The keyboard is incredible in 2.2 froyo on the evo, but i'd love to see it in 2.1. I've tried to install the apk in froyo through adb to fresh .3, but no avail.
The apk is designed for 2.2, so it cannot be installed on 2.1, and gets a [INSTALL_FAILED_OLDER_SDK] error.
So what would need to probably happen for it to run on 2.1 is for it to be decompiled and then recompiled under 2.1. Can anyone help point me in the right direction.
PS if you havent used the froyo stock keyboard, its amazing.
I totally agree! If it's possible, I'd love to use it! The 2.1 stock keyboard doesn't compare to what's in 2.2. So much better!
What are the major differences? Aside from the keyboard and its numbers?
I would be impressed if the keyboard was enabled multi touch.
The 2.2 keyboard has a better way of adding new words, and seems to have better precision.
Any ideas anyone?
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The 2.2 keyboard has a better way of adding new words, and seems to have better precision.
Any ideas anyone?
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I believe this is doable but it'd be a bit of work. Probably would have to start with the 2.2 source and do some hacking since the 2.2 keyboard relies on 2.2 API's for things like voice input.
2.2 example of keyboard
I like it, me want it!
I didn't even know it did that till I saw that video...
Just tried it and it works like a charm.
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hmm thats a nice feature, hopefully the xda keyboard will get that soon.
i am using swype on my EVO now ,, is there a XDA customized KB that is better?
I like the HTC keyboard because of the "mic" input option. Do any other keyboards have this?
Yes froyo has that..actually I think the voice to txt is more accurate in froyo also.
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Yes froyo has that..actually I think the voice to txt is more accurate in froyo also.
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Cool idea.. but I wouldn't use it. Even his example got cumbersome.. like a zip code. Why not just switch to numeric and type it, rather then dragging up on every character. Plus, the sense keyboard already has these extras programmed into the keys with a long press. Doesn't intrigue me too much.
I use the voice to text all the time as a matter fact i'm using right now.
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I can tell due to lack of punctuation.
You guys know you can speak punctuation too right? Not that I'm telling you to, but just in case anyone didn't know that. "period" will give you a period , "question mark" a question mark. Im sure you get it
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I can tell due to lack of punctuation.
You guys know you can speak punctuation too right? Not that I'm telling you to, but just in case anyone didn't know that. "period" will give you a period , "question mark" a question mark. Im sure you get it
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yeah but i just find that weird..im afraid if i start doing that then maybe it might carry over in real conversation LMAO!!
nope not gonna happen you will have to deal with my lack of punctuation and grammar also I'm sure!
Wait... your posts are from the speech to text in Froyo???? Or Eclair? Because unless it learns over time, I found speech to text to be terrible...
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yeah but i just find that weird..im afraid if i start doing that then maybe it might carry over in real conversation LMAO!!
nope not gonna happen you will have to deal with my lack of punctuation and grammar also I'm sure!
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Haha yeah, especially if anyone else hears you.
Speech to text is pretty good, long as you speak clearly. I used to use whatever is built into the xda keyboard but now my evo keyboard has it
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Wait... your posts are from the speech to text in Froyo???? Or Eclair? Because unless it learns over time, I found speech to text to be terrible...
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some of them are it just depends on if i am driving etc. its not perfect but it works surprisingly better then any other speech to txt i have tried.
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Wait... your posts are from the speech to text in Froyo???? Or Eclair? Because unless it learns over time, I found speech to text to be terrible...
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I use it on 2.1 and it works great every time. It gets names right, and even can do smilies (ie: say "happy face", or LOL etc.). Even does punctuation... it's great...
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What are the odds that we can just pull the keyboard from the current hero rom and implement it into the cupcake... because at this point that is really the only reason i want the hero rom... at least a main reason
I know alot of people would agree with me
let me know!
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What are the odds that we can just pull the keyboard from the current hero rom and implement it into the cupcake... because at this point that is really the only reason i want the hero rom... at least a main reason
I know alot of people would agree with me
let me know!
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The Keyboard? You mean the htc keyboard (HTC_IME.apk)? because thats been ported to other builds already.
Oh dear
this thread needs to be locked..........Dude , do the search and ye shall find the keyboard.
think its called the htc ime or something of the sort.
theres already a thread about this
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What are the odds that we can just pull the keyboard from the current hero rom and implement it into the cupcake... because at this point that is really the only reason i want the hero rom... at least a main reason
I know alot of people would agree with me
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=516396
to do it from the terminal
way to jump on his case without doing a little research yourself. i believe he is talking about the multi-touch keyboard support on the htc hero device. and now to actually help you answer your question....
i really do not know why....
i haven't taken any time to search through the build.
but im gonna take a wild guess and think it has something to do with the multi touch...
i hope that helped...
question.
