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[REQ] Editing HTC HD 2 Keyboard

Hi,
Just got my HTC HD 2. And i taken liking in original HTC HD 2 keyboard. Mainly because of inbuild vibration feedback. But there is that one annoying thing. And thats emoticons. I would love to write "=*" or "=)" faster. Now i have to go to characters, get to the second screen for "=" and return for "*". So, is there a way to configure keyboard layout to have this emoticon typed when i hold choosen key?
Ofc i could get another keyboard thats supports easy remaping with touchresponse enabler and set it to vibrate only at keyboard and set my new keyboard as default with another program. But thats not so effective.
TL;DR: Any idea where to edit default keyboard layout?
Edit: Now that i think about it, is there a setting to make first letter in a sentence Capitalized?

Is there no way? Then someone know keyboard which looks like original an is editable? Thanks in advance

I have no idea if you can edit the keyboard, but you should check out FingerKeyboard (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=487677) its good looking, really accurate and has most of the standard emoticons on the regular layout.

Hi!
This keyboad can not to set disable T9 also!

Well I dont use T9 so I dont mind. And yes, Fingerkeyboard is nice one i tryed it already. But still couldnt edit to my favorite smileys. If I recall correctly, there was FingerKeyboard with indepth settings, but this 2.1 only has basic stuff. Gonna look at it again.
Still its kinda lame to have to use 3 programs to have default keyboard with emoticons xD

In my opinion, FKB is the worst replacement keyboard. The default keyboard would be perfect, if someone managed to remove the arrows so that you could have a bit bigger keys, and a row for numbers.
I applaud the dev for his time and blood, though.
Again, this is MY opinion. Agree or disagree, I don't really give a damn. That would be YOUR opinion.

nex7er said:
In my opinion, FKB is the worst replacement keyboard. The default keyboard would be perfect, if someone managed to remove the arrows so that you could have a bit bigger keys, and a row for numbers.
I applaud the dev for his time and blood, though.
Again, this is MY opinion. Agree or disagree, I don't really give a damn. That would be YOUR opinion.
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I'm not sure about the FKB with HD2, as I will be only getting the HD2 next week! But with my experience of FKB with Touch HD, I completely disagree with you. FKB is the best ever keyboard app to me, it is a must for me for many reasons.
And to the poster, I'm really glad of you posting up a thread with a proper title with [REQ] suggesting what your post is about! If everyone follows this basic rule, how much better and enjoyable browsing the forum for all of us!

Well I am now testing REAL 2.1 version (I downloaded bad link and got 2.0 =/ that was silly of me) Now if i get nice theme which looks like standart then its all nice (Vibration seems to be implemented which is great).
And I totaly agree with precsmo. If people really did follow rules, it would be totaly awesome for others. And posting [REQ] before request was obvious after reading this forum for about 30s. Dunno why others dont do it this way, its better for everybody.
I played with FKB a bit and found out it to be sorta buggy with HTC HD 2 and not so good as default keyboard is =/ what a shame that HTC doesnt care about smileys =/

nex7er said:
In my opinion, FKB is the worst replacement keyboard. The default keyboard would be perfect, if someone managed to remove the arrows so that you could have a bit bigger keys, and a row for numbers.
I applaud the dev for his time and blood, though.
Again, this is MY opinion. Agree or disagree, I don't really give a damn. That would be YOUR opinion.
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I disagree. Finger Keyboard is good and arrows in the default keyboard are great .

Swype
Have you tried "Swype"? It's an awesome keyboard..... try it - it should speed up your typing a lot

can anyone tell me how to swap the "£" for the "$" on the keyboard. $ is on the keyboard @ the moment but I have to search for the £ key.
thanks
Shala

ShalaHD2 said:
can anyone tell me how to swap the "£" for the "$" on the keyboard. $ is on the keyboard @ the moment but I have to search for the £ key.
thanks
Shala
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Find a cab in sense tweak thread, as I remember. There is a cab for currency keyboard or so called, then u can have option to choose that £ symbol when holding $

Sorry for asking in this thread, but is it possible to get a swedish layout on the htc keyboard? always have to long-press a for å and ä, and long-press o for ö... quite anoying. and i really dont want to replace the standard keyboard on my new hd2.
thanks in advance.

PentaMedia said:
Sorry for asking in this thread, but is it possible to get a swedish layout on the htc keyboard?
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should be possible and not that complicated,
for info on what and how check this thread, some additional info can be also found in threads on lithuanian and bulgarians keyboards

'bigger' keyboard or dialer apps?

