza
Hopefully John won't mind my offering some tidbits here that may help illustrate the issue.
Perhaps a small experiment will help here.
Open Google and search for the phrase: Build tags on the brew and note the top link you see. It should read February 2004.
Click that link and note what you see.
Now click the following link: Click here to view
Look familiar?
What you should be seeing is a page inside a WebHelp system. Nothing special whatsoever was done to make this happen. In other words, the Search Engines were able to index this page simply because it is available to the web. No SiteMap was created. Nothing special was done.
Some folks are working under the assumption that because WebHelp and FlashHelp are presented using extensive Framesets, that content cannot be found. This may have been true years ago, but advances in the indexing methods overcame that issue long ago.
Now Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a whole different animal and there are entire companies and many consultants that profess to assist with SEO and increasing your rankings.
Cheers... Rick
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I currently have copied the goolge script for website varification and analytics, etc and pasted it into my meta tag properties dialog box. There is no problem as far as Google varifying the page. However, I would like to copy Bing's search engine script into my meta tag in addition to Googles script. How do I go about doing this? Do I hit the return on my keyboard under the ending of Googles script, then paste in the Bing script?
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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
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I am running Firefox 19.0.2 installed yesterday on a new desktop PC at the office. (Old PC failed to boot on Monday.) I have completed most of my customization without difficulty. However, when I try to install new search engines, it doesn't seem to matter which one, I get a pop-up error message:
"Sorry, you need a Mozilla-based browser (such as Firefox) to install a search plug-in."
I had no problems installing new search engines under Firefox 16 3rd quarter of last year when I started this job. Why am I unable to install search engines in FF 19?

Hello lafritz65, '''Try Firefox Safe Mode''' to see if the problem goes away. Safe Mode is a troubleshooting mode, which disables most add-ons.
''(If you're not using it, switch to the Default theme.)''
* You can open Firefox 4.0+ in Safe Mode by holding the '''Shift''' key when you open the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
* Or open the Help menu and click on the '''Restart with Add-ons Disabled...''' menu item while Firefox is running.
''Once you get the pop-up, just select "'Start in Safe Mode"''
'''''If the issue is not present in Firefox Safe Mode''''', your problem is probably caused by an extension, and you need to figure out which one. Please follow the [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]] article for that.
''To exit the Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before opening Firefox for normal use again.''
''When you figure out what's causing your issues, please let us know. It might help other users who have the same problem.''
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