Help Needed! Touch Keypad and keyboard returns numbers in "abc" and "XT9" mode
I need any help I can get on this! Thanks in advance.
I am not sure why, but suddenly my touch keypad and keyboard returns only numbers even when I am in "abc" and "XT9" mode. For example in "abc" mode, when I pressed the key "abc", it returns "2" when it should actually show "a". Same problem in "XT9".
Problem persists even when I soft reset a few times. I am not sure if this is due to one of these programs that I recently installed - (i) pocketcm, and (ii) opera 9.5 (extracted from one of this forum).
I use the touch keypad very often and would really like to get it working again. Does anyone know how this can be fixed (hopefully not a hard reset)?
Thanks a lot in advance
I had the same problem - it was driving me bonkers! I uninstalled PocketCM Keyboard, did a few soft resets and a power-off and the problem went away
Same problem here. I'm using Bepe 0.66. Soft-reset has fixed the problem so far, but it's annoying when it happens.
Same for me too. I uninstalled pocket CM Keyboard and three soft resets but still the same problem.
look9001 said:
Same for me too. I uninstalled pocket CM Keyboard and three soft resets but still the same problem.
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Try doing a power-off and on. That solved the problem for me. Doing a soft reset sometimes causes the phone to "lose" the installed microSD. Had to re-insert the card a couple of times for the phone to re-detect the card.
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I have the same problem, sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. No rhyme or reason. It seams to work if I switch to full keyboard and back again but that defeats the object... Any ideas?
Same for me
I've tried multiple soft resetS and power off/on, but nothing...
I've searched in registry, but I did'nt find something.
Please, help us if you can
what kinds of applications that you guys running when the XT9/abc problem exists? ( Phone application , notes or others? )
rayho said:
what kinds of applications that you guys running when the XT9/abc problem exists? ( Phone application , notes or others? )
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All text applications. For me the problem starts with upgrading of pcm keyboard to last version, 0.14. This one works normally, but HTC keyboards always type numbers. Once unistalled, everything comes ok.
The same problem here. I have also installed PCM Keyboard 0.14. Now I know it is a 'known' problem, I can go to sleep normally again ;-)
I hope someone finds a solution...... thank you in advance!
Any one any ideas on this one? I have the standard O2 ROM and its really starting to annoy me. Its really painful to have to get the stylus out every time to send a text!
Still no solution? anyone recommend a keypad that can be installed over the standard ones? and used with one hand of course...
Thanks
I got this problem yesterday. I hadn't read this thread, but had only installed face contacts, sms-chat and pcm keyboard since it had been working OK.
I had been using SIP change to make my selected SIP work, so I changed the selected SIP from PCM keyboard to ordinary keyboard.
I then uninstalled the three programmes. Then used S-K tools to find all traces of all of them and removed them manually. Also, deleted the folder in program files for PCM keyboard.
Then I soft reset by power off method. To my relief, Touch keyboard worked again.
Re-installed Face Contacts, everything still fine, re-installed sms-chat, everything fine.
Did not re-install pcm keyboard as I think that was the problem.
During all this, TouchPal still worked OK and there is a free version, so those who are still having problems could try using that until you get the other stuff to work again.
i had the same problem after installing a t9 dictionary.
i have the same problem too. the touch-keyboard works fine in all applications except the Opera for Windows Mobile browser and typing a www-adress with the stylus does not really funny.
i am thinking about installing the Resco Keyboard Pro (http://www.resco.net/pocketpc/keyboard/) but don't wanna pay $20 for a bug in the htc's software.
I got the same problem, with Opera Mobile...there I just can use the "normal" windows keyboard, not the HTC Touch keyboards, they ae just typing numbers...if anyone has a fix for this, I would be really happy...seems to me that the opera mobile still has some bugs, for me it does not show all "labels" (text in menu) correctly, so that sometimes there just I have <-123456789-> instead of the caption...
Has anyone got a solution for this yet?
I think there were a bug with one version of Opera Mobile 9.5. Installing the most recent release may solve the problem. Here is the latest version and some discussion about it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=401643
Thanks for the reply but I don't have opera installed and never have. Whenever I use the touch keyboard or touch keypad it just inputs numbers.
I just experienced the same problem. I installed a english t9 dictionary file and after a soft reset the problem was there. After reading this thread I removed the english dictionary and the problem went away.
Hi,
I am just new to this pocket PC phone (just the old HTC Touch) and i tried out installing an IP Phone Keyboard program. When I wasnt happy about it, i uninstalled it but it messed up my SIP. The default standard input keyboard now is cut at the bottom (meaning i dont see the entire last row of Ctrl, space bar, etc.) but there's a black row appearing at the top of the input keyboard. It looks like the input keyboard was dragged down. Worse, the suggested words now appear at the bottom of the screen (where your normal Send or Cancel buttons are).
I really would appreciate your advise and help in getting this resolved. Dont know where to run to or whom to raise this to.
