Session Based Report For Nokia 1650 - 15th Sep 2009

CHARTER To explore and find issues in Create Message > Insert Options with Dictionary feature On (English and Hindi) and Dictionary feature off

#AREAS Mobile Company | Nokia Cell Phone Model |1650 Strategy | Functional Testing

START 15th Sep 2009 10.00 AM

TESTER Parimala Shankaraiah

TASK BREAKDOWN Refer to Nokia 1650 Testing Checklist.pdf

#DURATION High - 120 minutes

#TEST DESIGN AND EXECUTION 60

#BUG INVESTIGATION AND REPORTING 40

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#SESSION SETUP 0 (Setup readily available a it is a Cell Phone)

#CHARTER VS. OPPORTUNITY 95/5

DATA FILES None

TEST NOTES 1. Creation of smileys allows numbers - ideally alphabetical and special characters should suffice (Not sure if there was any plausible reason to permit numbers for smileys) 2. Dictionary off mode - Insert Word option is missing. 3. Dictionary off mode - insert symbol option is accessible using the '*' key 4. Dictionary off mode - Symbol menu option is not available - * key achieves the same functionality

OPPORTUNITY Tested Create Message > Options > Text: A B C/Text: a b c/Numbers:1 2 3/Insert Symbol are additionally provided

BUGS #BUG 1 Create Message > Insert Options > Insert Number: user is allowed to type in and use * as a numeric value Repro: 1. Create Message > Insert Options > Insert Number: type in '*' character in the 'Insert Number' text area by pressing the * key on the keypad once

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Result: user is allowed to type in and use * as a numeric value Expected: user should not be allowed to type in and use * as it is a special character and not a number. Risk: Low Customer Impact: User confusion while keying in numbers

#BUG 2 Create Message > Insert Options > Insert Number: user is allowed to type in and use + as a numeric value Repro: 1. Create Message > Insert Options > Insert Number: type in '+' character in the 'Insert Number' text area by pressing the * key on the keypad twice Result: user is allowed to type in and use + as a numeric value Expected: user should not be allowed to type in and use + as it is a special character and not a number. Risk: Low Customer Impact: User confusion while keying in numbers

#BUG 3 Create Message > Insert Options > Insert Number: user is allowed to type in and use alphabets p and w as numeric values Repro: 1. Create Message > Insert Options > Insert Number: type in 'p/w' characters in the 'Insert Number' text area by pressing the * key on the keypad thrice/four times Result: user is allowed to type in and use p/w as numeric values Expected: user should not be allowed to type in and use p/w as they are alphabets and not numbers. Risk: Low Customer Impact: User confusion while keying in numbers

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#BUG 4(This bug becomes valid if Bug 1 becomes invalid :-)) Create Message > Insert Options > Insert Number: alignment of */+/p/w is improper Repro: 1. Create Message > Insert Options > Insert Number: type in '*/+/p/w' character in the 'Insert Number' text area by pressing the * key on the keypad multiple times until it reaches 31 character(which is the maximum limit) Result: Observe that there is space for another character on the left most side of the text area Expected: Space in the text area should be used properly as the above issue may give an impression to the user that it is a space character or an alignment problem Risk: Low

#BUG 5 Dictionary On (English): Create Message > Insert Options > Symbol menu option is displayed after keying in a few special characters Repro: 1. Enable the Dictionary in English 2. Create Message > Insert Options > type in '.' character in the message area using '1' key on the keypad 3. Observe that the symbol menu option is not available 4. Keep on pressing the '*' key on the keypad until '1' is displayed in the message area 5. Observe that symbol menu option is displayed in the left hand bottom corner Result: Symbol menu option is not available to the user until the user uses 9 keystrokes of the '*' key on the keypad Expected: Symbol menu option should be displayed the moment any special character is typed in the message area Risk: High risk. The customer might not even know that the symbol menu is available after 9 keystrokes and may even discard the phone if he/she is an avid user of symbols(mostly young generation)

