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Annoying Black Text-Completion: Solved!

How To Get Rid of The Black Autocomplete Box When Using Hardware Keyboard
To Hide the Autocomplete Box:
1. Type as Normal Until Words Start Appearing
2. Press Menu Button Twice
3. Autocomplete should hide itself
To Bring the Autcomplete Box Back:
1. Press the text field once
2. Should Pop Back up once you start typing
Super thanks to the1wingedangel for figuring it out!
Original Post:
But does anyone know how to get rid of the black word suggestions that pop up underneath the text entry box when your using the full keyboard on the G1? I for the life of my can not figure out what auto correct option to uncheck. The worst part is that its really unpredictable and might show up 1 out of 10 times i start typing with the keyboard.
Thanks guys : )

EDIT: ooops sorry. Over looked the word 'full'

Good question...that started showing up randomly for me a couple of days ago.

Double tapping the text box while your keyboard is open should get rid of it from showing up again.

Hmm good idea uber, will give it a shot next time the thing pops up and let you know how it works out.

That annoyed the hell out of me so much i switched roms. It would auto-replace words that I didn't want replaced.

Alright so I tried the double tap thing and no luck on that front. Didn't work out for me. Anyone else try that fix out?
And I know what you mean CBowley. It might just take a .lib deletion or something to fix tho. Heres to hoping that something comes up : )

RainCrow said:
Alright so I tried the double tap thing and no luck on that front. Didn't work out for me. Anyone else try that fix out?
And I know what you mean CBowley. It might just take a .lib deletion or something to fix tho. Heres to hoping that something comes up : )
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Make sure you're doing it before you type anything in the box or it's locked to the ON position. I've done it a few times on my phone right here and it's working like clockwork. :-/

Ah I see so are you saying to double tap before I enter anything in the textbox ever? The problem is that it will show up completely random times like 1 in 10 or something. But I'll try double tapping before entering anything in the field and see if that keeps it at bay.

To turn off auto complete and auto correct:
Menu->settiings->Locale & Text->Touch Input (or whatever KB u r using)->Text Input
From here you can turn on/off all KB/typing features.

maubig said:
To turn off auto complete and auto correct:
Menu->settiings->Locale & Text->Touch Input (or whatever KB u r using)->Text Input
From here you can turn on/off all KB/typing features.
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Thanks maubig, but those settings don't help change the autocompletion for the full keyboard. VK isn't giving me the problem.

Ok, I seem to have figured out how to kill that annoying text suggestion pop up when using the hardware keyboard. When it pops up, double click menu button. To re-activate it, touch the text box once, then start typing. Seems to work.

the1wingedangel said:
Ok, I seem to have figured out how to kill that annoying text suggestion pop up when using the hardware keyboard. When it pops up, double click menu button. To re-activate it, touch the text box once, then start typing. Seems to work.
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Excellent Angel! That worked perfect for me. Did the trick exactly like you said it would. Lets see if it works for other people too. Time to change thread title. Thanks : )

Thanks for this... I despised that stupid black suggestion box.

Alphanumeric Texting

hi all,
i have been using the phone for two weeks now, i would like to use the alphanumeric keypad for texting etc but i hate the fact that it shows up words. i turned off the suggestion of words and all of that, but it still does it. it is so annoying. i have a topaz and a hero, i use alphanumeric like a normal phone without any suggestions whatsoever, for the hd2 it just keeps popping. any tweaks or help?
thanks!

any ideas anyone?

orouborus said:
any ideas anyone?
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Try:
Settings>All Settings>Personal>Input
Press the 'Options' button and NOT the tab, set all the XT9 settings to off. Then press 'Done'
That should do it.

ps0209 said:
Try:
Settings>All Settings>Personal>Input
Press the 'Options' button and NOT the tab, set all the XT9 settings to off. Then press 'Done'
That should do it.
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tried it and still there are words or letters being shown when i type. i have a topaz with the same input settings, but with the hd2 each letter i type, it shows the letter and what im typing. so you see two words being formed. its really annoying. my oother htcs dont have this.