Since the Hero sence UI has multi-touch support. Does this mean the Hero Keyboard has multi-touch as well?
lol not that i've seen from anything about the actual phone, much less the builds
Multitouch keyboard? What would be the point in that? You could hold shift while typing on a screen that small it would be too fiddly to be useful, no reason for it anyway (unless I'm missing something obvious). Someone correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the multitouch was have at the moment emulated anyway? So it couldn't detect two different points just the distance between two points.. again I could be wrong, that was my understanding.
hero keyboard sucks!
actually hero's keyboard is very different from the normal htc keyboard. the pop-up keys pop up faster (way faster, so it's useful like android keyboard), the layout of the alt-pages are different, and the period is always present in all the screens. i would love to have hero's keyboard in cupcake.
I delete htc ime from the hero builds.. it gets on my tits popping up all the time and suggesting words when i'm using the hardware keyboard.
Waste of time on a phone with a proper keyboard imo.
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I delete htc ime from the hero builds.. it gets on my tits popping up all the time and suggesting words when i'm using the hardware keyboard.
Waste of time on a phone with a proper keyboard imo.
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amen!, I removed all IME from the build I use. Nothing like the actual feel of keys, btw, did you say tits?
nothing like being able to text with one hand though
I wish someone would mod the HTC_IME to allow swipe gestures (up=shift, down=close, left=delete, right=alternate)
Who wants a challenge??
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nothing like being able to text with one hand though
I wish someone would mod the HTC_IME to allow swipe gestures (up=shift, down=close, left=delete, right=alternate)
Who wants a challenge??
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Better keyboard...download it/buy it
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Better keyboard...download it/buy it
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I mean this in the kindest way possible. wtf would i pay for a vk for? there are like 3 different ones to pick from actually 4. I dont see that vk doing anything different or any better than the keyboard i have now lol.
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I'm not sure and correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Better Keyboard use the same word library as the android keyboard? I much prefer the HTC library! Although I may still give Better Keyboard a shot.
I know...its probably been around forever dummy...
But I hammer data into this thing like its a laptop....and NO keyboard has done the trick like my Iphone's which is the standard.... Til this baby!
Very happy.
Thank you Smart Keyboard Pro developers.
hi rockky,
i dont think this is the better way for you to talk about keyboard, there were thread about keyboard.. you may continue there... others able to follow up... no need a new thread. thanks
That seems to be about one keyboard in particular.
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I know...its probably been around forever dummy...
But I hammer data into this thing like its a laptop....and NO keyboard has done the trick like my Iphone's which is the standard.... Til this baby!
Very happy.
Thank you Smart Keyboard Pro developers.
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@rocky
........never mind me
whats the difference between this and the stock keyboard?
There's 4 different ones but the Iphone one has spaces surrounding all letters making it way easier to deliniate letters visually and hit them physically.
I'm using Swiftkey alpha limited version.
It predicts your next word rather than correcting it. And you choose one of 3 boxes on top instead of pressing space. So after typing a couple of letters, the word you want is usually up there.
where did you find swiftkey?
/me demands a swiftkey apk.
the default nexus one keyboard does suck monkey rocks.... I've been looking for a keyboard, but I just tried the DESIRE ROM and the HTC keyboard ROCKS! The ROM is just not quite ready for prime time though...
dang swift key is pretty badass
Really wish someone had a swiftkey apk to throw to the great people at xda devs.
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Really wish someone had a swiftkey apk to throw to the great people at xda devs.
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A quick google for "swiftkey apk" will get you a copy!
Just tried it out and its pretty good!
I also love Smart Keyboard Pro.. I keep switching between SKP, HTC and Swiftkey!
Smart Keyboard has greatly improved its word correction algorithm. It is still not on par with HTC_IME's but I would say it is almost comparable to the stock one. I prefer Smart Keyboard for the multitouch capabilities. I type faster and it just feels more natural. I know the HTC_IME is not multitouch, is Swiftkey? I signed up for the beta trial but as of yet have not received notice.
Swiftkey is hands down the best N1 keyboard.
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Swiftkey is hands down the best N1 keyboard.
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Better then swype??
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Better then swype??
