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NullKB not working, plus some easy questions

I've tried searching, I can't seem to narrow my search enough to get relevant results.
I installed NullKB to block the annoying SIP popup from searchfromtoday. I first installed it to the memory card, and went into settings ~> input and selected it as the default input method. I go back to my today screen and the SIP still pops up when I tap the searchfromtoday box. I think that maybe it needs to be installed in main memory to work, so I uninstall, and reinstal to device. Still the same thing. I noticed that I can go into input, select nullkb, tap OK, then come back and it goes back to keyboard. It's like the change to nullkb won't "take" so to speak. Any ideas? Search from today is amazingly useful, but the SIP popup is a deal breaker.
Another quick question: How do I make programs launch on startup? I like to have magicbutton task manager launch everytime I start up the device. As it is now I have to open it after every reset.

If i remember correctly if you go into magic button settings, there should be an option to automatically start.
As a rule if you want a program to startup when the device starts place a link in the windows\startup folder, i.e. a lnk file to the program.

MSigler - after installing NullKB, try a soft reset. Also, don't set it as the default keyboard through the registry - if you do, you may end up with the device not booting anymore and requireing a hard reset (lose all data).

Mark - Thanks for the tip, I found that, but I'll use the startup trick in the future.
I did do a soft reset and it still doesn't work.

Soft Input Panel (input method) selection problem

I've installed and uninstalled several keyboard input software in the past few weeks including Resco Keyboard, Hikeyboard, and is about to try out Ten-Go.
I have the following problems:
1) I'm unable to uninstall Resco Keyboard cleanly. Using file explorer, I managed to delete away the unwanted directory. I've also used Register Edit to remove the entries whenever I see it. However, I still see Resco as one of the choices when I select the input method while using the soft keyboard.
Can anyone tell me how I can get rid of this entry?
2) More serious problem is that I cannot select the keybaord that I want anymore. Only the default keybaord is appearing no matter which other one I try to choose. Even if I set it to be the default keyboard, the system seems to ignore it completely.
Soft reset does not cure the problem. I hope to avoid a hard reset if I could. Can someone help?

Try this little app to change your default input panel. Hopefully it'll solve your problem.

Hi Cayotte,
Thanks for the CAB file. Unfortunately it does not help. I could choose, say Ten-GO with the select button. Then the application will exit. If I come back again, it is reverted back to the standard keyboard. If I choose block recogniser, it will stick. Letter organiser sticks too.Phone pad also sticks. Symbol pad and transcriber all would also work, with or without this utility.
The problem is it will not allow the others to be selected. These include TenGO, PenPower, CE-Star input method. They could not be made default. They also could not be selected at any place.

cayotte said:
Try this little app to change your default input panel. Hopefully it'll solve your problem.
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Useful app - Thanks.
What does "Initial Delay" do?

eaglesteve said:
I've installed and uninstalled several keyboard input software in the past few weeks including Resco Keyboard, Hikeyboard, and is about to try out Ten-Go.
I have the following problems:
1) I'm unable to uninstall Resco Keyboard cleanly. Using file explorer, I managed to delete away the unwanted directory. I've also used Register Edit to remove the entries whenever I see it. However, I still see Resco as one of the choices when I select the input method while using the soft keyboard.
Can anyone tell me how I can get rid of this entry?
2) More serious problem is that I cannot select the keybaord that I want anymore. Only the default keybaord is appearing no matter which other one I try to choose. Even if I set it to be the default keyboard, the system seems to ignore it completely.
Soft reset does not cure the problem. I hope to avoid a hard reset if I could. Can someone help?
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Have you try this simple solution...
1. install Resco keyboard again. Soft reset then test if it works.
2. select default keyboard as your current SIP
3. uninstall Resco keyboard.
With these steps, hopefully it cleans all resco registry...
Good luck.

I solved the problem. TenGO's founder actually posted his solution at another forum. In summary, this is what you have to do in order to make TenGO selectable.
1. Ensure TenGo was installed in the device, and not the storage card.
2. Close up all plugins
3. Remove storage cards
4. Let the selected keyboard be the default one, if it is not already the case.
5. Go to setting>Personal>Input method. There you are able to choose TebGO and the default input method. In the option screen, check that it is the default.
6.Switch off the device
7. Soft reset
8. Go to an application such as word or excel that needs a keyboard.
9. You should see that TenGo is now the default keyboard.
10. You can now put back your plugins, then switch off the unit.
11. Put back your SD card
12 Do soft reset again.
After this, TenGO should be always selectable.
This is a very interesting, powerful, and quick input method. Try it.
Edit:
Go to www.free.tengo.net for the free version and www.tengo.net for commercial versions.

bastono said:
Have you try this simple solution...
1. install Resco keyboard again. Soft reset then test if it works.
2. select default keyboard as your current SIP
3. uninstall Resco keyboard.
With these steps, hopefully it cleans all resco registry...
Good luck.
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Bastano, thanks for the tip. I saw your post only after my hard resets.
After my first hard reset, resco obviously was not there. But it returned after the sprite restore.
After the second hard reset, I avoided that route, choosing instead to reinstall all applications one by one. Almost all data need by restore as there are already in sd card. A async took care is the rest. After this, resco was by more there.
I now have the free version is tengo. What a simple,intuitive,quick,and smart keyboard!