Swype Tap-Hold Problem

It seems that when using swipe in portrait mode I cant get tap and hold to work. I.E selecting symbols and numbers.
It works well in landscape though.
Anyone have this issue? Is there a fix?

I (and others have mentioned it) gave up on the 3.9 swype for exactly that problem.

well that's not cool... I was getting good at it too. oh well, guess I'll deal with it till an update comes out.
thanks

Two things that helped me:
1) Set the error tolerance to maximum in the opitons.
2) Press on the top half of the button and keep your finger as steady as you can.

It works for me. Though, it is really really sensitive to movement. It does take some pratice and steady finger to get the tap-hold to work. It's usually the '?' that I'm going for. Sometimes it will produce 'mm' or 'mn'..
It seems like they need to make it less sensitive for movement if you're just holding one a single key and not swiping. Or make it deduce that I'm going for the '?' and NOT 'mm' which does not make much sense..

Newman180 said:
well that's not cool... I was getting good at it too. oh well, guess I'll deal with it till an update comes out.
thanks
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I had the same thing happen. A LOT of our Swype's are faulty. The trick is to google or search xda for Swype 2.0 wvga. This works LIKE ITS SUPPOSED TO. You can use it and the qwerty keyboard arrangement is arranged propertly on the numeric keyboard tab.

steve austin said:
I had the same thing happen. A LOT of our Swype's are faulty. The trick is to google or search xda for Swype 2.0 wvga. This works LIKE ITS SUPPOSED TO. You can use it and the qwerty keyboard arrangement is arranged propertly on the numeric keyboard tab.
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Thanks, I'm doing that now. What version came on TMOHD2?

Ok so I downloaded/installed the cab for Swype 2.0 with the htc skin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=60494
The skin looks different, which is great, but swype acts the same. Doesnt allow symbols. Also when I go into "about swype" it is the same version and build date of 1/09
Did I do something wrong?

Newman180 said:
Thanks, I'm doing that now. What version came on TMOHD2?
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3.9 i believe. garbage (at least on mine).

So, does the Swype 2.0 wvga link fix the problem? Cause this press and hold BS is really driving me nuts.
EDIT Just downloaded, it seems to be SLIGHTLY more accurate/easier, but still not as simple as they make it look in the video, it's still quicker to switch tabs and type in whatever you need to.

donalgodon said:
Two things that helped me:
1) Set the error tolerance to maximum in the opitons.
2) Press on the top half of the button and keep your finger as steady as you can.
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I second this fix. However, you have to place your whole finger on top of the key (contacting the key to the left and right of the key you are trying to press as well) and hold in order to get the secondary set to work.
Swype settings are accessible via Settings tab, Menu, All Settings, Personal, Input, Swype Options.
EDIT: Nevermind, I was only getting lucky with the long press. It still seems to only work about 10% of the time with the 3.9 stock version.

Y not just use the symbol button? It's faster and better than pressing n holding. And as for using the ?, just pressit and drag or swype to the space bar. Same for . and !

aceo07 said:
It works for me. Though, it is really really sensitive to movement. It does take some pratice and steady finger to get the tap-hold to work. It's usually the '?' that I'm going for. Sometimes it will produce 'mm' or 'mn'..
It seems like they need to make it less sensitive for movement if you're just holding one a single key and not swiping. Or make it deduce that I'm going for the '?' and NOT 'mm' which does not make much sense..
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For the ? symbol, there's an easy alternative - swype (drag) from the ? key to the spacebar. Wish all the symbols & numbers did the same thing, would prefer it over the click & hold method.
Also - everyone knows about dragging from the swype symbol to around the #5 to go to the numeric keypad and draw from the swype symbol to umm.. the one to the right to go to the arrows/copy/paste screen shortcut?
Anyway, my main Swype problems are this hold/press thing & how hard it is to do manual typing for usernames & password. It's for these reasons that I use SlideIT over Swype at the moment.

