This one mostly goes out to my fellow Swedish forum dwellers but if anyone else has a solution please chime in.
My brother just got himself a Galaxy S, partly on my recommendation. He bought it from a Swedish (we presume) web shop but he seems to be lacking swedish characters from they key map. He is not using Swype but the Samsung keyboard, he changed the phones language layout to Swedish but that wasn't enough.
If you check the keyboard language, its set to "automatic" but he cannot - apart from me, set it to Swedish.
This seems very strange, is it an import phone? And if so - can he add the Swedish language somehow?
This seems strange to me as well. Although I am not an expert, I can say that on my SGS bought from a Norwegian internet store, the samsung keyboard was included with the Norwegian layout. So, I guess, it should be the same for the Swedish phones.
I just downloaded the "Scandinavian Keyboard" on the Market by Trygve Aaberge. It's free and you can also get a dictionary if you want.
1. Open the Android Market App & search for "Scandinavian Keyboard"
2. Download the one by Trygve Aaberge
3. Once installed head over to the keyboard settings
(Settings -> Locale and text //English OS)
4. Enable Scandinavian keyboard and go in its settings right below
5. Select desired language for the "Keyboard layout".
6. A bit further down you can also find "Download dictionary".
7. Choose the dictionary language you want as it sends you to the Android Market with correct filter/search
8. Once installed head all the way back to the Scandinavian keyboard settings.
9. Enable dictionaries and select the language you want.
Now in any field to input text just hold-press/touch until you get the option of choosing "Input Method" and select the keyboard you want. Android will keep using the latest chosen keyboard.
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Hi everyone,
I am sorry but I am not a dev at all, but I was wondering if anyone can dev a keyboard layout switch...
I have checked many post and if I am not getting it wrong, you have to go to "setting>local ..." to change the keyboard layout and T9 dictionnaries.
My point is, as a french, english, chinese keyboard users, I have to frequently change my keybaord layout. So I was wondering if anyone can compilate a mix of the following applications (can be founded on market) :
-apowersms (if you go to setting, there is a language filter, which is very interesting because you can choose which language keyboard you need) (and the keyboard layout isn't so bad looking)
- softkeyboard (for the keyboard button, when you press it long, you can directly change to the language you want)
I have also haykuro Hero Rom, as you can see in the following video, there's tool and keyboard button, maybe we can use this as a base....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22qyzEkgL84
I would be happy to help in developing this, but i don't know how
no one interested by this?
New to the forum and to smart phones as well. I got this phone here on Okinawa, Japan, so it a Japanese model. I downloaded the English manual off of the HTC site, and in reading it had instructions on how to change the keyboard from the "phone keypad" to the "qwerty" layout. Unfortunately the instructions from the manual of HOME > MENU, and tap Settings > Language & keyboard > Touch Input--is not accurate for my phone. "Select language", and "iWnn IME" are the only options when I get to the language and keyboard step.
Is there another method I can use to get to the settings? Perhaps I should download an app that would change my keyboard...which one?
Thanks again from this newbie!
Have you tried flashing it with an English ROM??
That would have been my guess
additionally have you tried installing the HTC.IME keyboard??
try swipe or 8 pen
Found an answer. I went to my company systems office and found a guy who has an older 'droid. He looked at mine and found that it didn't have an English keyboard loaded, besides the telephone version. He loaded the "Gingerbread keyboard" off of the Android market. Seems to have fixed it for me. Boy do I have some learning to do! Thanks for your help!
I rooted my kindle fire and the only thing that is missing is a keyboard in my language. I did the trick to change the input language on the stock keyboard but it doesn't have the Greek language. I installed a different keyboard but I cannot find.how to.change the keyboard. Is there a way to change the keyboard or install my language to the.stock keyboard? Thank you.
you can change the input language on the stock keyboard allthrough the options are not displayed in settings:
there is a app called "any cut" on the market
in any cut you can select new shortcut - activity - and select input languages or so - can't tell exactly cause mine is german
then you have a shortcut on kf and you can select your language
btw. with playing around with the activities you'll find some other settings too (accounts and settings, ...)
maybe you want to take a look here too:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1382360
b63 said:
you can change the input language on the stock keyboard allthrough the options are not displayed in settings:
there is a app called "any cut" on the market
in any cut you can select new shortcut - activity - and select input languages or so - can't tell exactly cause mine is german
then you have a shortcut on kf and you can select your language
btw. with playing around with the activities you'll find some other settings too (accounts and settings, ...)
maybe you want to take a look here too:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1382360
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When I wrote I did the trick, I meant I did what you just said but my language is not included. Is there a way I can add my language to that list?
ignited said:
When I wrote I did the trick, I meant I did what you just said but my language is not included. Is there a way I can add my language to that list?
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only the languages in the list are available - i can't read them all - sorry if your's is not in the list ...