I've found another way of overcoming the sip selection problem. There is no need to disable today plugin, Just do a safe mode reset, then you will be able to select without problem. After that, do a normal reset.

I just discovered that even if you have managed to use the above methods (i.e SIP change program, or disable all plugin, or safe mode reset) to successfully select the desired SIP, the selection reverts back to the standard keyboard once Compaction Thread kicks in (This is when the WM5 file system starts working very heavily and freezes up the unit for minutes or hours).
In order to minimise the chance of this happening, ensure you do not install programs into the device (instead, it should be to the storage card or microdrive) unless the program creators requires it to be so.
One of the steps I've taken in order to avoid memory shorfall is to relocate all PIE and Opera Cache/history/cookies from the device to storage card.
See this thread on how I did it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=310420

Messed up my screen with registry hack! HELP!

OK! I was trying to get TF3D 0.6.7 to work and it was giving me an error. There are 2 fixes posted by the author. I tried the first one with no luck, the second one worked great!
The first one is to go to HKLM/Driver/Touchpanel and make a new Dword.
For reasons I cannot explain I did not think to back up my registry! Now, the touch screen won't work except for the task manager arrow. Nothing else no matter how hard I push or with what.
Anyone have any ideas on how to fix it or does can someone possibly make an exacutable registry key I can launch or install some how? I thought you could use PHM from the desktop as well. Any registry editors that will work through active sync on the PC? If so, what is the value supposed to be and what kind of key is it supposed to be? Thanks in advance.

soft reset?
have you tried a soft reset?

If everything else fail, you should maybe just re-flash your phone.

Before flashing try to hard reset.
Press and hold VOL.DOWN Button & ENTER Button
And while holding press the soft reset button (under the stylus)
When a message appears on your screen u can release the
Volume down button and enter button.

Use "Mobile Registry Editor" to change the setting back while the device is recognized by ActiveSync. (You can hit Cancel on the ActiveSync pops and it will let you use the device in Guest mode)
You can also use some remote control utility like MyMobiler or EveryWAN to use the device through the computer.

MyMobiler should definitely help. Try it out..
Regards,
Carty..

Cannot get default input selection to "stick" during shutdown

Hello everyone (first post).
Have been using the HD for a week now, no serious issues, but one thing does bug me.
I cannot get any option to permanently stick as a default input (during power off or soft reset), apart from the plain vanilla builtin keyboard. I tried with Resco, SPB, no luck.
Furthermore, even if I select say SPB keyboard in the "Input" of settings, it gets ignored - I can only change options in the soft-keys row (where the keyboard icon is). Even disabling the default keyboard in the registry (IsSIPdefault or something alike) doesn't prevent it from being selected as a default after power on. Grrr.
Any ideas / suggestions would be very welcome. Thanks.
Cheers,
Rok

Doesn't seem to be an easy answer. I have been having the same issue with TouchPal and so put SipChange into my startup menu. It does the job and changes the SIP but throws an error on every reboot, even when I have set the interval in SipChange settings to the maximum possible.
So try SipChange but be prepared for an error...still works though

Hardware Key / Landscape mode

Hi,
i save the landscape mode on the right hardware key (Bildschirm drehen).
After every reboot this setting is gone and i must save it new. After reboot there is "today screen" saved on the right key...
Is it a bug or a feature? Or i am too stupid
X1, german version without branding. I have installed the blackstone TF3 and a few other Programs...but i dont think thats the problem, is it?
Sorry for bad english, only school english (i am german)
Grüße
Flatie

I also assigned the "Bildschirm drehen" to "rotate screen" (left is "start")
Mine does the same:
Normal behavior after a soft reset
PS: after some persistance (manually changing it again and again after every soft reset) it looks like it is not changing back to the "today" default anymore

UPS !!
It was not my "persistance", I got the trick:
I was using TF3D...
After removing TF3D my X1 isn't auto-remapping the right softkey to "home" anymore
Are you using TF3D ??

on left Key i have save "messaging" <-- this setting dont change after reboot automatically. Only the right key change allway to "Today screen"
@gtrab
yes, i use this (from blackstone project)

TF3D will always auto-remap your right softkey to "home"
There's no way to fight against it, unless you install a third-party key remapping app

I have SKTools.
But the problem is the same.
Can I change the Software Button to rotate screen?? I need a path to the "exe" but i dont know..
ups...sorry..but tf3d change the software buttons in every view..so it cant help me...