Yep... doesnt work for me either. Sucks having go to down and switch it to number mode just to select symbols but I still like it over the regular keyboard.

srgntdvs said:
Y not just use the symbol button? It's faster and better than pressing n holding. And as for using the ?, just pressit and drag or swype to the space bar. Same for . and !
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Ohh I love you! This works great - very fast.

brownhornet said:
Yep... doesnt work for me either. Sucks having go to down and switch it to number mode just to select symbols but I still like it over the regular keyboard.
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I was about to give up on swype because of the issue.
then I saw that space bar on random tutorial, it makes it a little bit easier, but still. other symbols are very annoying.

Oops mistake!

Search Google or XDA for SWYPE 2.0 for WVGA. All the problems will be solved. Swype 3.9 is horrid. 2.0 is the truth.

Testing out version 2 on my TMOUS (version 3.9 by drefault). So far seems to be working much better - I can press & hold & get the alternate puncuation/numbers (although I still say sliding any alternate keystroke to the spacebar would be better).
QUESTION - how the heck do I get to options on this version? In 3.9 you went to symbols & help the Swype key down. Google says I click the arrow (stock rom, so 6.5.1) & go to options, but I only gen sense-like options instead.
There another way to get to the options in 2.0 ?

polstein said:
Testing out version 2 on my TMOUS (version 3.9 by drefault). So far seems to be working much better - I can press & hold & get the alternate puncuation/numbers (although I still say sliding any alternate keystroke to the spacebar would be better).
QUESTION - how the heck do I get to options on this version? In 3.9 you went to symbols & help the Swype key down. Google says I click the arrow (stock rom, so 6.5.1) & go to options, but I only gen sense-like options instead.
There another way to get to the options in 2.0 ?
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HTC/ Microsoft and Swype don't make it easy do they:
1. Go to settings tab on sense
2. tap menu
3. selct "all settings"
4. select "personal" folder
5. select "input options"
6. BAM!

HELP! Keyboard stuck in Korean. edit: problem fixed. mods pls close

I left my phone unlocked and it set the keyboard to korean while inside my pocket. I can't switch to any other keyboard: swype, android, standard, etc. Holding the gear icon on the lower left just displays the korean keyboard settings but shows no place to change the keyboard.

Try starting phone in safe mode and uninstall it ...or uninstall whichever keyboard you have got it stuck in korean

go into settings, locale and text and select a keyboard from there....
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kmaximax said:
Try starting phone in safe mode and uninstall it ...or uninstall whichever keyboard you have got it stuck in korean
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how do i go into safe mode?
ballubas said:
go into settings, locale and text and select a keyboard from there....
Sent from my X10i using XDA App
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going into locale & text just takes you into the settings for each keyboard, or enable/disable keyboards from being selected. the keyboard selection should be when you hold the option button on the keyboard. when you do this while the korean keyboard is loaded, it takes you to the korean kb settings, instead of a popup that lets you select other keyboards like android, swype, etc.
i appreciate the replies. i've tried everything and it seems that once you switch to the korean keyboard, there's no going back... unless i'm missing something

azian_advanced said:
how do i go into safe mode?
going into locale & text just takes you into the settings for each keyboard, or enable/disable keyboards from being selected. the keyboard selection should be when you hold the option button on the keyboard. when you do this while the korean keyboard is loaded, it takes you to the korean kb settings, instead of a popup that lets you select other keyboards like android, swype, etc.
i appreciate the replies. i've tried everything and it seems that once you switch to the korean keyboard, there's no going back... unless i'm missing something
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Just long press in the writing area when you're typing something and then the selection menu pops up!! Then you can switch your keyboard. Hope it helps

Hi there, when I first got my phone during setup and being a total novice with touch screens I managed to set the phone up to an Indian/Asian language. I fiddled around for ages and couldn't do anything.
My solution... take out battery and sim, try another sim so the phone has to register that one and gives you the language in its attempt to set it up. Get the little bugger back to English and stick your other sim back in. It worked for me so I hope maybe it helps for you too.
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If that doesn't work how about find the settings picture (assume they are the same) then Locale and Text is 11th tab down and select locale is the first tab on the next screen. Just had a google translate on English into Korean so you can try and pick up the right language....'yeong-eo' is the translation or '영어'

suzed said:
Hi there, when I first got my phone during setup and being a total novice with touch screens I managed to set the phone up to an Indian/Asian language. I fiddled around for ages and couldn't do anything.
My solution... take out battery and sim, try another sim so the phone has to register that one and gives you the language in its attempt to set it up. Get the little bugger back to English and stick your other sim back in. It worked for me so I hope maybe it helps for you too.
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Yes, but you changed the whole language. He just has to chage the keyboard, his language is correct.
To change keyboards try my solution above. It worked for me when i was getting mad with chinese Keboard to get back to standard.

