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[REQ]Need Touch full screen keybaord

Heyo. The piece oh crap small default keyboard on wm6 leaves me with far to many mistakes to correct, I was wondering if anyone out there had a good solution.

http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/fsk/?en

Dotex said:
Heyo. The piece oh crap small default keyboard on wm6 leaves me with far to many mistakes to correct, I was wondering if anyone out there had a good solution.
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Commercial (but not very much)
TenGo Thumb ( http://www.tengo.net/ ) -
MessagEase ( http://www.exideas.com )
SPD Full Screen Keyboard ( http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com )
No cost (just some generous persons sweat)
HTC PhonePad (this site)
HappyTapping KeyBoard (seen it here too - search)
and probably many more
My recommendations (but depends on the size of your fingers)
SPD Full Screen KB (about USD10) - good for text entry into documents, not for fields, finger (thumb) friendly
HappyTapping KB - just usable with finger but really needs stylus but bigger easier than standard
regards

Touch themed PhonePad ftw:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=315125

FTW indeed bud. All your base are belong to me now. Thanks.

Wow, that is fantastic Awesome skin.
Edit: The dutch language is missing :'(

The russian language is missing too

Dotex said:
Heyo. The piece oh crap small default keyboard on wm6 leaves me with far to many mistakes to correct, I was wondering if anyone out there had a good solution.
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Try this one http://www.gvmobile.com/ it is realy good with many languages

Onscreen Keyboard alternative
I have been using MessagEase (from [U]www.exideas.com[/U]) and it has worked for me quite well. I highly recommend it.
It has fewer, larger key that you can either click with a stylus or a finger (large keyboard mode). They have a full trial download, 2 months I believe.
It looks strange at first. But once you figure out the simple logic behind it (taps for most frequent letters, and slides for the other) it really makes sense.
Recently some one at ZDNet reviewed it quite favorably.
Here is a picture from their site.
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how can i use spb Full Screen Keyboard as the default keyboard
because after a soft reset i always have to change the keyboard againg
to the spb Full Screen Keyboard
is their a tweak for

kloon said:
how can i use spb Full Screen Keyboard as the default keyboard
because after a soft reset i always have to change the keyboard againg
to the spb Full Screen Keyboard
is their a tweak for
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Look for a program called SIPS Enable. This will save your keyboard settings after you reset. You can also just set a button to open SPB...

maevro said:
Look for a program called SIPS Enable. This will save your keyboard settings after you reset. You can also just set a button to open SPB...
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ok google is my friend ( i hope)

kloon said:
how can i use spb Full Screen Keyboard as the default keyboard
because after a soft reset i always have to change the keyboard againg
to the spb Full Screen Keyboard
is their a tweak for
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I have a post here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=322003
which includes the G4 SIP Changer... Just nice for what you need

kloon said:
how can i use spb Full Screen Keyboard as the default keyboard
because after a soft reset i always have to change the keyboard againg
to the spb Full Screen Keyboard
is their a tweak for
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Install SIPchange found here on xda dev. and select the keyboard as default, and it will stay sfter soft reset.

mtb2104 said:
I have a post here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=322003
which includes the G4 SIP Changer... Just nice for what you need
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thx !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I never used 'Transcriber' until today, man this is the best thing out there, I love it.

I recomment PCMKeyboard. This is not working on touch but on release on a button....
http://pocketcm.com/index.php

Vibestar said:
I recomment PCMKeyboard. This is not working on touch but on release on a button....
http://pocketcm.com/index.php
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PCM Keyboard works fine on the Touch, I have used both versions on the Touch.

