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Hey, I've searched all over and couldn't find anything on this (maybe it was in a way older post) but I was wondering if it was at all possible to hack/port the keyboard on the iphone over to an android phone? Has anyone tried this? Is it just plain impossible, if so what are the obstacles? Any insight would help, thanks!
I don't think anyone has tried doing so. The HTC_IME keyboard is kinda close to it. Im not sure what would be the point, there is a lot of replacement keyboards out there like Better Keyboard which is skinnable. Also, the iphone has a wider screen than most android phones(I think even wider than that of the nexus one), which makes using a virtual keyboard in portrait mode easier.
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Hey, I've searched all over and couldn't find anything on this (maybe it was in a way older post) but I was wondering if it was at all possible to hack/port the keyboard on the iphone over to an android phone? Has anyone tried this? Is it just plain impossible, if so what are the obstacles? Any insight would help, thanks!
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I'm not really sure what you're asking here. Do you want the look of the iPhone's keypad or the spelling correction engine? It's impossible to "port" either over, you'd have to write an IME for Android which imitates the iPhone's keypad.
To be honest I'm confused why you'd want either. Having used both iPhone OS and Android for a long time I find the iPhone's IME a pain in the ass to use over HTC's IME for Android which is excellent.
Yes the iPhone does have a slightly wider (and taller) screen than most android phones because it's screen is 3.5" compared to 3.1/3.2 used by most Android phones. The only Android phones with screens taller and wider are the DROID/Milestone and Nexus One (AFAIK).
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Hey, I've searched all over and couldn't find anything on this (maybe it was in a way older post) but I was wondering if it was at all possible to hack/port the keyboard on the iphone over to an android phone? Has anyone tried this? Is it just plain impossible, if so what are the obstacles? Any insight would help, thanks!
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why iphone ? - because its nice looking ?
get toons of keboards from linux to android - eg. with spellcheckers and t9 like
or buy iphone
m32
m32 said:
why iphone ? - because its nice looking ?
get toons of keboards from linux to android - eg. with spellcheckers and t9 like
or buy iphone
m32
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this annoys me. why do android fans like to get defensive when someone likes certain features of the iphone & want it on their android phone. don't tell them to buy an iphone, obviously they would have bought one of that's what they wanted. the iphone keyboard is actually much much better than the default android keyboard & everyone who's used the iphone keyboard knows that.
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this annoys me. why do android fans like to get defensive when someone likes certain features of the iphone & want it on their android phone. don't tell them to buy an iphone, obviously they would have bought one of that's what they wanted. the iphone keyboard is actually much much better than the default android keyboard & everyone who's used the iphone keyboard knows that.
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I doubt he was referring to the default keyboard. Everyone knows that the default sucks (except for the voice input, but that is available on many 3rd-party keyboards as well).
As for the initial question: No, you cannot port it over. Not without the source code and alot of time, anyways. There are a few skinnable keyboards on the market which include an iPhone skin. The HTC_IME is free and already looks alot like the iPhone keyboard. There is also a modified version which works with more languages here.
is there some sort of free root app I can use to pair my bluetooth keyboard with my hero
A better question might be, "Is there any bluetooth keyboard driver known to work with a Hero under any ROM at all -- stock 1.5, pre-release, leaked, hacked, or otherwise?" For whatever reason, the CDMA Hero seems to be the one single Android phone that doesn't seem to work with any known bluetooth keyboard driver in any supported mode (SPP or HID).
Literally half the posts at the Android support forum for mymobilegear.com are from Hero owners (at least, the half of the posts from people who've never, ever gotten it to work). It looks like part of the problem is that HTC's SPP support is flaky in all the ROMs and kernels obtained up to this point. It might even be part of the reason why the Hero's official ROM release keeps getting pushed back, considering that proper Bluetooth support is one of the major new features of 2.1. I know, because I spent the weekend trying to track down a working driver known to work with any folding keyboard and a Hero myself.
I have tried a few different boards.
I must say the Hero BT Stack is less than extraordinary. Much less than. Almost so crapy I am lucky to pair a headset with it.
