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Hi all,
I'm using the Phone Pad, HTC default, Keyboard to type SMS, Mails, Searches etc, cuz i can't handle the qwertz (german) or the simple qwertz key pads. They suck to type SMS (for me)
All works fine (okay, adding the mouth of the smiley ) or ( is a little complicated but manageable).
But... there is a very unlogical order of the different T9 Words. My old Sony Ericsson ordered the words by how often i used them.
I don't need exactly this feature, but to order the words by my own would be nice.
the only accessible workaround is, that i have to add the words manually (then they exists twice).
Then they are the first words the phone suggests me. but this isn't very nice.
do you know some tips to help me with my problem?
how do you handle the sms typing stuff? do you all bought a extra keyboard app in the market??
kind regards
heady2k
I've started using Swiftkey as it does actually learn the words you type. It works well. I personally found it better the default keyboard and better than the much raved about Swype .
I can't post a link but you can find it on app brain.
is it free?
can u modify the words order?
heady2k said:
is it free?
can u modify the words order?
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Yes it is free. It learns the words you use most so you shouldn't need to manually edit the word order. Try it and see if it is better for you.
Hpez said:
Yes it is free. It learns the words you use most so you shouldn't need to manually edit the word order. Try it and see if it is better for you.
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hmm kay, i installed it, tried it, but you only can choose qwerty/qwertz.
i haven't found a phone-pad layout. :/
I find the button to close together, even the android keyboard. What do yall think of them? What do yall recommend for big fingered dudes? Also, how hard is it to install a new keyboard?
I agree the Android keyboard is 'meh'. While I do wish the Standard keyboard had a larger space bar, otherwise I love it, I like Betterkeyboard with the Glass Orb skin. I know it doesn't affect the actual key size but I find that I'm a lot more accurate with that skin than others. Plus they have the Compact keyboard mode which may help. It was worth cost to me.
The HTC_IME mod is great...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=624416
And IF it still is too small, you can set it to show up as an old-style phone keyboard with the 12 keys, and then it will use t9 spelling for you...
I cant recommend shapewriter highly enough. Once you have used it (or similar, swype for eg) you will not want to go back to the normal "tapping" method.
PM me if you want the apk.
Yeah, HTC touch input is very cool. Smart keyboard pro is also nice, but if your fingers are THAT big, I'd suggest Blindtype
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6eKm1gUnTE
(it has not been released yet, though )
JamesBarnes said:
I cant recommend shapewriter highly enough. Once you have used it (or similar, swype for eg) you will not want to go back to the normal "tapping" method.
PM me if you want the apk.
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lol shapewriter can be found in the market
been trying a lot of different keypads. Swiftkey is pretty good for the language and predictive options but not much space between the keys like all the others. No matter what keypad i try i still seem to be going back to the htc one.
They really should release it onto the market officially.
I use smart keyboard and just recently gone pro with it .
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tuxo87 said:
lol shapewriter can be found in the market
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Not in mine
What about ultra keyboard? I love it, everything is configurable!
I have the same problem that I don't like any of the keyboards out there.
Swype is slow for me - I only speed up if I swipe the same word over and over again, which rarely happens in real life.
T9 and Ultra requires too many corrections and having to double or triple tap to get the exact letter you want is annoying when the prediction doesn't get it right.
Other keyboards the keys are too small especially if you have to type anything a bit unusual. Blindtype would have the same problem though it's not available yet.
Anything else out there?
i have tried a whole dozen before someone here recommend shapewriter, it's really that good, once i got used to it, i don't even want to use 'keyboard' on my phone anymore
Shapewriter 3.0.9 (Non-expiring) : http://www.mediafire.com/?qwffb21f0804twk
Try Swift Key.........i prefer it over Skype and Stock
SlideIT for the best "exotic language support" gets my vote. Has about 18 languages supported - including the Nordics, including different keyboard layouts (so you'll see the national keys, too). Current version (2.x) looks professional enough, too. A nice bonus is the single-key language switcher.
Shapewriter has a nicer key-spacing, so less error-prone, but lacks advance language support feats. If they get the Nordics fixed, it'd be a good choice too.
Swype looks good but seems lag-ridden, at least enough for me not to trounce SlideIT at present (let's see, if Nordic languages come by).