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#BUG 6 Dictionary On (English): Create Message > Insert Options > Insert Word: The transition from Titlecase to Lowercase happens without user selection Repro: 1. Create Message > Insert Options > Insert Word: Click on # key on the keypad to select Titlecase(Abc should be displayed in text area) 2. Type a word "test". It should be displayed as 'Test' in titlecase. 3. Observe that immediately after typing the first character (T in the above example), the format changes to Lowercase. Result: The transition from Titlecase to Lowercase happens without user selection Expected: The transition from Titlecase to Lowercase should happen only if the user changes the selection by using the '#' key appropriately. Risk: Medium risk. The customer is fooled to think that Titlecase is being used though it is not in reality.

#BUG 7 Dictionary On (English): Create Message > Insert Options > Insert Word: The transition from Lowercase switches back to Titlecase Repro: 1. Create Message > Insert Options > Insert Word: Press on # key on the keypad to select Titlecase(Abc should be displayed in text area) 2. Type a word "test". It should be displayed as 'Test' in titlecase. 3. Observe that immediately after typing the first character (T in the above example), the format changes to Lowercase. 4. Press on # key on the keypad to select the next available case 5. Titlecase is displayed Result: The transition from Lowercase switches back to Titlecase Expected: The transition from Lowercase should change to Uppercase as that is the next available option

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Risk: Medium risk. The customer is fooled to think that Titlecase is being used though it is not in reality.

#BUG 8 Dictionary On (Hindi): Create Message > Insert Options > Insert Word: The transition from Titlecase to Lowercase happens without user selection Repro: 1. Create Message > Insert Options > Insert Word: Click on # key on the keypad to select Titlecase(Abc should be displayed in text area) 2. Type a word "test". It should be displayed as 'Test' in titlecase. 3. Observe that immediately after typing the first character (T in the above example), the format changes to Lowercase. Result: The transition from Titlecase to Lowercase happens without user selection Expected: The transition from Titlecase to Lowercase should happen only if the user changes the selection by using the '#' key appropriately. Risk: Medium risk. The customer is fooled to think that Titlecase is being used though it is not in reality.

#BUG 9 Dictionary On (Hindi): Create Message > Insert Options > Insert Word: The transition from Lowercase switches back to Titlecase Repro: 1. Create Message > Insert Options > Insert Word: Press on # key on the keypad to select Titlecase(Abc should be displayed in text area) 2. Type a word "test". It should be displayed as 'Test' in titlecase. 3. Observe that immediately after typing the first character (T in the above example), the format changes to Lowercase. 4. Press on # key on the keypad to select the next available case 5. Titlecase is displayed

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Result: The transition from Lowercase switches back to Titlecase Expected: The transition from Lowercase should change to Uppercase as that is the next available option Risk: Medium risk. The customer is fooled to think that Titlecase is being used though it is not in reality.

#BUG 10 Dictionary On (Hindi): Create Message > Insert Options > Symbol menu option is displayed after keying in a single special character Repro: 1. Enable the Dictionary in Hindi 2. Create Message > Insert Options > type in '.' character in the message area using '1' key on the keypad 3. Observe that the symbol menu option is not available 4. Keep on pressing the '*' key on the keypad until '1' is displayed in the message area 5. Observe that symbol menu option is displayed in the left hand bottom corner Result: Symbol menu option is not available to the user until the user uses 2 keystrokes of the '*' key on the keypad Expected: Symbol menu option should be displayed the moment any special character is typed in the message area Risk: High risk. The customer might not even know that the symbol menu is available after 2 keystrokes and may even discard the phone if he/she is an avid user of symbols(mostly young generation)

ISSUES #ISSUE 1 1. Why are *, +, #, p, w allowed in the 'Insert Number' feature? I can think of # being used in the postal addresses. For eg. #445/8, Nevada County. Usage of *,+,p,w needs to be removed unless there is a plausible requirement to do so.

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