"This is not working on touch but on release on a button...."
maevro said:
PCM Keyboard works fine on the Touch, I have used both versions on the Touch.
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Think he meant it registers what character you want to enter upon release of a key and not when initially touching it.

yeah you use the word touch for that right

[NEW] K's Touch PCM Keyboard Skin & Layout

Here's my PCM Touch Keyboard. The keyboard has HTC Symbol pad's symbols fully integrated into it. By holding down certain keys for 250ms, you'd be able to toggle certain symbols. For example, holding down "a" will show all the "a" accents. Holding down "spacebar" will show common browser shortcuts, and etc etc.
*I don't know why the first picture looks brighter than the others...*
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Holding down the numbers will also toggle some symbols. These are usually symbols that are listed on your ordinary full size keyboard. For example,
1=~, !
[email protected]
3=$ (and various $ signs)
5=%
As you can see, I have also included some ghetto smileys into the mode button tapping the mode button doesn't change anything as there's only 2 modes in this keyboard (caps lock and lower case - double tap shift to toggle between them). However, holding down the mode button will show some commonly used symbols found at the lower portion of a keyboard.
The keyboard is based on the English layout. If you native language is not English, simply change the first two lines of the layout to the layout you commonly use. Everything else should work regardless of the base layout.
Installation is simple, just toss both files into Program Files\PCM Keyboard, select the layout and skin from pcm keyboard option and you are done.
BEFORE INSTALLATION
-open up the layout file with notepad, and replace this line:
symbol_pad=0,)-_+±
There's an extra "-" in the original layout file as seen in picture.
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sir.... looks good but couldnt try coz the file is corrupt....

Looks good, but do you still need to update the PCM Keyboard every now and then? Because the PCM Keyboard has "expired date" which is really annoying.
I would rather to pay (even in this beta version) rather than having to visit the site, download, uninstall, reinstall, etc. etc.

I'm not sure if 0.12 still expires....I'm actually rather new to PCM Keyboard...I skinned it because I wanted a better keyboard to be used with my touch style rom...and the touch xt9 keyboard/keypad is a pita.....
Well, I hope you guys like it, you can easily customize the keyboard layout file to show whatever symbols you want when you hold down a key

Wow! wonder ful. I like it...

I like the look. Its my new skin.
Shouldn't it be "http://" instead of "http:\\"?
Also i could never figure out why on the skins they always have the "'" key above the backspace instead of something like the ".". I don't use hte "'" key as much as I do ".". I usually just change it in the layout file myself.

Is it possible to have a button to switch screen orientation?
Jem777

Really nice, i usually use the PhonePad, but with these nice tweaks u've done 2 it i'll 4sure give it a try...
Thanx for a great work

As noted above, the zip file seems to be corrupt. Downloads okay but won't open.

The current version of PCMK, v.12, is set to expire on Jan 15 or thereabouts. So, yes, it still does expire. I agree it is a bit annoying. But the keyboard is generally great with the rigth skin. I prefer the other "refined" one to this. This is complete, but the buttons are too small IMO. Still both are nice. Different strokes for different folks.

jomo25 said:
The current version of PCMK, v.12, is set to expire on Jan 15 or thereabouts. So, yes, it still does expire. I agree it is a bit annoying. But the keyboard is generally great with the rigth skin. I prefer the other "refined" one to this. This is complete, but the buttons are too small IMO. Still both are nice. Different strokes for different folks.
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Here is a link to the "refined" thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=349647
I was curious how this layout would look with my black iphone skin... So if you like BIG keys and this layout, you can select K's layout and one of the iphone skins from my thread above. The screen shot is of this configuration.
Good work K! I like some of your shortcuts.

Here is my skin and layout...

the bigger keyboard is nice. I'd skin it with the touch look later

Just wanted to see a side by side comparison.

is it just me because when holding down "spacebar" will show common browser shortcuts etc... nothing happens??

gfreek said:
is it just me because when holding down "spacebar" will show common browser shortcuts etc... nothing happens??
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@ gfreek,
Does this work?
klmsu19 said:
-If you press the internet explorer key you will get "http://www."
-If you press and hold the internet explorer key you can choose: https://, .net, .org, .com or www."
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CORRUPT ?????????
bassett said:
As noted above, the zip file seems to be corrupt. Downloads okay but won't open.
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I opened the corrupt file in notepad and saw that is in fact a ".RAR" that was renamed to ".ZIP", why?, I don't know...
Just rename the file ext. from ".zip" back to ".rar" and it should work 100 %
Great skin dude...