I live in France and using Switfkey Tablet X and Nook Color under 6.2.2, my keyboard is AZERTY. You have to install it : you will find greek, arabic, hebrew and may other keyboards.
Good luck
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I live in France and using Switfkey Tablet X and Nook Color under 6.2.2, my keyboard is AZERTY. You have to install it : you will find greek, arabic, hebrew and may other keyboards.
Good luck
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I installed other keyboards with the Greek language but i cannot find how to enable the "new" keyboard from the keyboard settings(there aren't any?!?!).
I found this tutorial. Thanks for your help. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351914
ignited said:
I installed other keyboards with the Greek language but i cannot find how to enable the "new" keyboard from the keyboard settings(there aren't any?!?!).
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Install a kbd with your language (Swift and anysoft both have Greek). Then long press in any text entry box. A popup will show. Select 'Input method' and then choose your new kbd. It will then default to the new kbd.
Hi,
I use Samsung Keyboard with two input languages - English (US) and Czech. Problem is that the Czech language has qwertz layout which doesn't fit me, but I need to write Czech characters sometimes. Is there a way how to change Czech layout to qwerty? My GT 7.7 is rooted so I could possibly edit any config file if it was necessary.
Thanks.
Try hackers keyboard. You can download from the market. You'll have to install both language packs and adjust some settings, but it's my favorite keyboard. I primarily type in portrait mode.
Sent from my GT-P6800
Thanks, it looks really great. Mainly special characters typing without switching keyboard between letters and special characters mode And QWERTY layout is exactly what I need.
The only thing I don't understand is why does the keyboard try to read my contact list? Does it steal my contacts or something like that? I use LBE Privacy Guard so I denied access to my contact list.
that's in the keyboard settings menu, would have to dig around and see, but I'm glad you like it! I set the keyboard labeling to 50% and you can check what all you want the suggestir to pull feom. I like it having access to my contacts personally.
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Since I updated to lollipop, every word I type that isn't typed in English is underlined in red. This is really annoying since I usually type in Dutch. My phone language is English though. Is there an easy solution for this problem? Can I switch this feature off in some way?
Same problem
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Since I updated to lollipop, every word I type that isn't typed in English is underlined in red. This is really annoying since I usually type in Dutch. My phone language is English though. Is there an easy solution for this problem? Can I switch this feature off in some way?
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Hey, I registered just to give you an answer. I have the same exact problem, only I don't type usually in Dutch but in Serbian. My phone language is also English. I'm on Lollipop, I9505.
I found out a way to stop this spell check, and it's only possible, as it seems to me, to change your phone language. I've changed it from English to Serbian, even though I don't like it that way, and underlining has stopped. I thought that it would start to underline English typed words, but it didn't. So, if you consider that an easy and acceptable solution, there you go. I'm still looking for a way to use my phone in English and type in Serbian without that red underlining, just like I used to do before on KitKat. It doesn't make sense to have to change phone language when this is a problem that is related to keyboard settings. If someone knows how to fix this without changing phone language I'd love to know a way to do that.
Hi!
I have the very same problem as I speak with my friends in 4 different languages. After a lot of search I found the solution to completely disable the red underlining: selecting "Alphabet" (QUERTY) as your keyboard language, as I describe below:
1 Download the "Google Keyboard" app from the google Play
2 Go to keyboard settings - in lollypop it is under Settings > My device > Language and Input
3 Enter into "Google Keyboard" to show the google keyboard settings, and then go into "Languages"
4 Disable "Use system language" and ONLY enable "Alphabet (QUERTY)" from the list of languages (you will probably find it between Afrikaans and Arabic)
5 Go back again to Settings > My device > Language and Input, enter "Default" and select "Alphabet (QWERTY)" as default
Voilà!
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Hi!
I have the very same problem as I speak with my friends in 4 different languages. After a lot of search I found the solution to completely disable the red underlining: selecting "Alphabet" (QUERTY) as your keyboard language, as I describe below:
1 Download the "Google Keyboard" app from the google Play
2 Go to keyboard settings - in lollypop it is under Settings > My device > Language and Input
3 Enter into "Google Keyboard" to show the google keyboard settings, and then go into "Languages"
4 Disable "Use system language" and ONLY enable "Alphabet (QUERTY)" from the list of languages (you will probably find it between Afrikaans and Arabic)
5 Go back again to Settings > My device > Language and Input, enter "Default" and select "Alphabet (QWERTY)" as default
Voilà!
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Hey, thanks! That is a fine solution, but only if I wish to use Google keyboard without predictive text and auto replace options since they are gone when selecting "Alphabet (QWERTY)".
I'm quite used to Samsung keyboard and I like having text prediction and auto replace, so I'm still looking for a solution in terms of switching off that annoying spell check but with using Samsung keyboard. :fingers-crossed:
If anyone's still looking for a fix, there's a way - just do the factory reset and the red underlining will be gone. I just did.