I've got Samsung Galaxy Tab and original Samsung Keyboard Dock. However since I'm Thai sometimes I need to type in Thai as well. since Samsung default keyboard did not support typing in Thai .I need to buy keyboard software for my Tab. Typing with new keyboard software works great with dock in both languages however every time I connect tab with my dock it always change back to Samsung default keyboard, also if the blacklight are gone I need to change keyboard every single time when I turn Galaxy Tab again. So is there any chance to disable or to modify some setting for disabling the default keyboard? I tried to search in many places with no joy at all.
My machine already rooted so if there is a necessary change in system it can be done easily.
Thank you in advance
You can delete the Samsung keyboard with Titanium Backup - start Titanium Backup, go to the Samsung keyboard app and delete it.
No clue, if this fixes your problem - please do not blame me, if this has not the effect you want to have
I use a custom keyboard too and deleted the Samsung keyboard without any problem.
I may suggest you to FREEZE the keyboard with Titanium Backup. It's always a good choice when "deleting" system applications, that may render the system unstable or unusable.
Once you are completely sure that the tab is fine without the stock keyboard in freeze mode, you can them delete it.
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My problem is solved! Thanks to both of you . I just simply uninstall the Samsung Keyboard because the freeze option is not available in free version and I can't simply buy the apps from the market. I haven't got market access yet. But will donate that great software soon!
I am so happy right now. No problem at all with my Galaxy Tab!
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Hi all,
First, I am new to this Android thing and I don't know where else to post a such question.
But anyway, now on to my question.
I understand that rooting my device may brake the warenty, but if there is some other solution to the below problem, that would be great!
I am visually impaired and therefor me and others who are in the same situation rely on screen reading software, such as Spiel and Talkback that already exists in the market and they can be activated in the accessibility preferences of the phone after they have been installed.
In order for them to work, some text-to-speech engine has to be installed and the voice data for that as well, like Espeak.
The phones we have to use are the ones with physical qwerty keyboards and the ones that have physical arrow keys or a trackball. But now to my question.
Each time I have to do a factory reset of my Samsung Galaxy 5510 I must get someone sighted help me set up my Google account and then I can login to the market and install Spiel/Talkback and with some assistance enable the accessibility preferences.
This is really anoying. SO my question is, would it be possible to integrate these programs into some rom or maybe backup the phone so that I can restore it from a PC or maybe with some application that can be launched from the phone and then I select the image file, like a backup program and then all my settings are back.
I really apologize if this is the wrong forum, but any help is really apreciated since I know that several others are facing the same problem.
What do you think?
Could this be something to look at?
may I ask why you are doing a factory reset so often?
or do you just mean you upgrade to a new rom?
anyway, it should be really easy to have these apps installed by default in any rom. I doubt they would work in the setup procedure but you could skip the setup and then add your accounts later, when the text to speech apps are running.
No, I am not upgrading the ROM and I am not doing a hard reset that often, BUT, if i would have to do that it would be great if the screen reader service, such as Spiel could be launched by default and I don't know if this phone can be upgraded.
I have a problem with the Acer "apps" on my a500.
when I launch the eReading, Games, Social and Multimedia shortcuts I get a force close on the process "ApinAp (process android com.acer.app)" I have tried to clear data in "ApinAp" but it did not help... it worked when I bought my A500 a week ago.
but I don't know when it stopped working.
if anyone have a solution or a good idea to try please don't hesitate to answer ;-)
Reset it. There's probably a bad app having it's way with your tablet and causing the instability. If it continues to happen on stock, send it back.
Start installing your apps back one by one with time in between to test. Eventually you'll be able to track down the one app you shouldn't be using.
I have the same problem. After rooting, I restored *a lot* of the backups from my 2.2 phone. I uninstalled some because they didn't play nice with honeycomb, but I still haven't been able to find the culprit. Also, restoring the backup from their original, pristine condition did not help. I would really appreciate it if anyone knows which app(s) is/are responsible for this.
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I would really appreciate it if anyone knows which app(s) is/are responsible for this.
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Ideally, you should post all the apps you've installed so anyone coming across this thread can scan what you have and have the chance to see an app that is knowingly bad.
You should always restore to a factory state to make sure it *is* a bad app though. That's the only way to verify if it's Honeycomb or a tablet hardware issue as being the cause rather than a rogue application.
Also, don't install *questionable* apps from *shady* sources. Eventually, this kind of thing will happen.
Well, I have installed lots of free apps, so it would take a while to post them all here. I have removed a few but it didn't help. It could be anything, of course, but I suspect it must be one that has root access. When I tried freezing a few likely culprits, it didn't change anything though.
Do you by any chance use morelocale 2?