You don't have to Unistall, reinstall thingy, just change the date to whatever before 15/Jan-08 and it will work..
gogol said:
Looks good, but do you still need to update the PCM Keyboard every now and then? Because the PCM Keyboard has "expired date" which is really annoying.
I would rather to pay (even in this beta version) rather than having to visit the site, download, uninstall, reinstall, etc. etc.
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jem777 said:
Is it possible to have a button to switch screen orientation?
Jem777
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no biggie.
you can assign camera button to rotate the screen.
setting - button - <rotate screen>
works like a charm for me.

do you have keyboard skin whick looks like an ordinary phone keypad?. i just got used to it already when messaging.
please help kin0kin.

[CAB] [NOV 24] Raphael keyb. wwe and scandinavian for X1

Just made this as it works best for the x1, bigger letters than the blackstone keyboard, who needs the arrovs when we have the optical joystick
get it here:
here is the new keybord image to fill the screen but still have the larger letter for easy typing, first i made the touch hd layout witout the arrows, but the letters were to small, so this is the best solution so far to still have the large letters for finger friendly typing.
hope this comes to use..
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EDIT: ENDED This as there are other raphael keyboards out there. and the build i took this from has many bugs.

can u post ss? and perhaps a comparison with the HD one?

nap007 said:
can u post ss? and perhaps a comparison with the HD one?
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looks the same as HD but without the arrows, and that makes the letters a little bigger and more finger friendly.

smaberg said:
looks the same as HD but without the arrows, and that makes the letters a little bigger and more finger friendly.
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well, the problem with using Raphael's keyboard is that at landscape mode, it doesn't stretch fully and create white space on right/left side of the keyboard.
OTOH, I believe this version will enable word completion and name/address prediction when you text using hardware keyboard, am I right?
does it break the symbol and the ascent key? If it doesn't, I'm inclined to install this over the TouchPal that I'm using.

zenkinz said:
well, the problem with using Raphael's keyboard is that at landscape mode, it doesn't stretch fully and create white space on right/left side of the keyboard.
OTOH, I believe this version will enable word completion and name/address prediction when you text using hardware keyboard, am I right?
does it break the symbol and the ascent key? If it doesn't, I'm inclined to install this over the TouchPal that I'm using.
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Dont know about the symbol thing, as my x1 is being replaced right now, but i can make a symbol pad cab for the x1 if so.

Hi smaberg, i can't uninstall your cab. How i can do it?
The ascent key on physical keyboard don't works.....
thanks

webanet said:
Hi smaberg, i can't uninstall your cab. How i can do it?
The ascent key on physical keyboard don't works.....
thanks
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uninstall takes some time, be patient!
ascend keys are everybodys problem on hardware keyboard, im working on a fix, but it takes some time, maybe someother member can fix it faster

So there are no swedish characters on this keyboard? I dont see any

Golgo said:
So there are no swedish characters on this keyboard? I dont see any
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yes there is, look in start inställningar input keyboard choose language, hmm choose swedish...
if not there, i will post an update to my cab, some people have been having this problem...

smaberg said:
uninstall takes some time, be patient!
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Nope, I waited for 10 minutes and then it went "This program could not be completely removed." Ant it's still there, and my AU key still doesn't work. What should I do?

smaberg said:
yes there is, look in start inställningar input keyboard choose language, hmm choose swedish...
if not there, i will post an update to my cab, some people have been having this problem...
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Nope, there's no swedish option there.

Any advice, please? This cab won't uninstall, how can I remove it manually or at least make the AU key work again?

I can't uninstall this as well. Any ideas?

Just made a hard reset after killing the phone trying to uninstall this thing. Anyone who don't want to waste time restoring your data or to be stuck with an unfunctional AE button, do yourself a favor and don't install this.

Same here, can't uninstall, now I am stuck with a crappy keyboard that doesn't work due to unfinished uninstall. I even tried SKTools and it didn't work. Now I need to find a way to uninstall it.
don't install this software (at least till it has a working uninstaller)
Update: I just did a hard reset for the phone to get rid of this software. Now I am installing everything from the beginning. The guy who did this is not even showing a sign of life to help us out :S.

I like the essence of this keyboard, but it still needs a bit of tweaking. The landscape mode is broken too, though that isn't a big problem for me, as I use the HW keyboard in landscape anyway.
Will this ever be updated, smaberg? (Will send PM for it.)

