HELP! Keyboard stuck in Korean. edit: problem fixed. mods pls close - XPERIA X10 General

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....
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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

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Help me get back my original keyboard

Hi guys, i just installed a trial for Lingvsoft English>Farsi dictionary and the first thing i noticed was my keyboard had changed to something more stylus friend but not finger friendly.
I didn't take much notice to it thinking it was only for that program but noticed it was on every screen from SMS to Notes.
Even going to Settings>Input and changing Keyboard types doesn't work. It is on a setting called "Keyboard" and everytime i drop the menu and choose Full Qwerty and press Ok, it doesn't save and keeps the same setting over and over.
I have even uninstalled the program and soft resetted but it hasn't fixed it up.
I want to get back the original keyboard, please help me out.
try selecting something completely different, like block recogniser or transcriber or something and the restart the device. If it sticks choose try the compact qwerty and then restart. If that sticks too goto full qwert. If none of this works then it sounds like your qwerty has been replaced and you might need a hard-reset.
I couldn't change mine from the keyboard options under settings, it kept reverting back.
When you are in an sms press the little arrow next to the keyboard icon at the bottom of the screen and change it there, it worked for me.
spooki37 said:
I couldn't change mine from the keyboard options under settings, it kept reverting back.
When you are in an sms press the little arrow next to the keyboard icon at the bottom of the screen and change it there, it worked for me.
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Legend! Thanks that fixed it
Fixed my problem too.
I also had the issue that the keyboard was only inputting numbers - disabled T9 in HD Tweaks - reset then all ok.
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Andrew
how can I go in "HD Tweaks" ?

Swype keyboard on Tmobile HD2

I wonder if it is working for others because i activated it in the input menu but it is not coming up ?
Can someone let me know if it is working for them ? and if i need to try something else to make it work
It's been working for me. I just clicked on the arrow near the virtual keyboard looking icon that pulls up the keyboard information and clicked on swype. Worked for me after that
same installed fine, although after trying it i went back to the Omnia II version due to long press on keys not always working.
Have you installed the fixed version thats edited to work on non t-mobile us handsets?
Works OK for me. Will take days to adjust to lack of stylus, but comes up ok.
trueballerz said:
It's been working for me. I just clicked on the arrow near the virtual keyboard looking icon that pulls up the keyboard information and clicked on swype. Worked for me after that
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Yeah that guys right.
It took me a while too
It doesn't make a difference what you put on the 'input method' in the settings.
Working fine for me, and I love it.
I've been a long-time QWERTY guy. I installed the Swype beta on my Droid and actually found it an acceptable on-screen keyboard, so it was practically a necessity for me to have Swype on my HD2.
Well for me it is not even coming up everytime i even go to the input method and change the keyboard to swype it still does not coming up
how are you guys choosing between the keyboards ?
Hit the arrow to the right of the virtual keyboard icon at the bottom middle, that brings up a list of keyboards available.
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Hit the arrow to the right of the virtual keyboard icon at the bottom middle, that brings up a list of keyboards available.
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You for me the arrow is not there and i have to go to the phone settings > input > keyboard to see the option but when i typing an email the keyboard does not give me any options
optiknerv said:
same installed fine, although after trying it i went back to the Omnia II version due to long press on keys not always working.
Have you installed the fixed version thats edited to work on non t-mobile us handsets?
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where is this version?
the long press rarely works for me not to mention swype has frozen my phone up many times
vikramdhani said:
You for me the arrow is not there and i have to go to the phone settings > input > keyboard to see the option but when i typing an email the keyboard does not give me any options
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Which version of the HD2 are you using, T-Mobile UK or U-Mobile USA or something else?
The USA one comes default with 6.5.1, so the keyboard will have an arrow to the right of it and Swype is pre-installed. If you see no arrow and swype isn't there (and you haven't flashed it or anything) then bring it back.
If not a USA one, then you probably have one on 6.5.3 - the keyboard option does not have the arrow, instead you hold on the keyboard to change which one it is. In this case the only way to get Swype is to install it off a .cab (which Swype asked xda-developers not to post on the forums).
lbhocky19 said:
where is this version?
the long press rarely works for me not to mention swype has frozen my phone up many times
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here is the cab i use.
thanks its working better
polstein said:
Which version of the HD2 are you using, T-Mobile UK or U-Mobile USA or something else?
The USA one comes default with 6.5.1, so the keyboard will have an arrow to the right of it and Swype is pre-installed. If you see no arrow and swype isn't there (and you haven't flashed it or anything) then bring it back.
If not a USA one, then you probably have one on 6.5.3 - the keyboard option does not have the arrow, instead you hold on the keyboard to change which one it is. In this case the only way to get Swype is to install it off a .cab (which Swype asked xda-developers not to post on the forums).
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I have TMOUS but i am running a custom rom on it. Where on the keyboard should i press to have the options because i am not getting the arrow on the right to get the swype and i have installed the swype cab again as well
Update - Well the long press worked for me thank you everyone for you advice
optiknerv said:
here is the cab i use.
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I had the long press problem too with my TMO US version. I installed your cab and it seems to be working fine now. Only I don't really like the look of this version as much as I did the other one. It was more compact and neat. This one I feel has too much space in between each key. Although it is more responsive and less laggy.
Thanks. Was looking for this. The T-Mobile HD2 version is so buggy.
optiknerv said:
here is the cab i use.
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japanese keyboard.....??

