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Just got my Desire Z today. Unlike the G2 (which I also have, go figure), I can't seem to change the software keyboard from the built-in one to another one like Smart Keyboard Pro.
The option to choose which keyboard to use doesn't appear in the settings menu, unlike in the G2.
Any thoughts on this? Smart Keyboard Pro was working fine with the G2, so I don't think it's the software.
jpbl1976 said:
Just got my Desire Z today. Unlike the G2 (which I also have, go figure), I can't seem to change the software keyboard from the built-in one to another one like Smart Keyboard Pro.
The option to choose which keyboard to use doesn't appear in the settings menu, unlike in the G2.
Any thoughts on this? Smart Keyboard Pro was working fine with the G2, so I don't think it's the software.
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Have you pressed and held on a text box till it says "Input Method"?
Try that.
Dan, that worked perfectly. Thanks!
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Hey all,
Just looking at getting this phone but not sure about something. Im a big time texter and love a proper slide out qwerty keyboard. I however like this phone.
What is the SMS like with the on screen keyboard? Is it workable? I've seen online that you can change the keyboard style but not sure if this control is on SMS. Can you change the keyboard on SMS too?
I've also read a post where someone said the on screen keyboard was in the way of a new text when looking at a thread of sms conversation. And you have to keep scrolling down. Still a problem? Bad one? Fixed?
What do you think really? Would love this phone to come out with a "HD PRO" keyboard.
Thanks all,
D.
I use the standard keyboard, and got used to using the compact qwerty keyboard. At the beginning I was slow mainly due to using the keypad style as in my previous phones. But now I can type very fast and very comfortably. You can also activate a click sound everytime you press a key and it will give you feedback. But I type perfect without it anyway.
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
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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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I'm install alternate onscreen keyboard, but can't shut down defautl keyboard. It suppress alternate by priority in input methods list.
Only solution i can think of is to root your phone and get Startup Manager and turn it off in there, I did.
Just press and hold the textbox or writing area, there you change "input method" to swype or samsung keyboard.
If I understand it right, OP wants the chosen input method to stick, so that it do not go back to a different one during soft reset. I'm interested in the solution too. I do not want to remove the default stock keyboard though, as I still want it in some situation.
If I go to Settings, Locale and Text and tick the newly installed keyboard (in my case the Droid X keyboard), then press and hold in an input area and select Input Options and use the new keyboard it stays the default keyboard, even after a soft reset.
If I then change back to the default keyboard by pressing and holding in an input area and selecting the Samsung Keypad, THAT will then stay as the default keypad, even after a soft reset.
The same works for the HTC_IME.
So I fail to see what the problem is.
The main annoyance I have is that neither the Droid X nor HTC_IME have a navigational arrows keyboard like the stock keyboard does. WHY WHY WHY did Samsung not make that menu button an OPTICAL TRACKPAD? They managed it on the Omnia and other smartphones. Without this feature, despite my love of this phone, I am falling out of love with this handset.
leoni1980 said:
If I go to Settings, Locale and Text and tick the newly installed keyboard (in my case the Droid X keyboard), then press and hold in an input area and select Input Options and use the new keyboard it stays the default keyboard, even after a soft reset.
If I then change back to the default keyboard by pressing and holding in an input area and selecting the Samsung Keypad, THAT will then stay as the default keypad, even after a soft reset.
The same works for the HTC_IME.
So I fail to see what the problem is.
The main annoyance I have is that neither the Droid X nor HTC_IME have a navigational arrows keyboard like the stock keyboard does. WHY WHY WHY did Samsung not make that menu button an OPTICAL TRACKPAD? They managed it on the Omnia and other smartphones. Without this feature, despite my love of this phone, I am falling out of love with this handset.
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Hey, you're right! It does stick. My bad.
Wow, Droid X and HTC_IME must be so good, that you must find it so difficult to give up. I must try them.
I wouldn't bother with HTC iME if I were you: Droid X keyboard is head and shoulders above anything else out there as it uses multitouch to bolster its already rather solid prediction algorithms. for me it is as good as the iphone keyboard. I have REALLY tried to like Swype but still find it clunky in instances when I need to input numbers and letters or very specific words, and I cant swype a long word as quickly as i can tap out the first few letters of a long word and allow word prediction to finish it for me.
As for the default keyboard....well it has some nice features but I find myself getting terribly irritated by it when I really need it to work.
Hi Eaglesteve by the way. remember our many conversations in the HTC Advantage forums? I hope you've found a better device since then! it's amazing how things have moved on since then.
leoni1980 said:
I wouldn't bother with HTC iME if I were you: Droid X keyboard is head and shoulders above anything else out there as it uses multitouch to bolster its already rather solid prediction algorithms. for me it is as good as the iphone keyboard. I have REALLY tried to like Swype but still find it clunky in instances when I need to input numbers and letters or very specific words, and I cant swype a long word as quickly as i can tap out the first few letters of a long word and allow word prediction to finish it for me.
As for the default keyboard....well it has some nice features but I find myself getting terribly irritated by it when I really need it to work.
Hi Eaglesteve by the way. remember our many conversations in the HTC Advantage forums? I hope you've found a better device since then! it's amazing how things have moved on since then.
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts Leoni. Yes, iPhone keyboard is hard to beat. I'll give Droid X keyboard a go then.
