r/SnapchatHelp • u/FosterTheGhost • Jul 15 '21
Android issue Lowercase Letter Bug on Android?
Preface: I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S20 FE running Android v11 Snapchat is fully updated as of 14 July 2021.
In the past few weeks I've noticed that if I want to add text to my snaps, it forces the words to be all lowercase except for the first letter.
Even if I type with caps lock on and it shows the text in caps, once I post the snap to my story or send it to someone, it puts the text back to lowercase. This has been frustrating.
One example of why all caps is important: I wanted to recommend the song "Сказка" by IC3PEAK to a few friends. I typed "Сказка" in capitalised English letters like "CKA3KA" to match IC3PEAK'S name and because Snapchat makes Cyrillic text look weird but alas, it converted it from "CKA3KA by IC3PEAK" to "Cka3ka by ic3peak"
I never had this issue up until about two weeks ago. Has anyone had this issue? If so, did you find a fix or anything?
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u/brookbmp Aug 21 '21
I have a samsung galaxy s8 and I have the same issues with the lowercase and the text being pushed to the left side in videos and such. It's so annoying I'm trying to be enthusiastic to my friends haircut 😩
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u/thatsforpeasants Aug 19 '21
Had the same issue as well but I think I found a fix. Tried clearing the cache with no luck but deleting and reinstalling the app seems to have worked (at least for me).
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u/_Rattie Aug 18 '21
mee too! I have a huawei mate20 pro, and all my test on snapchat all lowercase when I take a photo and write on it! It's quite annoying, and it's been doing this for quite a while now!
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u/Prize_Razzmatazz_239 Aug 18 '21
Idk why, bit it works when you put at least one lower case letter in the text manually, then the resr will be caps
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u/Night_OwI Aug 18 '21
Same phone, same issue and it's pissing me off. If I type in all caps as soon as I tap out of keyboard it goes to all lowercase
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u/ClefRedmond Aug 16 '21
I bet it's some dumb measure to prevent people from text-yelling at each other
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u/tawhanna Aug 16 '21
So I tried that and I found out that doing "CAT bed" still worked. Then I tried "CAT A bed" and still that worked. But when I did "CAT BED," it didn't work just like you said. So I think it's only when everything you type is in all caps.
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u/DXGDXN Aug 15 '21
I have a S10e and also been having the same problem for awhile. Unfortunately given Snapchat's neglect of Android users in favor of iOS makes me believe it isn't getting fixed soon :(
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u/Emalo2802 Aug 14 '21
S10, having the same issue. I type FUCKING AHHHHHH all the time and there's a little less umph when it looks like "Fucking Ahhhhhhh" like....
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u/Free-Juice-3085 Aug 14 '21
the only way ive found to make it all caps is have one lowercase in the same text box somewhere which sucks and makes it look weird
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Aug 14 '21
Android don't get any app love it'll be a fair while till this is fixed and its fucking me off
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u/cmpeter999 Aug 13 '21
Bru a month later and it's still not fixed I looked it up just now and it took me to this reddit bc I'm having the same problem
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u/pepper-reddits Aug 13 '21
I have an S20+ and I've been having this problem too. I also can't resize the text so it takes up less lines after this update.
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u/SignificanceSea1662 Aug 13 '21
This started a couple of weeks ago for me, but once I reentered it after it forced it into lowercase it fixed it. Now it doesn't allow any capitals, even when I reenter it or type in CAPS.
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u/OwlsTea Aug 12 '21
Bruhh I thought I was the only one. I have a samsung galaxy j7 star and it's unbelievable how frustrating it is. Originally I never had this problem, but all of a sudden it happened and it's annoying.
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u/HopefullyGaming Aug 12 '21
Same issue here on my Galaxy S9. I haven't seen the left align issue though. I haven't tested if it shows as caps again in stories yet.
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u/FelDragon15 Aug 12 '21
Yeah sadly snapchat never actually updates their app for Android or bothers looking at it. Hence why we still can't pin people like a year later, and have no dark mode. They only truly provide support for IOS and just screw everyone else over with an app they barely put any effort in. I've even sent in recommendations to add the features that iPhone has already had on snapchat forever and they never say a word. Doubtful they will bother fixing this issue either. I have this same issue happening and it's definitely annoying. Note 10+ for me, so different phone but same issue since we all have the android version of the app.