i dont know what happened, but it seems that after i installed some apps my keyboard is now equipped with japanese text as an option...and its quite annoying because when i switch back and forth between letters and #s instead of just english letters and #s, theres english letters, jap, and then #s.
anyone know how i can turn this off?
i tried the keyboard setting but there's no "turn off" option.
there's a turn off under "choose key type" in the japanese keyboard settings but that doesn't do squat.
any inputs will be appreciated.
ok this might seem strange but what you need to do first is go to locale and text and change your locale to something random it doesn't matter. when you do that it changes the keyboard to that language and automatically goes back to the standard keyboard (you can check to see yourself) now switch the locale to your original country and it should be back to the standard keyboard. I'm not sure if you use the standard keyboard or android keyboard but if it is the latter and you don't know how to switch, just long press the text bar which is the lowest left key and select input method. For some odd reason you can't simply long press the text bar to switch back from Japanese which is a WEIRD ass glitch
i actualy didnt know about the android keyboard until now
whats the difference?
edit: nvm got it. thanks! i think i like the android keyboard better.
kl25 said:
i dont know what happened, but it seems that after i installed some apps my keyboard is now equipped with japanese text as an option...and its quite annoying because when i switch back and forth between letters and #s instead of just english letters and #s, theres english letters, jap, and then #s.
anyone know how i can turn this off?
i tried the keyboard setting but there's no "turn off" option.
there's a turn off under "choose key type" in the japanese keyboard settings but that doesn't do squat.
any inputs will be appreciated.
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Quickest way to change keyboard is to touch and hold on a text area
till the pop-up appears, then click on Input Method then select either the android or the Standard keyboard. The differences ain't so much... the best way to find out which you prefer is to try them. If you want to revert back just repeat the above stages.
Personally I use the Japanese keyboard.. but that's because I'm using it to write in Japanese.
Good luck.
Akira
UltraNEO* said:
Quickest way to change keyboard is to touch and hold on a text area
till the pop-up appears, then click on Input Method then select either the android or the Standard keyboard. The differences ain't so much... the best way to find out which you prefer is to try them. If you want to revert back just repeat the above stages.
Personally I use the Japanese keyboard.. but that's because I'm using it to write in Japanese.
Good luck.
Akira
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you can't use that method on the Japanese keyboard it doesn't work (well at least on my phone which is weird)
mark28 said:
you can't use that method on the Japanese keyboard it doesn't work (well at least on my phone which is weird)
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works fine on mine... I just check it
(text area is the white box where text would normally appear, if you would type something)
BTW, if you switch the keyboard to Japanese, denoted by the "あ" symbol the caps-lock will now show a hammer & spanner. Clicking on it will also bring up the input menu. Alternatively you can go about the long way around and go directly into settings either by the menu key at the home screen; or via the applications tray. Think that's all the methods...
UltraNEO* said:
works fine on mine... I just check it
(text area is the white box where text would normally appear, if you would type something)
BTW, if you switch the keyboard to Japanese, denoted by the "あ" symbol the caps-lock will now show a hammer & spanner. Clicking on it will also bring up the input menu. Alternatively you can go about the long way around and go directly into settings either by the menu key at the home screen; or via the applications tray. Think that's all the methods...
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what he said. the japanese keyboard is AWESOME.
what sucks is that the japanese keyboard is included with any locale settings right ? but i type in japanese AND chinese so if i have to type a sms in chinese, i have to go to locale and switch to china. SUCKS !

