Can anybody recommend and alternative keyboard?
I find the HTC Sense and Android keyboards awful to use. Is that just me?
Also, does anybody know of a way to flash the HTC Phone Keypad (the one for text input, not the dialer) onto a vanilla android 2.1 Hero? Or does that rely on Sense?
thnks
kie.
I would also like another alternative for the keyboard, at times it freezes and then suddenly puts several letters all at once. I would try Swype(?) but it doesn't work on 1.5
kieransymes said:
Also, does anybody know of a way to flash the HTC Phone Keypad (the one for text input, not the dialer) onto a vanilla android 2.1 Hero? Or does that rely on Sense?
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Thats what I want to know
Sorry, wrong thread!
You could try pushing this (attached file) to system/app via ADB. Not sure if it will work though (I'm guessing it won't tbh.)
Have fun
EDIT:// when you pushed it change the input msg by holding on a text input box and pressing input method.
tnx !! I'll try to install it trough astro manager.
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The keyboard (virtual) on my Wing is the one that I use and like. I want the 4 rows of keys like a normal keyboard. Meaning, 123.... top row, then qwerty next 3 rows. I don't like the ones that are ABC or 123. I also like the way my words are saved and stored for quick recognition. Where is this keyboard located in the Wing? I would like to copy it and the Dictionary to another phone.
I have tried all the other keyboards such as SPB, Rescoe, Interkey, etc., and do not like them.
Thank you!
I dont know how or where to get the stock htc keyboard you are looking for but I did want to make a recomendation, have you tried "BJK HTC EzInput Full Keyboard?" if i am not mistaken its what the latest htc models are rolling out with. Search this forum for it and give it a try all you do is download and install the cab for the keyboard and then the language cab and your set to go.
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I dont know how or where to get the stock htc keyboard you are looking for but I did want to make a recomendation, have you tried "BJK HTC EzInput Full Keyboard?" if i am not mistaken its what the latest htc models are rolling out with. Search this forum for it and give it a try all you do is download and install the cab for the keyboard and then the language cab and your set to go.
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Thank you. I will try it out.
Alright I was able to install the Htc Keyboard on the Mytouch 3G. Pretty sweet
Just posted some pics of my mytouch
Great - perhaps you could tell us how you did it and where you got the files from?
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Great - perhaps you could tell us how you did it and where you got the files from?
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I 2nd that.. I thought it required rooting the device
chuco469 said:
Alright I was able to install the Htc Keyboard on the Mytouch 3G. Pretty sweet
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And how did you accomplish that, Chuco? Please enlighten us!
you download appmanager, download the htc_ime.apk from the forum put it on your sd card and use appmanager to install from sd....
I got this working using the files and the instructions on Haykuro's blog:
http://haykuro.theiphoneproject.org/?p=213
After the phone restarts, open messages, go to a new message, do a long press in the text input box and when the option appears select 'input method' - 'touch input'
Massive improvement on the stock Android keyboard!
NICE! This is freaking sweet... it'll definitely make waiting for root more bearable since this was one of the apk that i wanted in the myTouch
Thank you for the heads up!
+1.. Just did this on my G1 & will be doing it on my mytouch monday before anything else.. I love the compact qwerty..
How is this compared to better keyboard or touchpal??
cant wait until i get my touch, in for when it finally arrives.
bastage said:
I love the compact qwerty..
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I do too... I don't even use my physical keys anymore because of it!
ADchemist said:
How is this compared to better keyboard or touchpal??
cant wait until i get my touch, in for when it finally arrives.
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Well HTC_IME has 3 types of keyboards... regular QWERTY, Compact QWERTY (Like the ones on the BB Pearl) and t9.
I have some screen shot of it on my G1 here
As far as better keyboard, its still the same keyboard found in cupcake just skinned and its similar to touchpal but touchpal has a ton more options. hope this helps
thank you that did help.
i have to disagree i find that the htc keyboard to find my words way better than the stock android i type faster on this than on my blackberry
mykenyc said:
i have to disagree i find that the htc keyboard to find my words way better than the stock android i type faster on this than on my blackberry
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eh? we never did say which one was better than the other
the htc keyboard is definitely better.. stock is lackluster.. Nothing wrong with it, but its not good either..
im using appmanager to install the htc_ime.apk bt its not working... any suggestions?? im using my MyTouch
Is it not letting you install? Giving you an error? Are you changing the touch input after you install it?
it says its nstalled but when i try to change the touch input there isnt another option other than "android keyboard"
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it says its nstalled but when i try to change the touch input there isnt another option other than "android keyboard"
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Damn you for getting your myTouch early gotta wait 1 more week but when your on your sms screen try holding down the text input area, click on "Input Method" and you should have 2 options "Android keyboard" and "Touch Input" click on Touch Input and you should have HTC_IME instead. I know I don't have my myTouch yet but I think that how it is if you have installed.
Did you try rebooting?
On another note: Anybody notice that the htc keyboard is a resource hog? Can't use while I'm listening to music.
Android double post ftw.
It posts twice, because it's twice as nice. :-D
Hi.
Anyone able to get the HTC IME.apk to install to the xtarantula build? I tried to install it but i am getting the error that i don't have an htc device lol....
...anyone have a workable apk that will install??
thanks in advance
btw, the HTC keyboard i'm referring to is similar to the winmo hd2 keyboard, the one with the directional arrows
Might not be the answer you are looking for but I have to say that the Kb u want is laggy and somehow lacking responsiveness. there are other options you could try like Smart Keyboard Pro. It has themes, which I find to be very sense-like.