What's strange is that all the problems literally seem to be specific to the CDMA Hero. I haven't seen similar posts from Droid Eris owners. Then again, it might just be that any Verizon customer with the slightest dislike for soft keyboards would have just bought a Droid, while the alternative in Sprintland wasn't quite as appealing.
I bought the Tbolt partially because I was excited for BT 3.0 support in an update. any news on if they'll still be upgrading it?
Agree I remember that when it was listed in the specs.
Must be like the phantom multimedia dock with HDMI.
Look at the specs now :/ I noticed they changed it after the phone was released, maybe they cut that out
Before it said (when available) so maybe when Bluetooth 3.0 becomes more popular they might do a software upgrade if it has the hardware for it
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So, I'm getting a new phone. I have a Cliq 2 at the moment and I'm currently debating between this phone and the LG G2x. I've heard tons of good things about both phones.
So, how is this phone? What are its good, and bad things? How is the keyboard?
I'm not asking about which phone I should get, I'm just asking about what are the ups of this phone, and what are its downs? How's the stock rom? How are all the custom roms? And any other useful things you guys can throw in about this phone.
Thanks!
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So, I'm getting a new phone. I have a Cliq 2 at the moment and I'm currently debating between this phone and the LG G2x. I've heard tons of good things about both phones.
So, how is this phone? What are its good, and bad things? How is the keyboard?
I'm not asking about which phone I should get, I'm just asking about what are the ups of this phone, and what are its downs? How's the stock rom? How are all the custom roms? And any other useful things you guys can throw in about this phone.
Thanks!
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I don't want to sound overly negative but this phone...cons
Very little ROM support
Stock is MySense 3.0 which is watered down Sense 3.0 and sucks
The dual cores don't seem to fire like they should...my MT4G was faster and only one core..
Keyboard is flat and hard to type....
Pros....
Hmmm Camera is cool....
some love the tv out....
and it should get 4.0
Love it. I amazing build quality, amazing camera, amazing keyboard. Sense launcher sucks and stock it sucks but with a rom its awesome.
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Pros:
Very stable
Easily rooted
Gets even faster once the Sense launcher and Rosie are both gone
Cons:
Only two devs actually working on this device (Undeadk9 and Kornyone)
No stable CyanogenMod builds yet
Stock ROM is almost pure bloatware
Well I think this phone is pretty snappy myself.
Undeadk9 has created a very stable Rom with an aosp feel and minimum sense just for the dialer and camera, which is perfect for me atleast.
Undeadk9 also is the first to get gpu ui rendering on any rom, so the phone is finally using the most out of its great hardware specs. I think the dual cores are perfect already, but once we get ics, I think the phone will fully utilize both cores
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Pretty good phone. Easy to root. New version of Bulletproof coming out soon.
I had been using a G1 from the start and took some doing for me to switch. Tried 2 different g2s that didn't work.
I really like the G1 keyboard but am getting used to the 4g slide's.
Only draw back is I work in a roaming area during the week and have trouble getting and making calls. Network problems with T-mobiles "roaming" partner network.
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Undeadk9 also is the first to get gpu ui rendering on any rom, so the phone is finally using the most out of its great hardware specs...
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Not quite true - the pre-1.0 version of Bulletproof had hardware rendering set as the default behavior, which I removed for the 1.0 release, and that was a while ago.
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I love this device, it's fantastic. Beefy hardware and a nice, smaller package, the capabilities of the device we are opening up is fantastic.
love the keyboard, aftermarket anker battery makes the package, and some nice cases out for it now.
Hardware rendering is a bit buggy, and i'm pretty sure it's a kernel issue that can be addressed - i've been studying this problem since about the middle of august and will start to address the issue in another week or so.
It works fine on the phone itself, but once you start using the TV-out function of the phone it gets weird at times.
If nto using hardware decoding, though, playing video games and watching movies on a TV is a fantastic feature without having to carry around the bulky MHL adapter some phones need, and the screen stays active which means you can use it as a controller for whatever you are playing on the TV.
Love the phone, you probably will too if you pick one up.
