One of the things I like about the Polaris is that the keyboard keys are large enough for my big fingers. This is no longer true with udks cool ROM so I was wondering if it is possible to replace the keyboards and if so how?
Keyboard
You can just download a new keypad and install it on the device.
I have a link for the original Touch Cruise Keypad, http://rapidshare.com/files/156789072/HTC_Touch_20Keyboard_2B_Keypad.cab.html
You have to transfer it to your device, and then run the file from within the fileexplorer. You can also find a Keypad from the Diamond, wich will properly look nicer on the Syrius ROM
rekun said:
You can just download a new keypad and install it on the device.
I have a link for the original Touch Cruise Keypad, http://rapidshare.com/files/156789072/HTC_Touch_20Keyboard_2B_Keypad.cab.html
You have to transfer it to your device, and then run the file from within the fileexplorer. You can also find a Keypad from the Diamond, wich will properly look nicer on the Syrius ROM
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Thanks for the tip. I will give it a go
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I am running the original T-Mobile Windows mobile 5.0 rom and have installed the htc home application so the weather function works on my MBW-150 watch. But the display is cropped on the top and bottom,I have tried different vertions but still no luck. Any help or pointers would be great
Have you tried removing Today plugins one at a time to
see which is crowding the display?
no even if there is only the htc plugin on the today screen its the same,If too many items are displayed a scroll bar is shown.
search for vga htc home plug in
What DPI setting are you using?
I am running the vga version, and the dpi is at what ever the standard WM 5 is (unless I am missing somthing and I can alter the DPI on WM5 ?
just got a XT7501 and facing the same problem. does anyone know the solution?
That version of the HTC home, which was an earlier version hacked to work on the Athena, only displays correctly at 96dpi.
If you want that to display properly, you need to install RealVGA, which can be found very quickly by searching these here forums, or try the new one in the AP4 addons cab.
Amazing what searching can do!!
**sarcastic rant over**
Well, I'm somewhat confortable with the standart resolution which brings me large buttons to touch on the go. Since I had HTCHome on my TyTNII, I was supposing they will work with standart resolution also. Guess I'm totally wrong and will need to read more about VGA, RealVGA, etc.
rcf2 said:
Well, I'm somewhat confortable with the standart resolution which brings me large buttons to touch on the go. Since I had HTCHome on my TyTNII, I was supposing they will work with standart resolution also. Guess I'm totally wrong and will need to read more about VGA, RealVGA, etc.
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I will suggesto to go in the athena wm6 section, AP4 thread, download AP4 addons.rar, extract HTC HOME all DPI and test it!
sergiopi said:
I will suggesto to go in the athena wm6 section, AP4 thread, download AP4 addons.rar, extract HTC HOME all DPI and test it!
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As Sergiopi suggests that version of the HTC home will work in all DPI's, but you will not be able to use the HTC home Customizer application to change the icons, fonts, etc
There is also another HTC_HOME_VGA.cab that works in all DPI's and also allows you to use the customizer app.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2150361&postcount=219
Cab in above post
I was disappointed to see that the HTC Diamond Keyboard CABs found here on XDA-DEVS were all for QVGA. I wanted to test it out on my Dell x51v, but the keyboard would not display correctly.
So what I did was extract the image files from the CAB, resize them to double their resolution, and recompile them into these two CAB files for ease of installation. All the CABS do is overwrite the image files installed by HTC Diamond keyboard to VGA equivalents.You must fully install the keyborad and languages from another CAB file BEFORE installing this CAB file to work.
Note: I admit, resizing images is not the best method of converting QVGA to VGA. Some images may appear blurry. How good this displays for you depends on how sharp is the screen on your device. This will at least allow you to try the keyboard on a VGA device.
I installed the Gullum Diamond Keys CAB found here. I prefer it over P1Tater's version found here because it seems to work well on my device. The images were extracted from P1Tater's because it has all languages in one cab.
The "ENG" Cab file contains the images needed for the english keyboard.
The "OTHER" Cab file contains the images for ESN, RUS, WWE, FRE, PTG, NORDIC, GRK, GER, and ARA.
(Please post if a true VGA version of Diamond Touch Keyboard surfaces)
Someone sorta beat you to it, I think.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2204377&postcount=73
Hope that helps.
wow this is stupid. the original manila keyboard files aka diamond keyboard files are vga and have been resized to qvga. get the vga files and they will look like they should and be original vga.