Hi,
as a visually impaired person I always tended to use phones with a hardware numpad or keyboard. but the diamond pro is a real brick and I'd like to use the diamond 2 much more. but the keyboard app and dialer are very hard to handle for me. what I am looking for are replacements with (customizable) bigger fonts or at least a white on black theme for better contrast. anyone can help?
Thanks in advance.

For the keyboard I would suggest TouchPal by far the best keyboard out there.

looks pretty nice. although the qwerty-style keyboard is a little tiny i would love to use the phonepad style. this could really help me out.
if someone could lead me to a working white on black theme for the htc dialer (or alternative) all would be fine. I tried one, but it didn't work (guess it depends on manila version).

It has a two button mode as well as a phone pad option. I've used this keyboard for over a year now and can type faster than my wife can with her Blackberry.

DingerKeyboard
I can highly recommend FingerKeyboard.
It can eaislybe customized and the keyboard layout is available in many different languages.

the darker themes from the demo look very promising for me. I think i'll give it a try, too. thanks for the hint.

Resco Keyboard Pro 6 Beta is out!!!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6681501
Not affiliated with Resco in anyway, but I want other HD2 owners to try this. I installed it today and must say I'm hugely impressed. It's like our standard HTC keyboard, except it's much more accurate. XT9 is not available, but with accuracy like this, I don't need it anymore. Finally a keyboard that's at least as good as the iPhone one! Beats anything else I've tried so far. Like it's made specifically for HD2 (probably is...)

i prefer it in portrait mode and as you mention its way more accurate but I'm not that fussed with landscape mode and no smilies

Yeah, Landscape mode is missing in this beta version, but I do most of my typing in portrait mode anyway. Still, it's very promising. As for smilies, I guess you can add them yourself in the "FX" page.
Edit: My bad, seems like Landscape mode IS included, but you have to reselect Resco Keyboard everytime when you change from portrait to landscape and vice versa. Still, the landscape mode is buggy, covers the whole SMS screen so you cannot read what you type.

Resco Keyboard Pro 6
Excellent keyboard Thank You It works well with my fingers and so much more accurate than the std one Thanks Where do I get the full version?

how do u install it? im a noob....

Pretty cool keyboard but when I try to type quickly the keyboard keeps switching screens

keyboard is nice but had to go back to default. it keeps switching pages on my if i go too fast, would switch page if i typed to letters really fast

what about t9 or word predoction?

Is this better than the CooTek TouchPal Pro keyboard?
Is this better than the CooTek TouchPal Pro keyboard? I love it for it's finger swiping features. Does this have swiping features as well?

Resco Keyboard Pro 6 beta on my HTC HD2
I've tried many and so far, this is the best! (^_^)
Sure, it needs a fair bit of work to make it fully usable and a complete replacement of any OS included keybaord, but it's very damn close!
Nice work Resco, your products are becoming some of my most favourite essentials and recommended. [^_^]
Looking forward to the final and meanwhile, I'll try to post up some real user feedback tomorrow.
Resco Keybaord Pro 6 (Beta / 3rd June 2010)
So far *2/3*

not sure,
I am not sure why this didnt get more attention but the Resco Keyboard has undergone some additional changes and many of the quirks have been ironed out best of all fixes is the landscape works now and you can actually see what you are typing!
The link to the new download is on post 46 (page 4 or 5 i think)

only problem with this now is that it doesnt support the auto input of contacts when writing an sms. you still have to do the old bacspace once to get a list of possible contacts...was there ever a fix for that bug?

it went final on the 15th june
have you tried the final version?

fards said:
it went final on the 15th june
have you tried the final version?
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yup the trial version is what im using but as i said no predictive contacts when youre entering a name in the "to:" field...

boogiecornejo said:
yup the trial version is what im using but as i said no predictive contacts when youre entering a name in the "to:" field...
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I am using the final version and there is contact predictive....I have T9 enabled anyway using HD Tweak option 20....if that help

Keyboard options

I am looking for some options for the on screen keyboard on my HTC HD2. Does anyone have any suggestions for it ?

You can try Finger Keyboard 2.1 . To me it is the best among the others

Why? do you not like the plain look of windows mobile keyboard. I have swype as a second keyboard option.
Search DINIK, he has skinned the normal keyboard. all my friends envy the 3D eye candy keyboard... i definitely display that more than swype now give it a try!