Bottom line: since I found Shapewriter, and later SlideIT, I haven't looked back to the traditional tap-tap-tap-keyboards - no matter how polished, no matter how good their prediction is. Speed, and even a reduced error rate (at times, only!) - two top reasons to start using a sliding keyboard.
Give them a try. A good try. Once you get beyond that initial WT... barrier, writing on your phone will never be the same.
Just tried shapewriter on the evo and I have to second that so far it is better than swype. I just like the fact that is it real easy to add words to the dictionary.
I have now swiftkey, its new and so far it's working well
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I had a few problems with the latest update of Swype.. UNTIL... I changed some of the settings (found the problem on there website, can't recall what the changes were now..) but now it's fantastic again.. and the sliding from the swype key to the Sym key to get the navigation keys is just genious..)..
Needless to say, I love it.. it is the proverbial dogs cogs.
JamesBarnes said:
I cant recommend shapewriter highly enough. Once you have used it (or similar, swype for eg) you will not want to go back to the normal "tapping" method.
PM me if you want the apk.
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+1 (and enough for the 10 character minimum post)
JamesBarnes said:
Shapewriter 3.0.9 (Non-expiring) : http://www.mediafire.com/?qwffb21f0804twk
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awesome, the expiration was getting annoying. Much appreciated!!
_raz_ said:
SlideIT for the best "exotic language support" gets my vote. Has about 18 languages supported - including the Nordics, including different keyboard layouts (so you'll see the national keys, too). Current version (2.x) looks professional enough, too. A nice bonus is the single-key language switcher.
Shapewriter has a nicer key-spacing, so less error-prone, but lacks advance language support feats. If they get the Nordics fixed, it'd be a good choice too.
Swype looks good but seems lag-ridden, at least enough for me not to trounce SlideIT at present (let's see, if Nordic languages come by).
Bottom line: since I found Shapewriter, and later SlideIT, I haven't looked back to the traditional tap-tap-tap-keyboards - no matter how polished, no matter how good their prediction is. Speed, and even a reduced error rate (at times, only!) - two top reasons to start using a sliding keyboard.
Give them a try. A good try. Once you get beyond that initial WT... barrier, writing on your phone will never be the same.
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homie I REALLY appreciate the fact that you took the time to hook up up with some seriously detailed knowledge; your post is far more useful than the "I like ____ more than ___."
Per your rec's, I actually will try both alternatives, because I ran out of Swype beta time and I couldn't find a lasting apk
Time for a new keyboard [again]!
I just want to double check with someone that owns one of these, but I type in Japanese a lot and I'd like to know how easy it is to switch between Japanese and English input, if at all possible, on one of these.
Of course, if it's easy like in iOS, I'll definitely pick one up, but I need confirmation about the language support.
Thank you.
Easy. You would download an app (usually free, not sure about Japanese) to input that language. Switching is very easy to do - click tap the keyboard symbol on the bottom of the screen.
p0k3y said:
Easy. You would download an app (usually free, not sure about Japanese) to input that language. Switching is very easy to do - click tap the keyboard symbol on the bottom of the screen.
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I see. Is there any way to figure out if the app exists beforehand? Is it native by chance?
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Indeed. I am quite interested in this as well. I would go as far as to say that it is a selling point.
Being able to switch on the fly between kana input and direct input mode inside Polaris Office would be a nice feature.
Can someone please make an in-depth review of this , i would really appreciate it!
The Eee Pad Transformer is not yet released in my country so sadly i can't test out the features but from some reviews I've seen , specifically one made for the Galaxy S II in which the Polaris Office app is presented there's this button which looks like a language input/method selector, so i'd guess that's the button you are referring to?
Ok so i'll answer this myself since i just received the transformer and played with it all day.
There are 2 "keyboard" inputs , one supplied by asus , which is pretty cool since it has that swype technology and the android one. None supporting Japanese.
There's only voice input method for it , or you could try a 3rd party keyboard app, called Simeji which works pretty well.
One can hope though , i'm pretty sure we'll see one in a future update from either asus or in the next installment of android, ice cream sandwich.
I can confirm Japanese works fine. I browse japanese pages and write japanese text no problem. There are many japanese input modules in the market. The best are Simeji and OpenWnn. If you want a tablet that works fine with Japanese language the transformer is great!