I had some force closes and it was because my tablet was using a language that it didn't like (together with my Contacts) so I had to change some settings (use different locale or delete any custom characters from my contact list) and it worked.
I have the same problem. I restored apps from the android market because I couldn't figure out how to make market enabler work in the beginning. Ever since all the native apps are force-closing.
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Do you by any chance use morelocale 2?
I had some force closes and it was because my tablet was using a language that it didn't like (together with my Contacts) so I had to change some settings (use different locale or delete any custom characters from my contact list) and it worked.
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I have removed morelocale2 and the problem persists. However, Even after removing it, the added localisations seem to persist (for example, market is still translated to greek). Does anybody know of a method to completely remove its effects?
Removing locale won't disable it's effects. You can set it and them remove it and the settings will remain as you've set it.
You should reinstall it and then set it back to default settings and see if that helps you problem. My problem was an unsupported language that I've set in it and that caused crashes.
I redownloaded it and reset the settings to English (US). When I did that, the apinap force close message reappeared, so there must be some connection. Then, to make sure, I rebooted and tried the apps. Even though the new/old localisation was working as expected, the acer apps still force close, giving the same error as before.
Odd. Did you enter the info (in morelocale) manually or did you use the two selection buttons and pick the language from there?
I just picked it from the selection list.
Then it's not the same as my problem. But I still suspect that it has something to do with locale.
Do you have any custom characters under your contacts. Because that can cause problems (I've stumbled upon it when I was looking if anyone is experiencing the same crashes as I was).
If you do have them (any greek lethers and such) then try disabling google sync and wiping contacts and see if that helps. If it does than it's your contacts (some people reported that some unsupported characters and multiple notes could cause crashes on tablets).
If it still crashes then just enable sync again and restore the contacts.
I don't know what else you could do if you still experience crashes after that except a hard reset to check if that helps.
Thanks mate, I tried this too. In fact, I also removed everything with any Greek character at all. No luck at all, so I will give it a rest. I will just keep the apps in case they are needed for the 3.1 update.
I never used titanium backup, but if anyone is restoring a full backup set from this application and any honeycomb only settings gets deleted or written over by 2.2 information, you will probably have a crash..
just like flash 10.3 has 2 different libraries loaded, one for 2.2 and one for 3.0 , but only installed one of them, your device with flash will FC, when flash suddenly uses 2.2 libraries.. so not all backups and apps can be easily restored..
you will need to test the apps backed up, and avoid restoring any system settings.
I've had my Note for almost 3 weeks and have been fiddling around installing and uninstalling stuff both from the Market and also from Samsung. Today I found an app listed as installed on my device and linked to the Market and I have no idea what it is, how or got there or how to remove it. I think it might be a Korean keyboard, at a guess, but I certainly didn't knowingly install it and I want it gone from my list of apps in the Market. The option to uninstall from within the Market is not offered.
https://market.android.com/details?...1bmcuc2VjLmFuZHJvaWQuaW5wdXRtZXRob2QuYXh0OSJd
It's possible it got linked to the Market when I used Titanium Backup, in the hope of improving administration of my device, but maybe my enthusiasm has backfired on me. Trouble is, since the app is entirely described in foreign characters I don't know where or how to find it using Titanium or anything else in the hope of remedying my apparent error. Any ideas? Thanks.
I might add that I even factory wiped my device, and after initially syncing my account again this wretched thing was once again listed as installed in the Market.
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I've had my Note for almost 3 weeks and have been fiddling around installing and uninstalling stuff both from the Market and also from Samsung. Today I found an app listed as installed on my device and linked to the Market and I have no idea what it is, how or got there or how to remove it. I think it might be a Korean keyboard, at a guess, but I certainly didn't knowingly install it and I want it gone from my list of apps in the Market. The option to uninstall from within the Market is not offered.
https://market.android.com/details?...1bmcuc2VjLmFuZHJvaWQuaW5wdXRtZXRob2QuYXh0OSJd
It's possible it got linked to the Market when I used Titanium Backup, in the hope of improving administration of my device, but maybe my enthusiasm has backfired on me. Trouble is, since the app is entirely described in foreign characters I don't know where or how to find it using Titanium or anything else in the hope of remedying my apparent error. Any ideas? Thanks.
I might add that I even factory wiped my device, and after initially syncing my account again this wretched thing was once again listed as installed in the Market.
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Heaven, Earth is a Hangul input method.
※ How to Install
1. Marketplace> "Heaven, Earth, Samsung IME" search> download and install it.
2. Select Menu> Settings> Language and Keyboard> Samsung keypad to select it.
3. Press and hold in the text input window> Input Method> "Samsung Keypad" to select.
Target Model: Nexus S
You can copy the characters to find it. Between root explorer and titanium backup you should be able to eliminate it. Knowing that it is a keyboard you should be able to locate the files and remove the appropriate ones. I was able to locate this in the market. The app name is 삼성 천지인 입력기(Nexus S전용). Use this name in your searches by copying and pasting.