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Not quite true - the pre-1.0 version of Bulletproof had hardware rendering set as the default behavior, which I removed for the 1.0 release, and that was a while ago.
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I love this device, it's fantastic. Beefy hardware and a nice, smaller package, the capabilities of the device we are opening up is fantastic.
love the keyboard, aftermarket anker battery makes the package, and some nice cases out for it now.
Hardware rendering is a bit buggy, and i'm pretty sure it's a kernel issue that can be addressed - i've been studying this problem since about the middle of august and will start to address the issue in another week or so.
It works fine on the phone itself, but once you start using the TV-out function of the phone it gets weird at times.
If nto using hardware decoding, though, playing video games and watching movies on a TV is a fantastic feature without having to carry around the bulky MHL adapter some phones need, and the screen stays active which means you can use it as a controller for whatever you are playing on the TV.
Love the phone, you probably will too if you pick one up.
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Okay, cool. Before this phone came out I wanted it so bad, but for some reason I just forgot about it haha.
And oh, no CM? My I have it installed on my Cliq2 and I love it. The more custom roms the better haha
Edit: nevermind, just looked at the development section and saw there was a CM rom.
Why did someone say earlier not many ROMs? From what it looks like, there's a lot
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I like it, Im getting used to the keyboard, but it works. The Bulletproof rom is nice and snappy, feels good in my hands.. its a nice improvement over the 3g slide I used to have.
It has a lot of nice features that will be amazing once rom devs (like Blue6IX) tweek the kernel further
And its one of the few dual core phones with a slide out keyboard.
kornyone got himself added to the CM team by porting the majority of it to this device.
He released a rough alpha version of CM7 for the device, which was freakin' awesome! - just with the release of ICS by Google the entire CM crew is working around the clock to get ICS ported back to older devices, so the CM7 project for this device got shelved for a bit.
Because kornyone was interested in this device enough to go ahead and start getting CM7 ported to it, i'd like to think that puts this phone in a good position to get whatever ICS goodness they are working on.
I'm a bug fan of their work, I run CM7 on my Nook Color and love it - it's amazing what they've done.
For this device, personally, i'm preferring to work with Sense, which I know doesn't appeal to everyone. Once ICS hits the phone I think it'll be important to maintain a Sense option for people who would prefer to keep some of the proprietary technologies they've paid for (like TV-out).
I dunno, I bought a second one of these phones for development purposes, so if that says anything about how much I like it
i like the phone a lot as well, and i just can't get myself to flash CyanogenMod on it, haha(i have a G2 for that ). i personally feel HTC did a good job on this Mysense... even on stock, everything seems to work, and it looks great. granted i haven't used tv-out yet, and it sounds like the playback isn't stellar.... yet. the phone also doesn't seem as blazing fast as one might expect, but it is fast enough. i look forward to trying the next release of Bulletproof because it sounds like Blue61x has slimmed it down, while maintaining stability and all the Sense goodies.
I love this phone. I got it through rma from t mobile, brand new. Took a few to get one that I loved, but I'm much pickier than most. Feels very solid, I think its blazing fast.
I'm not sure what people are talking about when they say it isn't fast. I think this phone is a monster. Fastest phone I've used (mt3g, hd2 with android, mt4g). Notice I've only ever had touchscreen phones. I was in love with the galaxy s2, and thought for sure it would be my next phone. Then I got this thing, and I'm pretty darn sure I won't be switching anytime soon.
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I love this phone. I got it through rma from t mobile, brand new. Took a few to get one that I loved, but I'm much pickier than most. Feels very solid, I think its blazing fast.
I'm not sure what people are talking about when they say it isn't fast. I think this phone is a monster. Fastest phone I've used (mt3g, hd2 with android, mt4g). Notice I've only ever had touchscreen phones. I was in love with the galaxy s2, and thought for sure it would be my next phone. Then I got this thing, and I'm pretty darn sure I won't be switching anytime soon.
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Agreed. I own this since a few days. Its fast as hell...I'm using it with cm7, its working pretty well with it, except the cm7 has 720p video recording only. I'm okay with that. Otherwise its one of the best phones with keyboard. The screen resolution tho is a bit lagging behind the current best ones, but at least this phone fits well in the pocket.