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Well the topic name says it all actually. Here in The Netherlands we mostly use a US International keyboard lay-out. The difference between the normal US keyboard are some special characters like the Euro sign that can be easily used with Left CTRL + Left ALT + 5 or Right ALT (ALT GR) + 5 to give an example. For full details on the differences google US international keyboard However, in windows the keyboard is software coded. So you can select different lay-outs by software. Is this also possible in Android 3.0/3.1? If so, can it be set to default? Helps me decide to buy one in the US or not (Transformer still not available here and I want the dock so bad!!)
Thanks!
No clue. I just got my tablet today. Have not been able to order a dock.
Anybody else knows who does have one
Interested as well. Hopefully I get my Transformer on thursday (from the US, if it was in stock locally), and if I'm lucky also the dock!
Would be sweet if it would be software
Anyway, will keep an eye on this thread. Otherwise if nobody answers I'll do so on thursday night after my exams!
Naadi900 said:
Interested as well. Hopefully I get my Transformer on thursday (from the US, if it was in stock locally), and if I'm lucky also the dock!
Would be sweet if it would be software
Anyway, will keep an eye on this thread. Otherwise if nobody answers I'll do so on thursday night after my exams!
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I know the key layout configuration file is available in the system folder, I think it's called asusec.kl under system/usr/keylayout. You can see if you can change that to get the result.
If you do do tell since I'm moving to Holland in 9 days .
seshmaru said:
I know the key layout configuration file is available in the system folder, I think it's called asusec.kl under system/usr/keylayout. You can see if you can change that to get the result.
If you do do tell since I'm moving to Holland in 9 days .
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Haha moving to Holland! I will have a look.. however to get to the keylayout file i need root right? Currently don't see real use of root yes, except for this of course hehe.
Make sure you buy all your tech in the US before heading to Holland, it's expensive here
Naadi900 said:
Haha moving to Holland! I will have a look.. however to get to the keylayout file i need root right? Currently don't see real use of root yes, except for this of course hehe.
Make sure you buy all your tech in the US before heading to Holland, it's expensive here
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I know, I lived in holland up till 2 years ago. That's also why I bought my transformer before heading back
P.S. Yes you need root.
seshmaru said:
I know, I lived in holland up till 2 years ago. That's also why I bought my transformer before heading back
P.S. Yes you need root.
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Good decision, everything is just so damn expensive here
So there is no built in option in Android to change it?
Just asked Asus Benelux about this. They say the keyboard in the US is the same (also in lay-out) as the one that will be available here in The Netherlands. Can someone confirm they can produce the € sign (LEFT CTRL + LEFT ALT + 5), that would mean it is US international If so, where can I buy one online in the US that ship to The Netherlands?
Thanks!!
Anyone, please?
I'm based in the Netherlands and purchased the transformer with dock from the UK. I have just flashed the latest 3.1 which is a US image.
I can confirm that the keyboard setting is software based (shift + ctrl) and that the € comes from right alt gr /Alt and 4
€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€
oh, and Amazon.co.uk will deliver to NL from free!!
Is the UK keyboard itself this lay-out:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ational.svg/800px-KB_US-International.svg.png
Or this:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...d_Kingdom.svg/800px-KB_United_Kingdom.svg.png
?
And shouldn't it be CTRL + ALT + 5 or ALT GR + 5 instead of 4 ?
Bedankt!
it's
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ingdom.svg.png
and is definitely 4! To select which keyboard mapping you want, you click left shift + left crtl.
Your question was about US keyboards, but basically mapping is software selectable.
no us international layout
just bought the keyboard dock and I'm struggling to make it work as us international, but without success... when selecting the layout it offers only us layout where I can't get ç or à... any thought on how to make it work as an international us keyboard? Thanks
jonathasmello said:
just bought the keyboard dock and I'm struggling to make it work as us international, but without success... when selecting the layout it offers only us layout where I can't get ç or à... any thought on how to make it work as an international us keyboard? Thanks
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Thumb Keyboard supports configurable shortcuts....I've also added the çand à to my top row.
jonathasmello said:
just bought the keyboard dock and I'm struggling to make it work as us international, but without success... when selecting the layout it offers only us layout where I can't get ç or à... any thought on how to make it work as an international us keyboard? Thanks
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Bought one too and works perfect here in The Netherlands. Be sure your Transformer is configured on your native language, you use the Asus soft keyboard and you can switch between lay-outs with CTRL + SHIFT.