Thanks for the detailed reply. It seems that Appbrain has a better description for it than the Market. It is the "Samsung Keypad". I've now located it with Titanium and unlinked it from the Market, which is all I really wanted to do, as I did not like seeing it listed when I was checking through my installed apps list.
At least it isn't some malicious app that sneaked onto my device through any of my butter-fingered fumblings.
I've recently tried SlideIt keyboard and Perfect Keyboard Pro and they seem to work fine until I power down. On reboot they continue to force close until I swap back to the original ASUS keyboard. What could be causing this?
First of all check if you really own Acer Iconia Tab A500. If not, then ask for help in the ASUS forum (if your original KB is an ASUS KB)
Then check if you properly licensed these paid apps and see if the desired one is set as default. Additionally you could provide some more info like FW version of your device, root/no root, have you removed anything from /system etc.
..I own a license of Perfect KB Pro and it works really perfect on all my Android devices and on all ROMs I've flashed.
Is there a way to install keyboard for other languages on rooted NST so that books in other languages can be searched too?
I do not know for sure but if I were on your place maybe trying to use jokers for the missing characters is good place to start? For example you are searching for title named Rosé and you type in the search box Ros? or Ros* instead. That might work for Latin script.
Multiling keyboard 1.1.7 has the capability of using many languages other than English (you may need plugins...I did not investigate very deeply). Whether that would allow it to do what you want, I'm not sure.
Although it's not as clean looking as the stock keyboard (keys are more or less black...), I value this keyboard because it allows you to copy and paste from one place to another. To my knowledge there is no other way to access the paste buffer on the NST. Also a lot of fluff, but hey, it's free!
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Multiling keyboard 1.1.7 has the capability of using many languages other than English (you may need plugins...I did not investigate very deeply). Whether that would allow it to do what you want, I'm not sure.
Although it's not as clean looking as the stock keyboard (keys are more or less black...), I value this keyboard because it allows you to copy and paste from one place to another. To my knowledge there is no other way to access the paste buffer on the NST. Also a lot of fluff, but hey, it's free!
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Thanks a lot. Any pointer to the Multiling keyboard, e.g., download, installation instruction etc?
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I do not know for sure but if I were on your place maybe trying to use jokers for the missing characters is good place to start? For example you are searching for title named Rosé and you type in the search box Ros? or Ros* instead. That might work for Latin script.
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Thx, oriental languages wouldn't work.
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Thanks a lot. Any pointer to the Multiling keyboard, e.g., download, installation instruction etc?
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Here's a link to an earlier forum post of the app: https://forum.xda-developers.com/attachments/com-klye-ime-latin-1-apk.4613077/
Keyboard apps should be copied into /system/app, permissions: rw-r-r, with a reboot. That's the good news. The bad news is that B&N removed the "guts" needed to change keyboards without getting into a database.
I know of two other options: Nook Color Tools which, despite it's name, has a few options that are useful for the NST. BUT, you must resist the temptation to poke around in the app because some of the options will trigger a factory re-image without warning. Nook Color Tools should be copied into /system/app, permissions rw-r-r, with a reboot. The second option is my Nook Settings app which, among other things, has a call to the native Android keyboard selector. You don't have to keep the app if you don't want it, but it's an easy way to get access to keyboard changes--and other things not available from the stock Settings app.
The keyboard is a little confusing to set up so just keep at it. You can ask me if you get stuck, but I don't use much of the extra features. I've even disabled the word correction (always hate that on any device), etc.
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Here's a link to an earlier forum post of the app: https://forum.xda-developers.com/attachments/com-klye-ime-latin-1-apk.4613077/
Keyboard apps should be copied into /system/app, permissions: rw-r-r, with a reboot. That's the good news. The bad news is that B&N removed the "guts" needed to change keyboards without getting into a database.
I know of two other options: Nook Color Tools which, despite it's name, has a few options that are useful for the NST. BUT, you must resist the temptation to poke around in the app because some of the options will trigger a factory re-image without warning. Nook Color Tools should be copied into /system/app, permissions rw-r-r, with a reboot. The second option is my Nook Settings app which, among other things, has a call to the native Android keyboard selector. You don't have to keep the app if you don't want it, but it's an easy way to get access to keyboard changes--and other things not available from the stock Settings app.
The keyboard is a little confusing to set up so just keep at it. You can ask me if you get stuck, but I don't use much of the extra features. I've even disabled the word correction (always hate that on any device), etc.
