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iWnn IME: why and how did it come pre-loaded on my Nexus 7?

Hey All,
My Nexus 7 just arrived SIB (sexy in box) and I noticed an IME in the selection list labeled "iWnn IME" for Japanese input.
From what I can gather, it's put together by a company called OMRON and has some pretty interesting features (personal dictionary sync across devices, context prediction, etc.).
How did these guys come pre-installed on a stock Google device? What am I missing here?

No idea. I just disabled that one and the Chinese one too.
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I had Korean, Chinese Pinyin and iWnn IME Japanese on my tablet as well, all disabled but not removable.
Have a theory it's there for the sake of compatibility. I remember from browsing on PCs I would see weird box shapes on certain websites when in fact it was because I was missing chinese/japanese language packs.

I am japanese, however I wonder it too. Why?
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Well, it seems to work 모ㅓ요유대놑ㅎㅈ챹ㅈ is Korean for something although I have no idea what it says and hope no offence is taken
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According to GTranslate " All ㅓyoyudaenot ㅎ ㅈ ㅈchyat", which helps me not!
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Did reset
Dillon610 said:
No idea. I just disabled that one and the Chinese one too.
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For other reasons, I did a factory reset and those apps (iWinn IME, Korean Keyboard, etc) all went away with the other problem.
A reset is good.
1hen2ducks

iWnn IME
This is an emoji keyboard and works fantastic with the device.

You can delete it using titanium backup

1hen2ducks said:
For other reasons, I did a factory reset and those apps (iWinn IME, Korean Keyboard, etc) all went away with the other problem.
A reset is good.
1hen2ducks
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I have factory reset my phone 7 times till date yet it always comes in my all apps list as disabled. Can it be removed from the system without root (coz I just unrooted my phone )

[Q] Why does UK N7 have Korean, Chinese & Japanese Keyboards?

Is there any reason why these are installed by default and can they be removed safely without any problems?
Thanks
Jez
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I've removed them with Rom Toolbox. You need to be rooted.

I just disabled them all. Weird having them I know.
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jezebabe said:
Is there any reason why these are installed by default and can they be removed safely without any problems
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I removed all the East Asian keyboard apps with Link2SD. You need rooted device though to remove system apps.

Because it saves Google from maintaining localised versions of firmware. You have to remember that the Nexus 7 is a developer tablet with Jellybean. Android isn't just big with western countries, it has a rather big market share in China as well as Korea. Asus is a Taiwan company, so is HTC. Samsung is Korean.
Its not like the CJK keyboards take up much storage. iOS have those keyboards built in. Like I said on the other threads asking the same question, welcome to global capitalism, and stop being xenophobic.
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Because the east market is big, I am using it in China.

If you're rooted, you can use titanium Backup to freeze or un install them.
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Its just the one build for everywhere.
Don't know why they didn't freeze them like the wallet and magazine apps. Maybe it causes problems for people who would want it.
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Swype keyboard or alternative in Windows 8?

Hey guys. I have the new lenovo yoga 13 and would love swype or any other side software keyboard. Anything out there to do it?
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crypticlama said:
Hey guys. I have the new lenovo yoga 13 and would love swype or any other side software keyboard. Anything out there to do it?
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Swype is available for Windows 7 in the Samsung Slate 7 downloads. It acted weird enough on Win7 that I didn't load it on Win8; but I bet it'll work.

gregoryx said:
Swype is available for Windows 7 in the Samsung Slate 7 downloads. It acted weird enough on Win7 that I didn't load it on Win8; but I bet it'll work.
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So how to get one's hand on it, when one doesn't posses an S7S?

Will this do? http://www.intowindows.com/swype-keyboard-for-windows/
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yeah i asked about this earlier http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1580190 not much since then
I believe BASW-13533A19.ZIP older version had wider compatibility

Old thread, I know, but since I did not see it mentioned and I have looked myself, you might want to try TouchPal http://www.touchpal.com/en/index.html
Looks a lot like swype. The default keyboard has too many downsides for me, so I am hoping this one is better. Rather slow download though, so I havent tried yet.

Nexus 4 won't display Arabic characters

I was recently approached by a friend that has a nexus 4 that he bought from the play store (like mine). Both mine, and his, are running stock 4.2.2. And use the chrome browser.
The issue is that some sites display Arabic characters correctly on my phone, but not on his. This is odd because both our phones have the same stock version of 4.2.2, and both have added the stock Arabic keyboard.
Can anyone explain the difference?
Note: on his phone, Arabic letters are usually displayed properly, but some sites display squares instead. One such example is the soccer news site www.kooora.com
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Try a different browser.
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I did try both boat browser and dolphin. They had the same *exact* result
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Em... I'm on stock rooted and don't face any issue with the rendering.
Have you changed the font by any chance?
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wirelessFREAK said:
I was recently approached by a friend that has a nexus 4 that he bought from the play store (like mine). Both mine, and his, are running stock 4.2.2. And use the chrome browser.
The issue is that some sites display Arabic characters correctly on my phone, but not on his. This is odd because both our phones have the same stock version of 4.2.2, and both have added the stock Arabic keyboard.
Can anyone explain the difference?
Note: on his phone, Arabic letters are usually displayed properly, but some sites display squares instead. One such example is the soccer news site www.kooora.com
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Hello dude, in what country are you ? I use koora alot, iam in lebanon. Gd to see an arabic friend out here
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Works fine for me on dolphin, no extra dictionaries installed which was a bit of a surprise.

[Q] Google Now / Ok Google Voice Search not available in China with factory OT kitkat

ANyone in China know how to fix this?

Same in France, it looks like hotword is only available in english - us language, if you can handle with speaking to your phone in English, set voice input language to english us and it should work.
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Even when the phone settings to US English it still does not work in China
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AntiNSA said:
Even when the phone settings to US English it still does not work in China
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I don't have this problem yet as I am still on 4.3 but have you tried with a VPN ? (with an IP located in US).

Google now problem
When i updated my nexus 4 on android 4.4 i can't setup google now. When i go to location settings i recieve this message: Google now is not supported in your country? I live in Macedonia and on android 4.3 google now worked like a charm