About the Kb u want, it might be due to the senseless build.
You should be able to find what you want from this thread, sans the directional arrows (I've been looking for that version myself):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=624416
just make sure to install the keyboard & clicker intended for your version of Android.
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You should be able to find what you want from this thread, sans the directional arrows (I've been looking for that version myself):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=624416
just make sure to install the keyboard & clicker intended for your version of Android.
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Thanks. I already was able to install the htc without the directional arrows. kinda missing the arrows though
i have the apk of the kb with arrows as well but wouldn't install as it is signed i guess.... if you come across another apk and it installs please let me know.
thanks!!
EDIT: The keyboard seems to always crash on Mdeejay's Desire HD build v4.0 and I do not know why. Give me some time to sort this out. Thanks
I posted this thread because I didn't see anything similar, maybe someone else doesn't like the sense keyboard too, so I'll just post it.
If you were anything like me, you liked sense, but hated that damned sense keyboard, well I have just bothered to put the stock Android keyboard on my DarkStone Sense V3.1 and it works.
Step 0 (optional) = Download a second keyboard from the Android Market (such as AnySoftKeyboard) so you can still have a keyboard to use if anything goes wrong.
Step 1 = Download the file for the keyboard
Step 2 = Use Root Explorer (I recommend it)(Or whatever else you can make work) to copy the files into the system.
LatinImeGoogle.apk goes into system/app
libjni_latinime.so goes into system/lib
libjni_latinime.so will ask to overwrite the existing file, (it doesn't on some builds) overwrite it, if anything bad happens the original .so is in my backups .rar for you to download.
Step 3 = Long press a text box and hit input method. Android keyboard should be on that list.
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I will also attach the original files in case you mess up and are stuck with no keyboard. (I did it... was no fun.)
My edited method leaves you with the HTC keyboard as well (need feedback on what builds do this)
pic of what this keyboard looks like compared to the sense one?
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pic of what this keyboard looks like compared to the sense one?
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Pic is up.
i tried this with both astro and a terminal emulator, both says
java.io.ioexception no space left on device
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when i try to copy the HTC_IME.apk, any ideas why?
and also this makes me lose the original keyboard too, as the HTC_IME will be replaced by a 0 byte file
Swype, that's the ticket. There's also the XDA-improved HTC keyboard, which is plenty nice
I had the same problem what i did Is that i Navigated to The media folder in the system folder Then i deleted a couple of Ringtones that i don't really use, And that Freed some space for me to copy these files
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I've installed the multitouch keyboard from the Droid X. It works great on Darkstone's Froyo V2 ROM with Sense...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7936232&postcount=177
Is there a keyboard with cursor keys? I hate tapping all over just to correct a letter ..
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TouchPal chinese input
superfuffo said:
Is there a keyboard with cursor keys? I hate tapping all over just to correct a letter ..
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Try the above named keyboard. My favourite with cursor: just tap 'Edit'!!. Free on market too.
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I've installed the multitouch keyboard from the Droid X. It works great on Darkstone's Froyo V2 ROM with Sense...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7936232&postcount=177
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Installing it works pretty much the same way except you have to rename the keyboard file (I think I already did that for everyone in my upload)
Can anyone make a cab file for this?
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Can anyone make a cab file for this?
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Cab files are installation files for windows mobile, not android.
in Mattc, there are both original android keyboard and HTC sense keyboard, you can choose which one by hold the place you can type, choose input method, and choose the one you like
does anyone one have the sence keyboard i wana go back to sence
also is there a way to do this with sence dialer i like it better then the froyo because i keep hanging up calls with my cheek hitting the end button
i tried installing this keyboard and now my keyboard is gone! now i dont have a keyboard to use at all. i followed all the steps above and tried to get my old keyboard back and it still doesn't work.. :/
help?
Long press on a text box and tap "input method", so any options pop up?
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Is it possible to get the keyboard from the darkstone hd2 beta onto the froyostone sense v2? I tried to find the libjni_latinime.so file in the hd beta but its not there. What exactly does that file do?
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Is it possible to get the keyboard from the darkstone hd2 beta onto the froyostone sense v2? I tried to find the libjni_latinime.so file in the hd beta but its not there. What exactly does that file do?
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You looked in the /system/lib/ folder?
I'm not exactly sure what it does but I do know it is necessary.
psykick5 said:
You looked in the /system/lib/ folder?
I'm not exactly sure what it does but I do know it is necessary.
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yep looked in there, but nothing. Ill probably just use some trial and error to figure it out.
...I really HATE this annoying sense keyboard!! So thanks alot man!! I'll gonna try this now
I love the MIUI roms other than one aspect - the dialer. Is there any way to completely replace this with either the default Android dialer or HTC's? I have installed Dialer One over the top but all this does is alter how a call is made but the in call screen and receive call screen (slide up/down to answer etc) stays the same.
Cheers in advance.
Can anyone help with this? I'd love to get HTC's dialer working on this build.
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Can anyone help with this? I'd love to get HTC's dialer working on this build.
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I'm pretty sure there's a way to do it. I currently have an Xperia x10 and I've replaced the Phonebook.apk file (Located in /system/apps) with a modded one. I'd imagine the same concept can be applied to a cooked HD2 ROM. The only problem is if a dialer has dependancies with other services (Like sense dialer), you may come across issues.
No.
HTC uses htc libraries. You won't get them working on another rom.
(That's why you never see HTC apps outside sense )
You can, however, download dialer one or similar from market - or push the stock apk file
I recommend you use rocket dialer
you can find it from the market
Try "go contacts". Best dialer/contacts replacement imho.
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