Finger Keyboard 2.1 has skins for it an suports alot of languges
i think you will find it the most sutable kebord for your needs

vikramdhani said:
I am looking for some options for the on screen keyboard on my HTC HD2. Does anyone have any suggestions for it ?
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Depends what youre after. If you like the standard k/board but want a better look, Dinik has a great skin and there are several skins floating around for this.
If you dont like the functionality of it, there are many alternative keyboards. For me i have tried Touchpal (great touch style, layout, fast etc), Swype (many threads and vids on this, no typing, more like sliding), SlideIT (similiar to Swype) etc.

I used to use swype,found out it was the reason my phone was crashing,now i'm using slidet which is similar,no freezing or crashing..

gabbs said:
I used to use swype,found out it was the reason my phone was crashing,now i'm using slidet which is similar,no freezing or crashing..
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Curious, what version of Swype were you using. Just asking as i use both Swype and SlideIT, i can never make up mind so constantly changing between the 2. SlideIT flows better, faster, abbreviations etc but sometimes i type a certain words and SlideIT just doesnt get it, produces the ?? however type same words with Swype, no problem. SlideIT's ugly too so sometimes like the look of Swpe so ive used both for ages, no probs.
Only problem i had when i had both and Touchpal installed same time. On its own, it worked great but when i had all 3 installed, often the keyboard wouldnt respond so i had to soft reset. Uninstalled Touchpal, problem went away.

try latest Resco Keyboard

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Thanks. Updating from Google play.
This keyboard has been my favourite and look forward to experience the new version.
Sent from my Dell Streak using xda premium

Missing Persian Language !
Swype, SwfitKey and other good keyboards all have the persian!

i absolutely loved touchpal but the update is missing hebrew and arabic - please tell me how to get these back because i have to have them. unfortunately i must switch to something else if i can't get them, so is there anyway to get the language packs?

Many improvements like learn from twitter and messages, thank God the euro symbol is present again.... The only complain I have is the font you use in the keys is just too thick and ugly looking this can be solve by using a skin but the default skin in the beta was perfect why change the font?
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feels great! nice job

Will give this a go. Liked the beta version, so lets see how this one fairs.
Sent from Crete...no really... I'm in Crete right now..

¿No love for nexus 7?

I am frankly amazed at the predictive accuracy of this keyboard!!! GREAT job! This keyboard made me a fan of swipe typing...

Krep3 said:
... The only complaint I have is the font you use in the keys is just too thick and ugly looking. This can be solved by using a skin but the default skin in the beta was perfect. Why change the font?
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+1

hi touchpal i have these suggestions:
add a option for specify the ms time of alternate keys popup (for example from 100 ms to 500 ms)
put to enter key the alternate key with smiles and add more selectable smiles
when i start to write, suggest the initial words and remove only the links button (keep the setting key and the hide key)
let me know if you agree with me

Loved it. Using it for a year now.... does it support English handwriting?
sent from: designed for humans

This is the best keyboard. Great job! :good:

Is it possible you can swipe to space-bar so it can space if for me. I don't like stopping

Thanks for this, just replaced my Swype 3.26.
Swype got worse with every new beta, finally I found a good replacement :good:
A suggestion, a dedicated numbers-only block like on swype when you long-press the numbers button.

Krep3 said:
Many improvements like learn from twitter and messages, thank God the euro symbol is present again.... The only complain I have is the font you use in the keys is just too thick and ugly looking this can be solve by using a skin but the default skin in the beta was perfect why change the font?
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I have a feeling in the beta thread there were comments from some that the font was too thin and that they'd like it bolder. Maybe a lot of people submitted reports to them asking this?
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richie390 said:
Is it possible you can swipe to space-bar so it can space if for me. I don't like stopping
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I think when enter normal text etc you don't need the spacebar. You just swipe the first word, then lift and start swiping the second word. If selected in setting the space should be automatic. I do find in some circumstances it doesn't enter a space, like when typing a search query into dolphin browser I have to enter the space. But that's probably cause you also enter web addresses there which wouldn't have the space.
Still would like a second set of characters on the second row of letters. But I'll live with it.

Miss changjie prediction and simplified changjie, otherwise it will easily be my default keyboard...
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Loving this so much!

Sorry, man - good keyboard, worst support. So many questions and no answers at all. There's no new languages for a long time. I think that's very important to conquer new markets. There's a markets with very few good keyboards (especially for free) and you miss them. One of them is Bulgaria. The English language market is very dense and populated and it's hard to make a break there. So think once again before just skip my post.

Congrats @Touchpal.
Also thank you for Turkish prediction power update for the final version, it really works good.