I thought he had tried changing the input method and keyboard but that hadn't worked. Thought it might need forcing back to English or something. My apologies if I misunderstood.
As another thought how about downloadiing Jonasl's HTC_IME keyboard from this site and seeing if you can get that to force its way into action over the korean one when you run the app from your file manager?

Thanks for the replies. holding on the input area did the trick. I was used to holding the option button on the standard button but this eems to be an alternate method. I'm a total idiot lol. Normally this would've been something i'd figure out on my own. Thanks guys. guess i still need to get used to the OS.

azian_advanced said:
Thanks for the replies. holding on the input area did the trick. I was used to holding the option button on the standard button but this eems to be an alternate method. I'm a total idiot lol. Normally this would've been something i'd figure out on my own. Thanks guys. guess i still need to get used to the OS.
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Don't mention it! It happened to me too and someone told me how to fix it. Now I tell it to you. It's just a chain. It's your turn to tell the trick to someone else who needs it, LOL
Regards

azian_advanced said:
I left my phone unlocked and it set the keyboard to korean while inside my pocket. I can't switch to any other keyboard: swype, android, standard, etc. Holding the gear icon on the lower left just displays the korean keyboard settings but shows no place to change the keyboard.
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go to messagining and long press ontyping window the a pop up window will appear choose input method and chse your keyboard

No return key in keyboard settings

I just unboxed my Nexus 10, was entering my Google password and decided to alter the keyboard settings while typing it (to kill the sounds). When I got into the language menu for the keyboard settings I couldn't exit the menu - there was no OK or Save button, and I tried tapping everywhere on the screen but couldn't get the return button to display at the bottom. I had to reboot the tablet to use it again.
Is anyone familiar with this problem?

itm said:
I just unboxed my Nexus 10, was entering my Google password and decided to alter the keyboard settings while typing it (to kill the sounds). When I got into the language menu for the keyboard settings I couldn't exit the menu - there was no OK or Save button, and I tried tapping everywhere on the screen but couldn't get the return button to display at the bottom. I had to reboot the tablet to use it again.
Is anyone familiar with this problem?
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It must have locked up because I have never been stuck in the keyboard language settings.

brees75 said:
It must have locked up because I have never been stuck in the keyboard language settings.
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It didn't "lock up" per se, as I could still select the language options on the page, as well as scrolling up and down the list of languages. The problem was that there was no option to close the page and go back

itm said:
It didn't "lock up" per se, as I could still select the language options on the page, as well as scrolling up and down the list of languages. The problem was that there was no option to close the page and go back
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Make the changes and hit the back button. I think you'll find the changes have been saved.
Alan

alan sh said:
Make the changes and hit the back button. I think you'll find the changes have been saved.
Alan
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The problem is I can't get the back button to appear. I've tried tapping on every square inch of the screen (particularly at the bottom) and none of the 3 usual buttons appear. I noticed the same problem when I took an Asus Memo Pad back to PC World for repair a few weeks ago - their guy did a factory reset and also got locked in the language selection screen - neither of us could work out how to get out of it because we couldn't get the Back button to appear

itm said:
The problem is I can't get the back button to appear. I've tried tapping on every square inch of the screen (particularly at the bottom) and none of the 3 usual buttons appear. I noticed the same problem when I took an Asus Memo Pad back to PC World for repair a few weeks ago - their guy did a factory reset and also got locked in the language selection screen - neither of us could work out how to get out of it because we couldn't get the Back button to appear
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Weird - I've never had that before. Unfortunately I have rooted and unlocked my Nexus and am running a different ROM. I'll try with mine and see what I get
Alan