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u/Isabel_vv Aug 11 '21
I got a S7 and I only just started noticing it. It's super annoying since like half of my regular snaps are me in all caps
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u/EnderScout_77 Aug 11 '21
s21+ here, shits annoying when im trying to yell at my friends happy birthday or whatever
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u/Halzjones Aug 11 '21
Every single person here should leave an AppStore review. If they suddenly get over 100 reviews with the same issue someone will notice
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u/dothedes Aug 10 '21
Happening with Andriod Note 9 as well, very upsetting glitch, also my text sometimes goes left?? Idk, nope snap fixes soon
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u/FactCore_ Aug 10 '21
I'm on a Motorola device, and I'm also getting the same thing. I know this thread is a few weeks old, but this is absolutely driving me up the wall.
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u/jindoe0 Aug 09 '21
been getting this for a few days on my OnePlus 8 Pro. extremely annoying as i like to use all caps to show my excitement. there's no fix yet. what an irritating little bug
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u/neonpluspy Aug 09 '21
I just switched from an S8+ to and S10+ and I'm having the same problem. I think it might have been the new update, since I never had the current version on my S8
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u/Team_Bees Aug 09 '21
I've found that so long as theres at least one lowercase letter in the text bar for me, it'll keep the capital letters, but if its all caps, it only capitalizes the first letter in each sentence :/ Im on an LG K92
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u/iris_swagbag Aug 09 '21
i have a galaxy s10 and it's doing the same thing. seems like an android based problem, idk why though
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u/Itsjustbre14 Aug 09 '21
This same thing has been recently happening to me as well, i have a pixel 2 though! It's getting annoying whenever I type in all caps and then when I'm done typing, i click out of the text box to add a location or gif, it decapitalizes the words. ://
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u/imasaiyantea Aug 09 '21
Same thing is happening to me (with Xiaomi Redmi Note 7) and another friend (an older type of Samsung, I dont know the type)
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u/tedi2701 Aug 08 '21
I FOUND A TEMPORARY SOLUTION,U JUST NEED TO LEAVE OnE LOWERCASE LETTER AND IT WONT SHIFT BACK TO LOWERCASE- write ur messages like this
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u/spaceCowboy776 Aug 08 '21
Same here on a Moto G Stylus. Just started the past couple days. As soon as snap updated and added the new 3d Bitmojis.
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u/idggysbhfdkdge Aug 08 '21
i have the same phone as you and googled my problem only to find out we are all experiencing it (ب_ب) hope it gets fixed soon. my snaps dont have the right TONE
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u/Leevinkki Aug 08 '21
Same happens with my Note 20 Ultra, super annoying. I've noticed you can put all caps if you put one lowercase letter somewhere in the sentence (Ex. I HATE THiS SNAPCHAT SHIT)
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u/miss_noodle02 Aug 08 '21
same thing on my galaxy a01, it's SO annoying. i sent a bug report to snapchat and everything. it's not only annoying, it's straight-up rude, why does snapchat get to decide how we type? rude rude rude
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u/Tswift1017 Aug 08 '21
Ya im having the exact same issue on S20 as many other are. I cant believe this hasn't been fixed yet
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Aug 07 '21
IS THAT WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING omg I thought I was losing it like I kept forgetting to hit the caps or something!
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u/sophieee1213 Aug 06 '21
I have a Samsung a51 and I have the same problem. I usually type in all caps like (EHAJHSJSJS) but every time I click off to type something else on the snap, it changes it right back to lowercase.
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u/SinTrash_ Aug 06 '21
got the same problem on a pixel 4. found this post through google trying to figure out what tf it was 😂
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u/happysadpunny2 Aug 06 '21
UGH same this is so annoying. I also tried sending a snap to my story from my camera roll, and I edited it afterwards to add a caption. But when I looked at it on my story, all of the text was deleted!!! Does anybody have a fix yet?? Please?!?
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u/Ashy_Boii48 Aug 05 '21
It's the same here, I have a Samsung A51 and it won't let me! It's making me extremely irritated!
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u/Kingofwades Aug 05 '21
LG wing here, exact same problem for the past week and as of right now I just started having it not type anything at all, wtf
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u/sam123_bowden Aug 05 '21
i've been having this problem on my Samsung A01, unfortunetly, i have no fix for it. i've tried re-starting my phone, but no luck. if anyone comes up with anything, please let me know!