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I'm thinking about getting this phone when I get my discount next month. I've had a chance to handle it a couple times, really like the feel of the slider, and the camera is just great(especially when compared to other HTC phones before it)!
It also looks like there's a couple great devs working on it. I'm following Blue's threads and I'm very impressed, plus korny seems to be making great progress with ICS.
Any chance someone could post a video overview of Bulletproof 1.1? I'd really like to see it in action
Can anyone tell me how the sound quality is - earpiece and speakerphone (calls and music) compared to HD2?
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Can anyone tell me how the sound quality is - earpiece and speakerphone (calls and music) compared to HD2?
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Personally this phone kicks ass. I have both a Sensation, and HD2 along side this baby. The sound quailty is amazing. I kick back, and relax to some biggie all the time. The screen is WVGA, not as clear as a qHD but is still good. The keyboard is much better than the Q2. I need a hardware keyboard since I text the Wife constantly, and its never let me down. The Duel Core shows off its power along side the 220 gpu. Speaker is load, performance is gooood. I use this over my sensation all the time.
But there's not many ROMs for it Xo there's more ROMs by the banished one on rootzwiki. Bulletproof is a good mysense rom, but there's a lot of neet roms. Where getting a true sense 3.0 rom soon. This phone is a must buy.
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The stock Sense version is true Sense 3.0, not sure what you mean by this?
Maybe you are thinking Sense 3.5?
The phone is a beast on the spec sheet, but the stock rom is a bloated mess. If you're willing to root it, and freeze some of the bloat, stock isn't bad.
The keyboard is not as good as the MT3GS's, but I'm sure that was a tradeoff for the better specifications.
Basically, if you want a high end phone with a keyboard, there really just aren't many alternatives. I'm hoping we get some sort of ICS ROM (either cyanogen or HTC), as that'd extend the phone's life at least another year.
To Lifesorrows and Johnycat26,
Thanks a lot for the info - I just ordered the phone. I'm really impressed with Android on the HD2, but I really miss a hw kbd and having a great camera (and the extra ROM and RAM don't hurt either!)
To Blue61x, maybe he means a regular Sense ROM not the T-Mo modified "My-Sense" (for example w/o shortcuts on lock screen)?
I just got this phone today! I am loving it. So far. The hw keys a little hard to work with, that's about it though. Otherwise.this thing is a beast!! I love it. Came from a SGS4, big difference. That phone was so slow!!.o waving bye bye to it now. Had.a mytouch 4 h before and mt3h slide before that..o also had a cliq .and a.blackberry 9700. ........
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Getting this for my iPad2 and honestly haven't looked into many accessories for my TP. Worth looking into either way because I plan on using it for both: http://www.buy.com/prod/logitech-bl...new-ipad-1-2/221993833.html?sellerid=23093153
Sold out. How do you know it's compatible with the TP? It says ipoop1 and 2
Dang, was afraid of that... just checked my order status: "In processing". -.-
It doesn't state that it's Android compatible but it's bluetooth so it should work.
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Dang, was afraid of that... just checked my order status: "In processing". -.-
It doesn't state that it's Android compatible but it's bluetooth so it should work.
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Wait? That's your response???
"but it's bluetooth so it should work."
Well, a pitchfork will do many things, some of them not what you want but still "compatible" in that sense. Not going down that rosy path of spending ~$30 for something that "may" work.
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Wait? That's your response???
"but it's bluetooth so it should work."
Well, a pitchfork will do many things, some of them not what you want but still "compatible" in that sense. Not going down that rosy path of spending ~$30 for something that "may" work.
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Why wouldn't it work, it's BT enabled? Besides, I have an ipad2 I'll use it with if not, pretty sure I mentioned that in my post. All the reviews I've read on it say it'll work with all Android tablets. Yes, that's my response. Don't like it, don't buy it. Simple.
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Why wouldn't it work, it's BT enabled? Besides, I have an ipad2 I'll use it with if not, pretty sure I mentioned that in my post. All the reviews I've read on it say it'll work with all Android tablets. Yes, that's my response. Don't like it, don't buy it. Simple.