swype and voice input

ok, so i enjoy the swype keyboard but realized there is no voice input button for it. Am i pretty much out of luck with this unless i want to use my old keyboard or is there a way i can use voice input somehow with this like with a long hold of something.
for speech to txt you have to use the stock keyboard for now... Swype will probably have that option in the future but for now, no such thing
So grabbing the official version is no better than using any of the of swype apk download links floating around?
It is tough to ask us to switch to a different keyboard when that keyboard takes away the voice input option that Android has given us.
no- just check the version #. (Current as of today: 1.56.30.7625.t100)
The 'official' version is the same just handed out by Swype
i think swype blows anything else out of the water when using the keyboard itself. I never really used the speech to txt unless driving so I just switch back when I need it.... a long press in the text box, then select the original keyboard.
anothen said:
i think swype blows anything else out of the water when using the keyboard itself. I never really used the speech to txt unless driving so I just switch back when I need it.... a long press in the text box, then select the original keyboard.
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Yeah, I'm just being difficult today.
I do really like the Swype keyboard. I'm not a big texter, I barely text - but I'm a big fan of technology and am a programmer so I definitely can appreciate the Swype keyboard app. I just want that damn button.
yeah, I hear ya. I'm sure it will come eventually.... They say in their forums on their website that they are aware of the demand and that's basically it. At least they've acknowledged it so I'm sure it will come.
Wow I've using swype today for the first time and its amazing!
When using swype, instead of swyping hit menu from there you have a speak button for talk to text
If we wanted to add in multiple button presses to get to things we'd get an iPhone ... lol
j/k .. obviously we have to live with it for now, but at least they are "aware" of it. Not that they're going to change anything though.
I just found the arrow button screen by swyping from swype menu button to alt button, there's open spot there for it.
superflysmith said:
When using swype, instead of swyping hit menu from there you have a speak button for talk to text
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Darn. My version doesn't have that.
rfarrah said:
Darn. My version doesn't have that.
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Mine either :/
I think he means hold down the Search the physical button on the phone that however only uses the google search integrated in your phone it cant be used for inputing text into specific entry fields
I use handsent, and yes when you hit menu with swype keyboard on screen you have option of "speak" and it enters into the message area.
waynester said:
I use handsent, and yes when you hit menu with swype keyboard on screen you have option of "speak" and it enters into the message area.
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Just tested and mine doesn't do that. What version of Swype are you using?
mtxpert said:
I just found the arrow button screen by swyping from swype menu button to alt button, there's open spot there for it.
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On my inc, I get to the same menu by swyping form the swype menu button to the SYM button right next to it. Hope that helps others that can't find it, it may be difference on your hardware version.
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When using swype, instead of swyping hit menu from there you have a speak button for talk to text
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I don't see a microphone. Could you explain how this works?
What app are you in at the time?
The "speak" option is part of Handcent, not a function of the keyboard. I think a lot of people have been confused by the lack of clarity there.
There is no way to use speech input with Swype itself without switching to the stock keyboard. Any option to speak while the Swype keyboard is selected is purely a function of the application you happen to be using at the time.
rmk40 said:
The "speak" option is part of Handcent, not a function of the keyboard. I think a lot of people have been confused by the lack of clarity there.
There is no way to use speech input with Swype itself without switching to the stock keyboard. Any option to speak while the Swype keyboard is selected is purely a function of the application you happen to be using at the time.
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I think you are partially correct. I DO have the "Speak" option when using Handcent and Swype. I DON'T have it when using K-9 and Swype, though.

Can't for the life of me turn of default keyboard

I got in on the Swype beta a week or so ago and love the product (although ShapeWriter has some strong points too).
Over the weekend I had to go back to the default keyboard because Swype doesn't seem to play well with my RDP application.
Now I can't turn Swype back on! I went to Settings -> Language & Keyboard and it shows Swype enabled.
The other strange thing is where the default keyboard used to show the little "Cog" button for options, it now shows a microphone. Don't know how else to get back to Swype. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but that didn't help. I can't get either of my optional keyboards to work now???
you need to long press on an input box, and wait for the popup, then select input method, then swype.
nomoclutch said:
I got in on the Swype beta a week or so ago and love the product (although ShapeWriter has some strong points too).
Over the weekend I had to go back to the default keyboard because Swype doesn't seem to play well with my RDP application.
Now I can't turn Swype back on! I went to Settings -> Language & Keyboard and it shows Swype enabled.
The other strange thing is where the default keyboard used to show the little "Cog" button for options, it now shows a microphone. Don't know how else to get back to Swype. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but that didn't help. I can't get either of my optional keyboards to work now???
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Find and input box(where you can type stuff into), hold your finger down on it until the menu appears, at the bottom will be "Input Method", select that and you will see the options.
Duh - thank you guys!!!
too much 4th of July party for me ...
I thought Swype beta ended.
edit: nvm i think i figured it out, will install it on my replacement Evo when I get home.
No it's available for everybody now. The beta, that is.

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