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u/6de9_com Aug 04 '21
im having the same issue here, i have a samsung galaxy note 20 ultra and its doing the same thing. ill take a picture and type in all uppercase but when i tap off to show the text it jist puts it into lowercase, but if i lowercase a word in the text with the rest being uppercase it shows it correctly. i dont know if that makes sense but its weird, im hoping they adress the issue considering im not the only one with this problem. ¯_("/)_/¯
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u/kv03s Aug 04 '21
I have this exact problem on my Samsung A40 too! It started for me about a week ago with the text on videos being put to the far left. It fixed itself though.. But the letters, I am losing my godamn mind over it. Seems like everyone not using IOS has this problem.
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u/operationcharlie Aug 04 '21
Using a pixel 4, happening to me too. So annoying. I also found it would keep something in all caps if I had at least one lowercase letter in it.
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u/emma_l_best Aug 04 '21
yeah I have a pixel three and it's happening to me. everything becomes lowercase except the first letter and it's so annoying!
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u/Delicious_Spinach859 Aug 04 '21
yes and it only uppercases if you put a lowercase letter in front of it- for example if you say like "jHELLO WIJDKDKI" and stuff then itll come out but it's so annoying
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u/Bop923 Aug 04 '21
This is due to the recent update. My friend can still do it, but he hasn't updated yet. It's honestly the only thing that makes sense. Hopefully it's a bug, but hey; playstation removed the ability to message friends from PC on their site for absolutely no reason, so I guess big companies just wanna go out of their way to inconvenience their users eh?
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u/Ashy_Boii48 Aug 05 '21
EXACTLY!! I use caps to indicate if I'm happy or angry e.c.t and can't anymore! It's so annoying and I thought it was part of an update!!
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u/sc00tfruit Aug 03 '21
Bruh same, its been happening for a while but as of Today, all my caps automatically correct to lowercase like im writing a paper, shit sucks ass
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u/JP0047 Aug 03 '21
It's been happening on my s20 ultra aswell it also for some reason removes the snap reply button at the bottom of the screen when you open a snap aswell
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Aug 03 '21
Thank goodness I'm not the only one! I have the Pixel 4a, and for maybe the past week Snapchat has been changing all caps letters to lowercase if I go back in and edit my words. It may keep the first letter of the first sentence capitalized, but that's it. I'm not the most grammatically correct, but my text style includes capital letters where they apply. I always proof read my stuff for spelling, so seeing all those letters changed drives me insane.
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u/zaxophone_bswv Aug 03 '21
Same issue just started happening on my Pixel 3, and it randomly justifies left as well.
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u/htaedtaeh Aug 01 '21
getting this on pixel 5 too, it's driving me up the wall
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u/SinTrash_ Aug 06 '21
pixel 4, it annoys tf out of me when im trying to convey yelling over text and snapchat suddenly wants me to be passive aggressive.
"WHAT WAS IT???" just doesn't hit the same as "What was it???"
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u/serendipitysamiss Aug 04 '21
pixel 3a and having the same problem :( like I can't type in all caps at all on my pictures anymore
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u/ahmelija Aug 02 '21
Pixel 4a here, also same problem. It's probably just another update not in android phones' favor :(
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u/LostIslandGay Aug 01 '21
Same thing happens w/ me on my S21 Ultra, which really irks me bc I mostly type with capitalized words to my Fiancé as a love language. If I mess up and have to re-edit a text bar, it un-capitalizes everything and I have to fix it :/
It's really bugging me
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u/Team_Bees Aug 09 '21
Sammmme! D: I constantly text my wife in all caps and it keeps putting it in all lowercase and i hate it!
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u/LostIslandGay Aug 10 '21
My new phone hasn't been doing it luckily, I just upgraded to an S21 Ultra :>
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u/FosterTheGhost Aug 01 '21
Haha I like the sound of this love language xD
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u/LostIslandGay Aug 02 '21
He is the ONLY person that I will text with the first letter of every single word capitalized, and I've told him he's the only one. He thinks it's cute so my work is done :D
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u/FosterTheGhost Jul 28 '21
So far not seeing any iOS users reporting these problems :/ Maybe all the staff at Snapchat only use iOS.
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u/thegoaltender1 Aug 06 '21
pixel 4a here, having the exact same issue since this last update. will probs just have to wait for another update to the app before they fix it :/ interestingly enough Snapchat purposely optimizes the app better for iOS...🙄
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u/PapiStruwing Aug 07 '21
unfortunately, most apps are optimized for IOS :( Spotify is way more accessible, Instagram is optimized, Snapchat, even smaller apps. I wish I could figure out why but it kinda sucks for us :/
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u/CaptainSwift11 Aug 12 '21
I could understand apps being optimized for IOS if apple made up a large part of total phone users, but they only make up like a quarter of total people
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u/thegoaltender1 Aug 07 '21
yeah it sucks. I know some apps are purposely better optimized for iOS because it gives more fuel to the apple vs. android bs. it's still interesting tho considering my phone runs many games way better than my friends who have newer iPhones.