Thank you and looking forward to your response.
ailene said:
Hi,
I am just new to this pocket PC phone (just the old HTC Touch) and i tried out installing an IP Phone Keyboard program. When I wasnt happy about it, i uninstalled it but it messed up my SIP. The default standard input keyboard now is cut at the bottom (meaning i dont see the entire last row of Ctrl, space bar, etc.) but there's a black row appearing at the top of the input keyboard. It looks like the input keyboard was dragged down. Worse, the suggested words now appear at the bottom of the screen (where your normal Send or Cancel buttons are).
I really would appreciate your advise and help in getting this resolved. Dont know where to run to or whom to raise this to.
Thank you and looking forward to your response.
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Restart your PPC. After that go to settings--> input---> select default input keyboard and try.
Hope it will help.
Are you using the default keyboard?
You can install any other SIP and it should work fine even if the default keyboard's having problems.
You can also hard reset incase you don't manage anything else.
I'm not aware of a bug concerning the default keyboard showing wrong except for something which goes away after a soft reset.
Thanks very much for your responses. Unfortunately, I did all that (set keyboard as default, try installing another keyboard software, soft reset and hard reset) but the problem still persists. I am almost in the vicinity of regretting why i had this PPC.
can you specify exactly which app caused this problem?
I'm just about getting used to the HD2 keyboard but one major annoyance for me is that button to switch between T9/ABC.
I CONSTANTLY catch it with my thumb as it is placed in a really stupid position right next to the 'A' button. Is there any way someone could tweak the default keyboard so that t9 is an option in the MENU rather than a button?? I rarely need to switch between them and I fail to see why ANYONE needs a 'convenient' switch to catch inadvertently as most people either use T9 or DON'T use it, without switching between it.....things like the searchbar automatically switch it off anyway.
To my mind it is a stupid button and often I catch it unknowingly and type a load of gobbledeegook before I even realise.
Anyone else suffering the same annoyance? I'm considering testing out a different HTC keyboard, like perhaps the Diamond 2 one if they don't have this annoying button on them.
It's been asked before mate, and the usual advice is to try a 3rd party keyboard.
Fingerkeyboard was developed by a fellow xda user, and that's not too dissimilar to the HTC one, but it has extras.
Maybe try that instead?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=487677
The above link takes you to an old version that's been discontinued, but it has pics on it so you can see what it looks like. There's a link there to the latest version.
Hope this helps
i too have the same problem, tried fingerkeyboard, but i feel the standard keyboard to be more accurate [larger button], i actually like fingerkeyboard layout but i always have more errors than standard keyboard.
one thing i don't like with standard keyboard is the XT9 button. is there a way to remove or disable that button? reg tweak maybe?
maybe this?
leoni1980 said:
I'm just about getting used to the HD2 keyboard but one major annoyance for me is that button to switch between T9/ABC.
I CONSTANTLY catch it with my thumb as it is placed in a really stupid position right next to the 'A' button. Is there any way someone could tweak the default keyboard so that t9 is an option in the MENU rather than a button?? I rarely need to switch between them and I fail to see why ANYONE needs a 'convenient' switch to catch inadvertently as most people either use T9 or DON'T use it, without switching between it.....things like the searchbar automatically switch it off anyway.
To my mind it is a stupid button and often I catch it unknowingly and type a load of gobbledeegook before I even realise.
Anyone else suffering the same annoyance? I'm considering testing out a different HTC keyboard, like perhaps the Diamond 2 one if they don't have this annoying button on them.
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Disable or try VNkeyB 2.2 with some skin......:
Whenever i swipe a word, it wouldn't autospace for me so i have to do it. I know pressing the space isn't too hard, but reaching for that space bar is becoming a pain in the thumb. I don't remember, but I think autospace was a pre-set setting and i turned it off somehow .
Anyway, is there a way to get it back or get autospace?
just tested and no it does not autospace and i could not find a setting for it either. if it bothers you that bad you might want to use a different keyboard?
Not sure if this is where my question is supposed to go, I just joined. I'm having a minor frustration with my keyboard, because it won't go down when I want it to. What prompted me to create a thread for this: posting an Instagram story, pressing the back button so the keyboard will go away so I can select a text color... except, the text color options go away too when I press the back button. There's other instances where this has been annoying, that's just one example. On my browser, it'll go away if I scroll, but obviously not in all apps. :/
Main summary: My Sony Xperia z3 is rooted and I'm wondering if there's a tweak I can do, or a module to install, to make Gboard go away whenever I want it to. Swipe? Pressing the camera button? (It's unmapped, I originally wanted it to take screenshots but I can't seem to get that working with tasker or modules....) Pulling notification shade down? Possible to make any of those options close the keyboard?? I don't want to change keyboards so please don't suggest that, it's a modded version I'm using after installing iOS styled emojis.
Edit. Setting up tasker to switch my input method to null keyboard when I cover proximity sensor before switching back after 5 seconds allows me to do what I need to in Instagram, but this 'solution' is annoying and messy at best. Any better suggestions?
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