Angelusz said:
I like the essence of this keyboard, but it still needs a bit of tweaking. The landscape mode is broken too, though that isn't a big problem for me, as I use the HW keyboard in landscape anyway.
Will this ever be updated, smaberg? (Will send PM for it.)
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SORRY GUYS i thought i ended this long time ago, i updated first post onto why!

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SORRY GUYS i thought i ended this long time ago, i updated first post onto why!
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Ah, okay. Can you point us towards those threads? There's a lot of clutter when I search for it myself. (As the words "raphael" and "keyboard" are often combined in threads.)

[BOUNTY][PAID] null keyboard w/ toggle widget on-screen (soft) keyboard

i have a mini Bt keyboard for my cappy, hate the on-screen (soft key) keyboard poping up when a hardware keyboard is present.
ive seen many people looking around for this too, IM WILLING TO PAY!
a simple way to "possibly" do this,
for win mo they had a "null keyboard" (blank keyboard) that could be installed and switched to, to "hide" it.
a widget that will toggle input method could accomplish this if with a blank keyboard to install as well.
other thoughts...
something else i came accross dont know if it helpls..
http://www.androidsnippets.com/how-to-remove-focus-and-hide-the-on-screen-keyboard
So far I will personnaly put up $10, anyone else want to sweeten the pot? PAID!!

Done!
Install it and you will get an extra Keyboard "Null Keyboard v2".
Select it as input method and your good to go .
Let me know if it works.
First one is just the Keyboard
The second one is the Keyboard + Widget
Edit: Added 2nd version with Widget.

Done! it works, money SENT!,
i just have some suggestions for re-finement, so its nice and pollished!
i see the widget isnt necessary as you can long click any dialog box to bring up the "select input method" window. however, could you make the widget bring up that selection window instead of locale and text?
and on first "placing" widget on desktop, a pop-up comes up telling you to enable NullKey2 in "local and text".
as far as function, i have no more suggestions, maybe color options? you could select a color in the same window that pops up (i suggested) to tell user to enable in local and text...
with those changes it would definately be worth .99 at least on Android market.

for anyone following this thread, it is still under very quick development and all further versions will be available on the market from Dark3n !
here is a screenshot of the latest version (my personal name version)
this should be in the market next month according to Dark3n.
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now on market!!!!!!
https://market.android.com/details?id=eu.thedarken.nkv2&feature=search_result

Trusselo said:
i have a mini Bt keyboard for my cappy, hate the on-screen (soft key) keyboard poping up when a hardware keyboard is present.
ive seen many people looking around for this too, IM WILLING TO PAY!
a simple way to "possibly" do this,
for win mo they had a "null keyboard" (blank keyboard) that could be installed and switched to, to "hide" it.
a widget that will toggle input method could accomplish this if with a blank keyboard to install as well.
other thoughts...
something else i came accross dont know if it helpls..
http://www.androidsnippets.com/how-to-remove-focus-and-hide-the-on-screen-keyboard
So far I will personnaly put up $10, anyone else want to sweeten the pot?
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What BT keyboard are you using? I'm considering buying one. Thanks.
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mini bt keyboard from ebay and my logitech dinovo edge from my pc.

Trusselo said:
now on market!!!!!!
https://market.android.com/details?id=eu.thedarken.nkv2&feature=search_result
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Might want to point out it's the creator who is selling it. I was a bit confused at first
Neat idea for an app though. Kudos to both you guys.

the creator usually does sell their work. and was stated he would. there arent many pages to follow...

Trusselo said:
the creator usually does sell their work. and was stated he would. there arent many pages to follow...
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As yes, my appologies -- I missed it next to your 500 ft screenshot
Still, take the compliment and chillax. Was just saying it was confusing at first glance. It's a cool app and idea.