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Testing now. I will let you know.
http://uploaded.to/file/dw8l0u
swift key gave me better results than Smart pro.
They both suck ass simply because theyve failed to include a good voice to text icon.
I like smart keyboard a lot, I just wish it had voice to text. I'd assume it's just a simple API call, and you're done, no? Not like you need to code the entire service.
I can type incredibly fast with it, which I cannot do on the stock keyboard. That is enough for me to use it.
Have to say that Smart KB is really great. Works very well with Germany qwertz layout and types better than stock or htc.
I still think Swype is #1 keyboard.
http://www.swypeinc.com/
I tried it today and i have to say i like slideIT much much better. Swype looks better but i slideIT always seems to type what i am trying to say. I orginal got it on my old wm phone last year. I got it for android now and its just as good. Is there actually a benifit from swype that i am missing?
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I tried it today and i have to say i like slideIT much much better. Swype looks better but i slideIT always seems to type what i am trying to say. I orginal got it on my old wm phone last year. I got it for android now and its just as good. Is there actually a benifit from swype that i am missing?
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I have tried both and I'm a Swype fan over slideIT. I don't know if slideIT has recently updated, but I know Swype knows my contacts names, whereas when I tried slideIT, it did not. My wife's name is Estefanía (note the accent) and Swype gets it right every time. That itself is worth it. I also found Swype is more customizable...you can change speed/accuracy settings etc.
And yes, I think Swype is much better looking than slideIT...and while that shouldn't matter...it does.
I totally agree with @bwshockley
Swype is leaps and bounds better.. its programmable and looks much nicer..
I adjust Swype's line length down, accuracy up, pop-up box down and then it is unstoppably outstanding.
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Swype looks better but i slideIT always seems to type what i am trying to say.
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Strange. I've had the exact opposite experience. After using Swype for a few weeks I'm almost as fast with it as on my desktop keyboard. I tried SlideIT for a few hours last night and found it to be so inaccurate that I was even slower than on the stock HTC keyboard.
Everyone should use what works best for them, but if someone were to ask me for a recommendation, I'd have to steer them towards Swype. (If they ever make it legitimately available to the masses.)
Swype work on 2.1? I know its been asked,but I am lazy
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Swype work on 2.1? I know its been asked,but I am lazy
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Yep. I am using Swypelight from this forum and it works awesome. It is always the first thing I have to change when I load a new ROM.
swype
lgevo said:
I tried it today and i have to say i like slideIT much much better. Swype looks better but i slideIT always seems to type what i am trying to say. I orginal got it on my old wm phone last year. I got it for android now and its just as good. Is there actually a benifit from swype that i am missing?
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yep, you MUST be missing it. SWYPE is sick. But i hate typing on phones so it is awesome, and it always picks up my words. you have to configure it as it has many settings that can alter its performance....
slideIT works with my contacts and u can add words to it also. Idk i guess its all prefrence i am just a bit annoyed that everytime i type good God pops up... nothing against god but damn of course it dose not pop up with alternative words. I messed with the settings a bit to fix it and then boom i some how add the word causr... I dont even know how i added it on accident.. i never have these issues with slideIT and slide it figures out words as u go so u can quick hit em while ur typing also i like where the alt words show up right where they do on htc and android keybord its nice.
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slideIT works with my contacts and u can add words to it also. Idk i guess its all prefrence i am just a bit annoyed that everytime i type good God pops up... nothing against god but damn of course it dose not pop up with alternative words. I messed with the settings a bit to fix it and then boom i some how add the word causr... I dont even know how i added it on accident.. i never have these issues with slideIT and slide it figures out words as u go so u can quick hit em while ur typing also i like where the alt words show up right where they do on htc and android keybord its nice.
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You're probably not selecting O twice. That could be the reason why god shows up instead of good.
how do u select o twice when ur sliding? I really have no clue
Loop or squiggle on the letter you want to double.
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how do u select o twice when ur sliding? I really have no clue
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Aww this is why you dislike swype.
Go to menu>settings>language & keyboard> Swype Settings>Tutorial
Go through it ALL OF IT. You'll be swyping so fast it should be illegal
your prob right with slideit i didnt need to do this i figured it out instantly but i will go threw the tutorial and see if i like it better
mine just expired... tried downloading a the beta version but the resolution doesn't match the heroes... anyone know where i can a functional hero copy with all the languages?
I found a version that works well with the hero, but ive only tried it in English...