Yeah, the original VGA graphics would be much better, but without them the only alternative is to upscale the QVGA graphics or redrawing from scratch.
Since I know the true VGA graphics are out there somewhere, redrawing is unnecessary and a waste of time. This was quickly done. I described this as a temporary fix in the OP. Some people may not care about the fuzziness. Once the true VGA CAB is release, this will gladly become obsolete. LennySH from HTCGeeks says he has the VGA graphics and should be releasing a better fix. Use this if you want to try the keyboard now and use the better version when it comes out.
Note, this overlays the graphics for all three keyboard, not just the QWERTY like the other post.
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Yeah, the original VGA graphics would be much better, but without them the only alternative is to upscale the QVGA graphics or redrawing from scratch.
Since I know the true VGA graphics are out there somewhere, redrawing is unnecessary and a waste of time. This was quickly done. I described this as a temporary fix in the OP. Some people may not care about the fuzziness. Once the true VGA CAB is release, this will gladly become obsolete. LennySH from HTCGeeks says he has the VGA graphics and should be releasing a better fix. Use this if you want to try the keyboard now and use the better version when it comes out.
Note, this overlays the graphics for all three keyboard, not just the QWERTY like the other post.
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Will this also fix the problem of numbers showing instead of the letters in the keypad mode?
Thanks in advance.
cheers mate
ariel0103 said:
Will this also fix the problem of numbers showing instead of the letters in the keypad mode?
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All I can say is that I dont have that problem using the Gullum CAB with English Keys. See first post images.
Edit: I just realized you may be refering to numbers being typed instead of letters in keypad. I experienced this once, when switching to another program while the keypad was up, only numbers would be entered. I found the only way to reset back to text entry was to hit the "options" key, then close down the settings panel. Letter entry would be restored.
nonpaq said:
All I can say is that I dont have that problem using the Gullum CAB with English Keys. See first post images.
Edit: I just realized you may be refering to numbers being typed instead of letters in keypad. I experienced this once, when switching to another program while the keypad was up, only numbers would be entered. I found the only way to reset back to text entry was to hit the "options" key, then close down the settings panel. Letter entry would be restored.
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Thank you for your reply. Yes, I noticed that as well that in order to reset back to text entry is to go to the options but this is such a pain.
Hope that there will be a fix for this soon.
Thanks again.
Diamond keyboard VGA overlay working great
nonpaq said:
I was disappointed to see that the HTC Diamond Keyboard CABs found here on XDA-DEVS were all for QVGA. I wanted to test it out on my Dell x51v, but the keyboard would not display correctly.
So what I did was extract the image files from the CAB, resize them to double their resolution, and recompile them into these two CAB files for ease of installation. All the CABS do is overwrite the image files installed by HTC Diamond keyboard to VGA equivalents.You must fully install the keyborad and languages from another CAB file BEFORE installing this CAB file to work.
Note: I admit, resizing images is not the best method of converting QVGA to VGA. Some images may appear blurry. How good this displays for you depends on how sharp is the screen on your device. This will at least allow you to try the keyboard on a VGA device. . . .
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Well, I think you did a fantastic job!! It installed fine on my x51v, and looks great! Now thumb typing is easy! I love using the 20-key Diamond keyboard!
Props and thanks for doing this!
will this keypad work in Opera Mobile 9.5?
I found that the QVGA ones didn't produce any letters in, say the google searchbar
I have a problem with your keyboard - I've installed it and it appear as keyboard but I can't use it, I can't write any letters. Must I first install gullum's program?
thanks!
best 12nala34
I wish to add these to a ROM, however I'm unable to find a VGA compatible action screen, although I know that it is cooked into the AP ROMS.
Does anyone have the .cab?
Also I wish to install the touch diamond keypad. I love it, however I wish to use it with Opera Mobie 9.5 and I found that when installing the QVGA version onto my kaiser both of the downloadable keypads I tested did not display any letters or numbers from within Opera - for example in the google searchbar -the only one that did was cooked into the Dutty Diamond V1 ROM.
I am awaiting a Toshiba Portege g900 that I got dirt cheap and this keypad would make the world of difference to me. I have found one re-scaled vga keypad - can anyone confirm that this works well with Opera Mobile 9.5?
Kind regards in advance.
Hey!
First of all iam really sorry if this has been asked before! But i searched around and didn't find anything about it ..