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Thanks a lot. Following your instructions, I installed the Multiling keyboard, and Nook Color Tools ( haven't tried your Nook Settings yet, but probably would be same ). Seems Multiling Keyboard takes over, but press the middle big "English" key, there appears no other options. Check the apk (com.klye.ime.latin-1.apk), there are many xml files there. So my question is: do I need to install other plugins for various languages, e.g., chinese?
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Thanks a lot. Following your instructions, I installed the Multiling keyboard, and Nook Color Tools ( haven't tried your Nook Settings yet, but probably would be same ). Seems Multiling Keyboard takes over, but press the middle big "English" key, there appears no other options. Check the apk (com.klye.ime.latin-1.apk), there are many xml files there. So my question is: do I need to install other plugins for various languages, e.g., chinese?
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In the settings/setup for the keyboard (where you go when you tap on the app icon) option #4 is for enabling languages--I'm sure you've seen that already. It does state there something about plugins. Waaaay down the list there are various Chinese alternatives. I didn't get anywhere with this. Sliding over the spacebar did nothing.
Check out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=klye.hanwriting. I tried version 3.3 from another source but it would not install, so unless you can scare up an older version, you might be out of luck.
Whether MyAlpha is needed as well (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kl.myscript) I don't know. Again, you'd probably have to track down an older version that will run on Android 2.1.
Edit: You may be able to find out more and/or contact developer here: https://sites.google.com/site/hanwritingime/
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In the settings/setup for the keyboard (where you go when you tap on the app icon) option #4 is for enabling languages--I'm sure you've seen that already. It does state there something about plugins. Waaaay down the list there are various Chinese alternatives. I didn't get anywhere with this. Sliding over the spacebar did nothing.
Check out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=klye.hanwriting. I tried version 3.3 from another source but it would not install, so unless you can scare up an older version, you might be out of luck.
Whether MyAlpha is needed as well (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kl.myscript) I don't know. Again, you'd probably have to track down an older version that will run on Android 2.1.
Edit: You may be able to find out more and/or contact developer here: https://sites.google.com/site/hanwritingime/
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You are right, I was able to switch to a Chinese input keyboard, but simply couldn't get the Chinese characters to appear. Doesn't seem to be font issue, as the space key does show Chinese characters correctly. Also tried French ( francais ), but no French accent either. I guess I need to learn more how to use this keyboard. Your instructions on installation totally work fine. Thanks again!
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You are right, I was able to switch to a Chinese input keyboard, but simply couldn't get the Chinese characters to appear. Doesn't seem to be font issue, as the space key does show Chinese characters correctly. Also tried French ( francais ), but no French accent either. I guess I need to learn more how to use this keyboard. Your instructions on installation totally work fine. Thanks again!
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Well, not much success here either. First I had to enable swiping the spacebar to change languages. That took me awhile to figure out. I have most of the app functions deselected since I only need a regular keyboard and the cut/paste feature. I was able to get German and Greek to both work properly. I agree that French seems lacking in accent marks but I did note that the standard English QWERTY arrangement was not used in French, so whatever that may mean.
FWIW I managed to track down the Pinyin plugin (eventually replaced by the hanwriting plugin). The keyboard settings shows it as installed but it does not seem to do anything with it. Selecting just the plain "Chinese" option (no plugin) gives a memory error. There is probably enough stuff in the DroidSansFallback font to display some form of Chinese (the device Localization options include Chinese, after all) but that doesn't seem to make its way to the keyboard app.
I also located a copy of the MyAlpha app which is suggested as a "font problem" fixing thing. Doesn't seem to do anything.
So...I've attached both apps. Probably you should contact the developer. He/she might be able to give you the information we are apparently missing.
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Well, not much success here either. First I had to enable swiping the spacebar to change languages. That took me awhile to figure out. I have most of the app functions deselected since I only need a regular keyboard and the cut/paste feature. I was able to get German and Greek to both work properly. I agree that French seems lacking in accent marks but I did note that the standard English QWERTY arrangement was not used in French, so whatever that may mean.
FWIW I managed to track down the Pinyin plugin (eventually replaced by the hanwriting plugin). The keyboard settings shows it as installed but it does not seem to do anything with it. Selecting just the plain "Chinese" option (no plugin) gives a memory error. There is probably enough stuff in the DroidSansFallback font to display some form of Chinese (the device Localization options include Chinese, after all) but that doesn't seem to make its way to the keyboard app.
I also located a copy of the MyAlpha app which is suggested as a "font problem" fixing thing. Doesn't seem to do anything.
So...I've attached both apps. Probably you should contact the developer. He/she might be able to give you the information we are apparently missing.
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Thanks. I tried these apks too, plus some others. None worked. MyAlpha is for some other "rare" languages, Chinese or Latin languages are not included, since I guess they are already installed in most Android systems.
I already sent an email to the developer. Not sure though if he/she is still active in this development. Will report here if getting response from him/her.