Not sure how that link is any different than the other 30 versions of Swype floating around this forum.
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I believe this version has all languages >> http://rapidshare.com/files/353106850/Swype-SwypeReference-HVGA-trial-release.1.16.12.5228.219.apk
Uninstall your old version first.
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isnt that the trial version? that's also expired?
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isnt that the trial version? that's also expired?
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nothing expires if you know how to crack it
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isnt that the trial version? that's also expired?
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I'm not sure, I'm using the lite version with EN keyboard only...
I dont know how many of you all knw about this i did a search and no thread came up so im sharing info. Im running the latest damage, and i found this keyboard app in the market called ThickButtons, its easily the best keyboard out there that ive ever used in my opinion. What it does is when youre typing it makes the keys that it assumes you want to click big, like it enlarges the letters so that it makes it easier to type. Also it never lags dudes. I encourage you guys to give thickbuttons a try i fell in love with it. I looked for it in 1.5 but it seems to only be in the newest market. enjoy this info if you care. When you guys try it come let me know if you agree with me.
Awesome, ill look into it.
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Awesome, ill look into it.
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dude its so sweet, its just so free of lag and it kicks swipes ass
Funny how they based this off the Android Keyboard.
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Funny how they based this off the Android Keyboard.
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it is funny, but they know how crappy and laggy stock htc keyboard is dude.
Demoyo23 said:
it is funny, but they know how crappy and laggy stock htc keyboard is dude.
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Ive honestly never had any lag issues with the stock HTC Keyboard...I use the Android Keyboard cause it looks nicer...Hopefully this app is better than that pile of **** they call Better Keyboard.
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Ive honestly never had any lag issues with the stock HTC Keyboard...I use the Android Keyboard cause it looks nicer...Hopefully this app is better than that pile of **** they call Better Keyboard.
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better keyboard is crap, but you can only try out this one and see if its what you like dude
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better keyboard is crap, but you can only try out this one and see if its what you like dude
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Yea, I heard about this app months ago. Just never tried it out. You would think after so many versions of Better Keyboard they would make it better and more responsive.
They should call it not better than stock keyboard lmfao
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Ive honestly never had any lag issues with the stock HTC Keyboard...I use the Android Keyboard cause it looks nicer...Hopefully this app is better than that pile of **** they call Better Keyboard.
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so what kb do u really use. Ive seen u say u use swype and that you use android. I do know for a fact that you dont use either better keyboard or smart keyboard. lol
a mod move this to themes and apps section plz?
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Ive honestly never had any lag issues with the stock HTC Keyboard...I use the Android Keyboard cause it looks nicer...Hopefully this app is better than that pile of **** they call Better Keyboard.
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so what kb do u really use. Ive seen u say u use swype and that you use android. I do know for a fact that you dont use either better keyboard or smart keyboard. lol
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I would never EVER use Swype. I think its garbage.
I tried this and I had more lag and I'm use to the buttons where they are and when this app makes keys bigger I hit the wrong button. My stock keyboard runs with almost no lag.
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Holy crap. The lag on this keyboard is horrendous.
I just went into sms and typed "This is a test for the new thick buttons keyboard". I then set the phone down, and 45 seconds later it finished typing it out, and it said "This id w trdt of thw nee tjivk nuttins keubiatd".
I'll try rebooting, maybe that will fix it.
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Holy crap. The lag on this keyboard is horrendous.
I just went into sms and typed "This is a test for the new thick buttons keyboard". I then set the phone down, and 45 seconds later it finished typing it out, and it said "This id w trdt of thw nee tjivk nuttins keubiatd".
I'll try rebooting, maybe that will fix it.
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thats insane because it doesnt lag at all for me
wow!! we have a few different thoughts on this kb. But &roid rage is a reliable source so ill have to pass. swype,android and htc kb are all built into my rom so this is no great loss. Personally i dont really use any kb on a phone since i hate them, but if i MUST be tortured, for me its a tie between the swype swype, and the android kb responsiveness
I did a search for it in the marketplace and can't get any results guys...please advise
joeman24 said:
I did a search for it in the marketplace and can't get any results guys...please advise
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I just searched "thick" in the market and it was the first result.
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thats insane because it doesnt lag at all for me
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A reboot got rid of the lag a little bit, but I just cant get used to it. Oh well. I'm sure it works great for others, just like I LOVE swype but others dont. To each their own.
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A reboot got rid of the lag a little bit, but I just cant get used to it. Oh well. I'm sure it works great for others, just like I LOVE swype but others dont. To each their own.