I have seen some roms with The Touch HD Keyboards cooked into them but only for once because they were to buggy. I would like these keyboards on my Touch Diamond, actually it is only the Phone Keypad iam looking for as the HD keypad provides a better way of changing between words..
Has this allready been made available as a cab or ?
Btw: Hope this was placed in the right section .. Just thinking that the guys here at the diamond forum is more into hd porting than they are at the development and hacking section ..
Thank you!
~D
Just bringing this to the top.. Nobody that knows anything?
Da9L said:
Just bringing this to the top.. Nobody that knows anything?
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Still no one that can tell me anything about this?
itje released cabs found in the xperia x1 forum.
look there.
you will find them BUT will be for WVGA so it will be a little taller on your diamond.
I tried install that keyboard on my Diamond and it says Instalation incomplete becase bla bla bla system restriction ... I don`t know why ... This is only resolution :/
EDIT: Ok instaled it on Internal not Device. But why there is so mess ... Wvga is 800x480 vga is 640x480 width is the same :/ But there is so messy in width :/
HD/Blackstone Keyboard
Well... Dug up a little and found it!
Credits to Radix999 for broadcasting it and giving a detailed instruction.
And also please thank xboxmod as the .cab is taken from his "Bell UI Test Rom" thread
... oh yah.. This Keyboard ROCKS!!! Tried & Tested on Dutty's V2.8 ROM
Radix999 said:
The new blackstone keyboard that people have talked about is an add-on and must be installed separately and was supplied in another thread.
You can download the new keyboard need from:
http://www.1filesharing.com/download/Z1TQ2XXI/
Extract the contents of the file into a temporary directory on your phone
launch the taskmgr application included
kill SIPGT_app process
then install xmicky keyboard fix.cab
a restart will be needed at the end
this will install the new blackstone keyboard with arrow keys.
Enjoy!
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What is diffrent with this keyboard. can you maby upload a screen shot?
This keyboard has added navigation ARROWS left right up down ...
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Well... Dug up a little and found it!
Credits to Radix999 for broadcasting it and giving a detailed instruction.
And also please thank xboxmod as the .cab is taken from his "Bell UI Test Rom" thread
... oh yah.. This Keyboard ROCKS!!! Tried & Tested on Dutty's V2.8 ROM
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works great,very nice keyboard.
works on swifts 7.5.
Hi!
I've tried to install this keyboard on my Diamond with 1.93 Official ITA Rom, but when I use any app in landscape I see it cutted.
Why???
Edit: It's a WVGA Keyboard? Beacause I've not a Touch HD but a simple Diamond (that is VGA). Perhaps it is the problem.
Nice guys ! Just what i was looking for.. Next thing is how do we change the language for T9 input?
Hi guys,
I haven't any clear answer.
Does it fit on the Diamond screen? In Landscape? In portrait?
I'm at work and can't try right now.
Thanks for your reply.
it does fit in portrait, not in landscape.
it is usable in landscape but it is cut of.
b.t.w.
with every thing i do, my phone opens the smal keybord in stead off full qwerty.
even if i put it on full qwerty in the settings.
Works great in portrait. Noticed if I want to start a new email or text, the phone would pick up a name or give me an option of a person to choose from when adding a name to send to. now it doesn't. Could this be linked?
when i try to dl it i get a virus warning from norton....
any mirrors?
thats norton giving you a false positive.
its famous for doing that.
Does anyone know how to change the language? Its rather pointless having this keyboard if we can't change it to the language we want..
i'm able to change the lang...
works great on my TD using duty v3.3
can someone upload this to a different server? i cant download anthing off that site
Hi all. I'm new.looking for some app. Diamond 2 keyboard without arrows (english), Diamond2 HTC album . So can someone upload theses files cab's?
I have original stock ROM.
here is all in one pack: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.php?p=930007&postcount=581
can i install this?or doesn't matter cdma or gsm?
there are loads, try searching. i wouldnt imagine HTC album is a good idea on stock rom though as it takes up 20MB phone storage space.
here is the diamond 2 keyboard thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=525264
this keyboard is from the released Rhodium ROM
rumbles said:
here is the diamond 2 keyboard thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=525264
this keyboard is from the released Rhodium ROM
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What is different bitween OEM and Cab packages in this thread?
never ever install other keyboards, i have installed one and i counldn't uninstall, i miss my orginal keyboard so much other keyboards ruins every thing !!! like this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=525264) only finger keyboard works fine but it's buttons' are small so hard to touch with fingers. that's my advice. take care...