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So, what you're saying is your useless recommendation for a touchpad is reinforced by the fact that you have an icrap and you'll use it for that, BUT you recommend it for a touchpad when you have absolutely NO clue if it will work with one?
Heck, I have a brick, I KNOW it will work with breaking a window, but I am pretty sure it will also let me possibly make oatmeal, you too should try it.
This is a useless recommendation. Yes, it WILL work with an icrap, but if you have absolutely NO idea it will work with an touchpad, don't make out as though it will. We have enough useless recommendations for hardware that simply never will nor has worked with this device.
BTW, icraps suck.
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So, what you're saying is your useless recommendation for a touchpad is reinforced by the fact that you have an icrap and you'll use it for that, BUT you recommend it for a touchpad when you have absolutely NO clue if it will work with one?
Heck, I have a brick, I KNOW it will work with breaking a window, but I am pretty sure it will also let me possibly make oatmeal, you too should try it.
This is a useless recommendation. Yes, it WILL work with an icrap, but if you have absolutely NO idea it will work with an touchpad, don't make out as though it will. We have enough useless recommendations for hardware that simply never will nor has worked with this device.
BTW, icraps suck.
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Feeling stupid that nearly ALL BT keyboards will work with this HP I see. Take your trolling elsewhere.
The vast majority of keyboards and mice out there will use bluetooth HID so they all use the same drivers and will work on Android or pretty much any OS. The HP WebOS Touchpad keyboard works fine in Android, Windows 7, etc because its HID.
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The vast majority of keyboards and mice out there will use bluetooth HID so they all use the same drivers and will work on Android or pretty much any OS. The HP WebOS Touchpad keyboard works fine in Android, Windows 7, etc because its HID.
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Thanks for the back up, looks like this guy just likes to play smart on the interwebz.
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Thanks for the back up, looks like this guy just likes to play smart on the interwebz.
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So, wait, a random person who hasn't received said keyboard, is backed up by another person who hasn't tried it with the TouchPad, and the both of you equal definitive proof that this thing will work with the TouchPad.
Good thing you both consider "me" the troll yet I'm sure there are plenty of bridges you'd gladly sell someone for cash up front and no deed.
The BT Human Interface profile is a standard so, theoretically, anything that complies should work.
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So, wait, a random person who hasn't received said keyboard, is backed up by another person who hasn't tried it with the TouchPad, and the both of you equal definitive proof that this thing will work with the TouchPad.
Good thing you both consider "me" the troll yet I'm sure there are plenty of bridges you'd gladly sell someone for cash up front and no deed.
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You OBVIOUSLY have not researched BT keyboards for your HP TP or you would already know this. Done with you dude, you tried to be a smarta$$ and fell on your face in doing so. No way out of it now.
This was sold out hours from my post, this can be closed. Thanks.
I have the Logitech tablet Keyboard for Android, and I tworks fine with the HP Touchpad, at least in Cyanogenmod9 (OaTs Mod).
The Tablet keyboard for iPad is the same hardware with some slightly different keys. The Android one has Home Back and Menu keys.
Overall, it is pretty nice as the keyboard cover doubles as a stand for your tablet.
And if anyone cares, You can pair the Razer Orochi the HP touchpad as well.
Not that I really ever expect there to be much issue with a standard Bluetooth HID mouse or keyboard.
Wow!!! I missed out on a sweet deal. I have been looking to buy one of these for a while.
Well, I did find one from Logitech (dented box deals) for few bucks more.
I plan on using it with my wife's Dell Streak 7 since I already have a BT keyboard from HP for the TP. As others mentioned, BT profile should allow this keyboard to be able to be used on most BT enabled tablets & devices.
FYI... the deal from Logitech is still available if anyone is interested.
They have it for $41.99...
Dented Box mean new / unsold items with damaged packaging... I have bought many "dented box" items and been perfectly fine.
Here is the link.
http://www.logitech.com/en-us/promotional-items/devices/9954
BTW... I was real surprised to see how fast this thread turned ugly for no reason...
You can also pick them up new on Ebay for about $32 shipped