Dark3n said:
Done!
Install it and you will get an extra Keyboard "Null Keyboard v2".
Select it as input method and your good to go .
Let me know if it works.
First one is just the Keyboard
The second one is the Keyboard + Widget
Edit: Added 2nd version with Widget.
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Is there any way to disable the blank area from coming up?

try PM ing him and are you using the market version or the tester version in this thread?
and what blank area?

hey that mini keyboard you posted a few pages back looks freakin AWESOME.
Do you have any more information on it by chance besides 'mini bt keyboard' from eBay?
and does it come out of that case?

yup right here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=926600&page=3
page 3 and 4

Would it be feasible to add the possibility to still have the dictionary prediction/correction for what you type with the external keyboard while using Null Keyboard?

G955USQU1AQFJ Firmware Update

Includes June security patches and ability to hide bottom nav bar.
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Just got it this morning, was a little worried with everyone whining about the status bar but I'm satisfied with it.

Hmmm, so the icons have changed? I see urs above and look different. Also seems u may be a lefty. Kinda like the current design.
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Ok just updated myself, doesnt seem too bad.

Has a cool hide navigation bar feature
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Includes June security patches and ability to hide bottom nav bar.
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Noticed it a has a new cool feature to hide Navigation bar when you open an app and swipe up when you need it. When you open an app you'll see a dot on the lower left corner that activates or deactivate it. This is extremely cool!!
Not all Apps will have it activated the first time opened but there will a Tap here option to hide it.

This update sucks. Navbar apps doesn't work as well keeping it black.

Noticed it added a Bixby voice volume option with the rest of the volume options.
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strongsteve said:
This update sucks. Navbar apps doesn't work as well keeping it black.
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Which apps with black Navbar? No issues here yet.

looks really ugly in certain apps now. snapchat for example puts the nav bar down there when it didnt have it before.
Also Bxactions is no longer hijacking the bixy button, it tries to start the bixby setup. guess i need to wait for dev to update it

dansan382 said:
looks really ugly in certain apps now. snapchat for example puts the nav bar down there when it didnt have it before.
Also Bxactions is no longer hijacking the bixy button, it tries to start the bixby setup. guess i need to wait for dev to update it
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I noticed the same thing. I contacted the developer through the Playstore and he says he is aware of it, and will try a "workaround". I really hope he is able to fix it. I really liked having the button mapped to the flashlight. I dont understand why Samsung is trying to cram Bixby down our throats. Its garbage, and if they would just allow people to remap it to whatever they want that would be a cool selling point. A fully customizable hardware button? That would be cool.

Not having a black nav bar is driving me nuts. Has anyone found a work around for this? I know you can hide the nav bar completely but have to slide it up Everytime to use it

Xshooter726 said:
Not having a black nav bar is driving me nuts. Has anyone found a work around for this? I know you can hide the nav bar completely but have to slide it up Everytime to use it
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I'm using this app...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pl.damianpiwowarski.navbarapps
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Navbar apps is failing quite often after this update

I've had no issues so far... Fingers crossed ?
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I've had no issues so far... Fingers crossed
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I've had no any Issues here too, all Apps behaves the same right way. True NavBar falls a little fast but i've gotten used to it.

Black used to be an option here... it is not anymore

strongsteve said:
Black used to be an option here... it is not anymore
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Yes that's the problem. They removed the black option so if you still have black now after the update don't even mess with the color options. If you select any of the new colors there's no going back to black!

ssgunner20 said:
Hmmm, so the icons have changed? I see urs above and look different. Also seems u may be a lefty. Kinda like the current design.
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Ok just updated myself, doesnt seem too bad.
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Icons haven't changed, I'm using an overlay from here. You can also make the invisible or lots of options.

This is gonna sound insane I already know. I've never been anything remotely close to the tinfoil hat types. I did my update yesterday and I use my Google maps all day long. I swear to you all that while me and my wife were talking, the phone kept picking up parts of our conversation like we did a voice command. That **** spooked me. Anybody had this happen yet?

Christogq said:
This is gonna sound insane I already know. I've never been anything remotely close to the tinfoil hat types. I did my update yesterday and I use my Google maps all day long. I swear to you all that while me and my wife were talking, the phone kept picking up parts of our conversation like we did a voice command. That **** spooked me. Anybody had this happen yet?
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Have you checked to see that GoogleNow wasn't turned on?

Doesnt bother me too much not having it black. But, i have this dark theme from the theme store (free) and if i select Apply curent theme i get the black in some screens.