If you go into settings -> language options, you can select which keyboard languages you want to use. I switch between and english and spanish keyboard all the time, just using ctrl+shift.
It's software coded. I'm pretty sure of that.
I've got a french layout dock (AZERTY) on my tf101
and when i switch to android keyboard on the pad instead of asus keyboard, my dock behaves like a QWERTY.
A prints Q, Z prints W ............ meaning it s not hardcoded.
when i switch back to asus keyboard, it goes back to normal
Meaning that :
1/ it s soft coded.
2/ The coding is in the "asus keyboard" module and not in the kernel or in a android driver, meaning that you need to have the native asus kb installed and in use for the dock to respect its layout.
Hope they ll soon include a separate driver because i do prefer android keyboard over asus one.
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It's software coded. I'm pretty sure of that.
I've got a french layout dock (AZERTY) on my tf101
and when i switch to android keyboard on the pad instead of asus keyboard, my dock behaves like a QWERTY.
A prints Q, Z prints W ............ meaning it s not hardcoded.
when i switch back to asus keyboard, it goes back to normal
Hope they ll soon include a separate driver because i do prefer android keyboard over asus one.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14600447#post14600447
To have the alt + 5 to do € :
after you copy your keychar file and rename it to asusek.kcm edit the file and change under "key 5"
alt, ctrl, meta: none
to
alt: '\u20ac'
alt+shift: none
ctrl,meta: none
and you will have the € with alt+5
P.S.
è = '\u00e8'
é = '\u00e9'
ò = '\u00f2'
ç = '\u00e7'
à = '\u00e0'
° = '\u00b0'
ù = '\u00f9'
§ = '\u00a7'
ì = '\u00ec'
Hello all!
I just flashed the UK v2.2.2 SBF. Everything is fine however when I press the '$' on my hard keyboard I get a '£'.
Also...if anyone could adb pull the necessaries files to replace that would be good.
Is there any way to change this?
Thx!
You'll need to root your device and change the qwerty.kcm file. Refer to this thread for info ...
Are you sure you're on the latest firmware? This issue (surprisingly) has been fixed in the latest release of the software. No need to root.
What do you mean...I am using the latest firmware. I don't want the '£' to show when I press the '$' on my hard keyboard.
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You'll need to root your device and change the qwerty.kcm file. Refer to this thread for info ...
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That guide is slightly confusing...anyone care to simplify it...pls?
w0ndersp00n said:
Are you sure you're on the latest firmware? This issue (surprisingly) has been fixed in the latest release of the software. No need to root.
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I think you've misread his post. The issue that was fixed was the "£" came out as "$" on the UK device, however the op is in Australia, and so wants to keep the dollar symbol (it may be that his Australian device has the dollar on the keyboard rather than the pound sign.
Even though the issue was "fixed" for UK users, it's a shame that Motorola used a non-standard pound sign; ₤ instead of £ (₤ appears to be a lira sign, not a pound sign).
Cheers,
Steve.
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I think you've misread his post. The issue that was fixed was the "£" came out as "$" on the UK device, however the op is in Australia, and so wants to keep the dollar symbol (it may be that his Australian device has the dollar on the keyboard rather than the pound sign.
Even though the issue was "fixed" for UK users, it's a shame that Motorola used a non-standard pound sign; ₤ instead of £ (₤ appears to be a lira sign, not a pound sign).
Cheers,
Steve.
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That is exactly what I mean...
After nearly a month of putting up with the pound sign, I finally found a solution.
Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15516748 (Page 13)
Neato, thanks for your copy of the file there.
I tried to modify it again to add TAB functionality to my completely useless (as an Aussie) Euro symbol key. But it only worked within text fields. I then discovered that the hardware cursor keys already fulfil tabbing needs in Android.
Oh well, at least I learnt something today.
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Neato, thanks for your copy of the file there.
I tried to modify it again to add TAB functionality to my completely useless (as an Aussie) Euro symbol key. But it only worked within text fields. I then discovered that the hardware cursor keys already fulfil tabbing needs in Android.
Oh well, at least I learnt something today.
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Hey, if you want TAB use the "->|" key right above ALT/LOCK.
It is useful in the terminal (press it twice).
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