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I did that as well...Im not rooted does that matter
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still the best keyboard, the Gingerbread KB has no chance, let's hope this will work with 2.3
[email protected] said:
still the best keyboard, the Gingerbread KB has no chance, let's hope this will work with 2.3
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I will make it work with it if it doesn't.
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still the best keyboard, the Gingerbread KB has no chance, let's hope this will work with 2.3
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Weee, on first page! Finally this thread has a proper new live...
Greedy, greedy gimpsta, reserving four (4!) Posts.... hopefully less trolls here, mate
Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
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still the best keyboard, the Gingerbread KB has no chance, let's hope this will work with 2.3
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Hmm, not sure you are right about this. This keyboard is for sure great,.but gingerbread keyboard has all important base base features, like multi touch key combos. It also looks attracting. And best, we will have full sources for it, which makes it much more easy to expand.
It might attract an active developer, time will show....
Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
I really hope this is possbile on the nexus s. The HTC IME keyboard is absolutely indispensible to me. It in my experience has by far the best spell correction out of any keyboard I've tried. No other keyboard can I mess a word up so bad, add in a few extra letters than the word has, or not have enough, and it will still figure out what I'm trying to say.
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Big thanks, gimpsta. I've been playing around with the keyboard generator since last night and it's an awesome service :]
I also have a wild, nubby question:
Probably the only thing I love about the stock Froyo keyboard is the upward-swipe gesture that extends the number and punctuation rows above the qwerty layout. The long-press method on HTC IME is alright, but not quite as fast (for me) as the upward-swipe.
Is that something that's even possible to incorporate into this mod? Or is it sort of an apples to oranges kind of thing?
Thanks for keeping everything up to date. If I know myself well enough, I'll be back to your generator in about two days to whip up another layout
You can set long press delay to 250 ms which is much faster to me than swype up on stock kb.
Love the keyboard!
Mainly using Swype now but HTC_IME mod still rocks
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Hmm, not sure you are right about this. This keyboard is for sure great,.but gingerbread keyboard has all important base base features, like multi touch key combos. It also looks attracting. And best, we will have full sources for it, which makes it much more easy to expand.
It might attract an active developer, time will show....
Swyped with HTC Desire. Excuse typos.
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the keys are to small for me when using swedish Gingerbread keyboard, this one is much better.
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You can set long press delay to 250 ms which is much faster to me than swype up on stock kb.
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Thanks buddy! Thits what I get for not digging deep enough in the settings. I got too dazzled by the swipe features and missed out in that option-- it's totally what I wanted. What stock Froyo keyboard? :]
is it possible to get some features like multitouch etc from the Gingerbread keyboard? or maybe use the Gingerbread keyboard but modify it so the interface looks exactly like this one?
I really love the HTC_IME, but I can't make it work with HD2One with "lcd_density=200".
Could you help me ?
I think the keybord doesn't feat the resolution
I have this on my G2 and has there been an update to fix the bug that automatically capatalize the 2nd letter when using the physical keyboard?
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is it possible to get some features like multitouch etc from the Gingerbread keyboard? or maybe use the Gingerbread keyboard but modify it so the interface looks exactly like this one?
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The first part, no. As far as making the gingerbread keyboard look like this, it could probably be skinned to look like this and maybe some features added, but if you really want THIS (htc_ime mod) keyboard/feature set with multitouch I highly recommend smart keyboard pro. You can skin it to look just like htc_ime (or anything you want) and it has literally every feature htc_ime mod has and then some.
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I really love the HTC_IME, but I can't make it work with HD2One with "lcd_density=200".
Could you help me ?
I think the keybord doesn't feat the resolution
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It's really not possible (or at least very easy) to modify the resolution of these keyboards without source. If there isn't one that works for your resolution then there isn't much anyone can do at this moment, sorry.
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I have this on my G2 and has there been an update to fix the bug that automatically capatalize the 2nd letter when using the physical keyboard?
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I was unaware of this bug, not sure how I'll test it without physical keyboard, but I know Jonasl has left behind some code for debugging physical keyboard problems. I'll look into it tonight.
I have a Nexus One with last Cyanogenmod but I'm unable to use this keyboard!
I've downloaded the High Resolution v27 for Android 2.2/Froyo but when:
To change keyboard, long press on lower left key on stock keyboard or any input field. Select input method in the menu
ANYTHING happen...
where is my fault?
PS I'm a FUC...ng noobie!!!