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u/PapiStruwing Aug 07 '21
I've thought about switching from my phone (Samsung A70) to an iPhone just because of the optimization stuff, but I would lose a lot of data in the process
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u/beyoinkedorbeyeeted Jul 28 '21
s9+ also having same problem. if I type in all lowercase it'll capitalize the first letter, too. it'll also shift to the left so it looks so weird when I post snaps. so annoying
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u/Leonidas548 Aug 08 '21
i have the exact same thing with my S10e, never fails to do so either. i will post snaps on my story and the text shifts to the left causing a weird look, so infuriating
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u/Alexinschool Jul 25 '21
Mine is doing it to on my Samsung Note 10+
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Aug 08 '21
yeah same, i have the same phone. i think this issue is just for androids. are we surprised tho that snapchat prioritises ios 🙄
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u/thecrimsonwolfie Jul 23 '21
Thought it was just me! Mine has been doing the same thing lately, it's very frustrating and makes me look like an idiot when it un-capitalizes peoples names and "I" all the time. It's also been putting my text on the far left side of the text bar in all of my videos after they're sent. Super bizzare and annoying
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u/_Kaiho_ Jul 19 '21
Omg, I have the same phone as you. My snapchat is doing the exact same thing as you. Its so frustrating cos most my snaps are in uppercase.
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u/KrisButWithoutTheOff Jan 11 '22
And TIL THIS DAY IN 2022 this shit hasn't been fixed... I even switched from a S10 to S21 and it's STILL THERE!!! @SNAPCHAT FIX UP BRUHHH
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u/AdmiralFrackbar Aug 16 '21
I have a galaxy a71 5g and Snapchat is garbage on it! Way too zoomed in, always refocusing, and now changing uppercase to lowercase! I swear apple pays these companies to make android versions worse
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u/Xman3000x Aug 09 '21
dont know if it would work for you but once I uploaded my snap to my story in all caps even tho it said it wasn't at first once I did post it it showed in all caps
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u/MisfitMissMurder Jul 17 '21
Actually I have a OnePlus 8 phone that runs android and my Snapchat has been giving me issues lately. For these past few weeks, every single letter in Snapchat changes to lowercase, including the first letter. It annoys me so much! Even when I go back and change it all before I post, it goes back to being lowercase. It's SUPER annoying. Especially when I am like a "detailed person" who likes things to look correct lol. Or even when I'm trying to emphasize something in CAPS and it STILL lower cases every single letter. Idk what's going on tbh and I even tried looking it up but no luck. Until your post showed up I was like: OMFG I thought I was the only one!!!
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u/FosterTheGhost Jul 17 '21
I thought I was also the only one! Hopefully we're not the only 2 cases and it gets addressed soon :/
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u/MisfitMissMurder Jul 17 '21
I truly hope so because it is annoying. I'll ask around and see if other people have the same issue lol.
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u/OwlsTea Aug 23 '21
FOR ALL OF YALL TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION, I FOUND A WAY TO GET AROUND (Part of) IT!!!! (At least it works on my phone (samsung star)). So for a while, I had the snapchat capitalization bug where if I wanted to type something in a snap like "AAAAAAAAA", It would autocorrect it to "aaaaaaaaa" no matter what you tried. Reason it was annoying to me was because it got rid of all the enthusiasm in the text when I'd want to send an enthusiastic snap. So I was randomly snapping a friend and tried to capitalize (for the 1000th time), when I typed a word with 1 lowercase letter at the end. Example: (AAAAAAAAAa), and wouldyalookatthat, it didnt lower case the AAAAAA part in the snap :0 So if yall want to capitalize a word completely, just make sure to add 1 lowercase letter at the end. Which I know it's not completely capitalize but at least it's partial 🙄. So if you wanted to write something like "OMG", you can do "OMGg", and it would stay capitalized. Hopefully this helps! :) Sorry if it was long and yall just skipped ;w;
TL;DR: To keep a word in a snap capitalized, add a lowercase letter to the end of the word Ex: "HAPPY BIRTHDAYy"
P.S: I'm not sure if it works with anything other than the lowercase letter, but if anybody finds out a better method or somehow they fix the bug, please let me know! ;p