Yes, those days on the HTC advantage forum is memorable for me, and I enjoyed the friendship and conversations with folks there. Yes, technology has really changed within a very short time, and I love it. Glad to be living in this generation. You're far more frequent phone changer than I have been, I noticed, almost never missing out on any device. I think as a result you're one of the most open minded and unbiased persons when making comparisons between them, and I enjoy reading your comments all the time.
Hey Leoni, after installing Droid X keyboard, it is not showing up when I go to setting, locale. When I click on the pass-dx2200 icon, I was given the choice of installing PandaHome2, which I did, although I hate the home screen now.
Is there a special procedure to follow before Droid X keyboard would appear on the setting for it to be ticked?
I did search but didn't get a clear picture
Sorry for the repost.
I want a keyboard where i can longpress the qwerty keys to type numbers instead of switching to number mode.
I saw both motorola milestone 2 and nexus S has such a keyboard. it seems it is part of the standard gingerbread keyboard.
Is it possible to enable this in the Arc or do I have to install 3rd party application?
Are there any recommended 3rd party apps for this?
There are so many keyboards availble in the market. Give it a try. Personnely I use Swype and it does more than what you need.
Check it out here.
Swype and SlideIt are good if u like the slide your finger to write. I highly recomend SwiftKey. After some days when it's learned your writing it's awesome and makes typing very fast
Smart Keyboard
I use this Keyboard from Android 2.3 and does the job
a good alternative keyboard is Thumb keyboard...I use it for my Dell Streak and I have used it on the arc also...if you select the 5' tablet option, ull get numbers directly without need to long press on letters or even switching to number mode..
Nimche said:
I use this Keyboard from Android 2.3 and does the job
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thanks this is perfect.
Swype. Best there is.
The stock keyboard sucks. really badly. I personally just recommend the stock 2.3 gingerbread keyboard, has multi touch and i can type super fast with it. Its free on the market as well, just search for gingerbread keyboard.
TRY THESE TWO, THESE ARE BEST out there:
1. FLEXT9
2. PERFECT KEYBORAD (I am using this)
I use swiftkey keyboard, it does the longpress thing, and also has the option to switch to numeric keyboard.
what beats me is why they replaced the stock andriod gingerbread keyboard with the default one which is just not as good.
Nimche said:
I use this Keyboard from Android 2.3 and does the job
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thanks for this bought the donate version
anyone notice the gingerbread keyboard in the market takes up more ram
Umlauts please
any recommendations for a keyboard which has umlauts in the layout (without long-press)
I'm speculating that all arch like mine have 3 keyboard by default, the default input, chinese and japanese keyboard.
to my suprise the chinese one had a few tricks on it. swipe to change querty <=> phone pad layout, long press, swipe down, smiley & symbol lock button, different landscape potrait layout.
down side: english chinese dict only, cannot use user word in phone pad with prediction on, don't think support multiple touch, vulnerable en/chinese button, prediction button use menu, not toggle.
definitely worth trying before investing keyboard app.
better keyboard works great
daveybaby said:
I use swiftkey keyboard, it does the longpress thing, and also has the option to switch to numeric keyboard.
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It is a great keyboard but the eats up quite a lot of memory...
I bought Swift even tough it has no umlauts in the layout. Fit's me very well except for that i still would prefer to have separate buttons for the umlauts.
I also tried "Smart Keyboard" which has äöü buttons but the completion is far from what swift does.
I also tried "Ultra Keyboard" looked nice but the one day trial was to short to decide if it is worth the money (especially as i already purchased swift at that time)
Currently I hope the upcoming Swift update will give us configurable layouts.
question re installing keypads
I tried installing the gingerbread keyboard mentioned above, but I cant get it to replace the arc kb. Do you have 2 b rooted?
Hi,
has anyone tried SwiftKey on a phone? It is imho the best on screen keyboard and therefore I bought the app. It works fine on nook.
Nevertheless there is a new beta out (not the tablet version), which is even more sophisticated. And this beta don't runs on the nook. As soon as the keyboard shows up, it only shows a small window in the middle of the screen showing only parts of the keyboard.
I told this in the forum, but no one responded. Maybe this community can help!!??
try the brand new version of thumb keyboard.. its nuance theme is beautiful!!!
Works on my nook, just select another input method when it gives you the small window and then reselect SwiftKey. It should reload fine then
Sent from my phiremod for Nook using Tapatalk
Are we both talking about swiftkey X Beta?
1. I tried to select swiftkey x Beta and get this little part of the keyboard in the middle of the screen.
You mean, i have to:
2. switch again to another keyboard (e.g. Android stock)
3. switch back to swiftkey x Beta
Then i get again this little part of the keyboard in the middle of the screen :-(
topcaser said:
Are we both talking about swiftkey X Beta?
1. I tried to select swiftkey x Beta and get this little part of the keyboard in the middle of the screen.
You mean, i have to:
2. switch again to another keyboard (e.g. Android stock)
3. switch back to swiftkey x Beta
Then i get again this little part of the keyboard in the middle of the screen :-(
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Yeah, don't use the Swiftkey Beta X. I haven't prodded them on this but something is clearly broken or... tinfoilhat.... intentionally limited so people buy the tablet version....
I'd like to just think it's a bug. I'll get on the VIP site later and look around, post if I don't see anything.
try unchecking compatibility mode in spare parts
boxcar8028 said:
try unchecking compatibility mode in spare parts
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You are my man. This worked for me. Big big thanks.
topcaser said:
You are my man. This worked for me. Big big thanks.
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Heh, post back when you realize it doesn't..