This has been slowly annoying the hell outta me. I noticed theres no indicator showing that you are using caps, symbols, or shift. It messes up my typing alot. Is there anyway to get some soft of indicator that one of them is on?
does anyone know? Is there some sort of hack maybe?
I would love this as well!
do search a little guys :wink:
u can find most of the answer by searchin the forum
example: write "caps AND hack OR tweak" in search field
U can do it, I believe :wink:
I did exactly as you suggested and found this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=53784
In the middle of the post it shows a registry tweak for the Wizard for caps and shift indicator on the screen. However, it did not work for me. I still see no indicator. Maybe it doesnt work on Blue Angels? Can anyone verify?
I have searched and only found hacks for winmo 5 devices.
They don't work on PPC2003.
I have searched and only found hacks for winmo 5 devices.
They don't work on PPC2003.
bumping this thread to see if I can get any answers...
Are you using PPC2003?
I just tried the tweak with WM5. Doesnt work...
This would require a hardware solution I believe (ie. one that interfaces with the HTC keyboard driver for the Blue Angel).
Consider the following tests:
1) Open a Word/Text editor
2) Using the standard soft keyboard (SIP), type a character in lowercase, eg. 'a' -> "a" appears
3) Press SHIFT on the SIP, then press 'a'. -> "A" appears
4) Press SHIFT on the SIP, then press 'a' on the Blue Angel Hardware keyboard (HWKbd) -> "A" appears
5) Press SHIFT on the HWKbd (SIP then dissapears - reactivate it), then press 'a' on the SIP -> "a" appears ---- note that the HWKbd's SHIFT didn't modify what occurred on the SIP
6) Now press 'a' on the HWKbd -> "A" appears. This indicates that the "SHIFT"/"CTRL" functionality is limited to the hardware keyboard itself.
The same applies to the CAPS Lock on the HWKbd. If you turn on CAPS, caps only works for keys input from the HWKbd, not from the SIP (try it: on the HWKbd, press 'Fn', then ''Shift/Cap". Keys input from HWKbd are UPPERCASE, and from the SIP lowercase.
Any solution to this will require development of some sort of driver/interface with the Blue Angel's hardware itself.
Any takers...?
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I have the TP2 with stock Sprint ROM.
I have changed the KBD settings to use LogMeIn with this reg edit:
[HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Layouts\e001 0409]
(MS IME mode)
Ime File = \windows\compime.dll
Layout Text = COMP IME
Not sure if this is causing my problem, however my touch screen input keyboard is only showing the default that Opera uses, with the ".com" button instead of spacebar. How can I get my spacebar back?
Sometimes it sticks on number input also after clicking on a number field like the time.
Anybody?
Found it.
Kept searching and found it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566361&highlight=keyboard+fix
Changed HKLM\Software\Tegic\eT9\Ime.change CurrentET9Style from 1 back to 0
This works temporarily, but when I click on the time in a calendar entry, it switches to numbers, and does not switch back unless I re edit the registry. Is there any way to keep the setting from changing at all? I want it to stay at CurrentET9Style = 0.
Anybody?
OK. Ignore this thread unless you have this problem!
Here is a fix I found at PPCGeeks:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=87851&highlight=CurrentET9Style&page=2
Thanks to
CovKid66!!
Then you have to use KforTouchPro to enable the keyboard with LogMeIn. (And then the reverse to get back to properly working soft keyboard)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2791652&postcount=36
Thanks to dilta!!
My on-screen keyboard is only displaying numbers, with no option to switch to qwerty. The only qwerty characters available are "p" and "w", which appear to the top right of the keyboard.
Does anyone have any idea how I can get the normal qwerty keyboard back??
itm said:
My on-screen keyboard is only displaying numbers, with no option to switch to qwerty. The only qwerty characters available are "p" and "w", which appear to the top right of the keyboard.
Does anyone have any idea how I can get the normal qwerty keyboard back??
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Did you disable eT9 and to get Auto suggest and auto complete back? If so that is probably what did it.
I had the same problem when I hacked my Tilt 2 to get get auto suggest and auto complete back. Apparently when you do this it works fine until the fallowing happens:
A. You get to a field that triggers you keyboard to switch number entry mode (Nummber pad with P and W)
b. You get to a field that trigger the keyboard to internet entry mode (Keyboard with ".com" and "/" but no spacebar).
Once you enter either mode you can't key you regular keyboard back.
If that is what happened to you, your not the only one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=526857&highlight=Auto+suggest
I haven;t found a way to make it work without breaking the keyboard. I had to do a clear storage and learn to use T9. It better than a broken keyboard.
Yes that's what I did. If I have auto-suggest but NOT auto-complete on do you know if this will avoid the problem??
itm said:
Yes that's what I did. If I have auto-suggest but NOT auto-complete on do you know if this will avoid the problem??
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I'm not really sure. I tried several ways and nothing worked, my guess is your are likely to still have an issue. BTW going back an changeing the registry edits back did not fix the issues for me. I had to clear storage and start from scratch each time.
For now I'm learning to live with XT9. I don't like it as much as the original, but it is usable. The alternative is using MS tiny little SW keyboard, and to me, that is even worse.
Now if someone could figure out how to keep the alternate keyboards from popping up, in theory, that should remedy the issue. Unfortunately, I have no such skill.
RojasTKD said:
Did you disable eT9 and to get Auto suggest and auto complete back? If so that is probably what did it.
I had the same problem when I hacked my Tilt 2 to get get auto suggest and auto complete back. Apparently when you do this it works fine until the fallowing happens:
A. You get to a field that triggers you keyboard to switch number entry mode (Nummber pad with P and W)
b. You get to a field that trigger the keyboard to internet entry mode (Keyboard with ".com" and "/" but no spacebar).
Once you enter either mode you can't key you regular keyboard back.
If that is what happened to you, your not the only one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=526857&highlight=Auto+suggest
I haven;t found a way to make it work without breaking the keyboard. I had to do a clear storage and learn to use T9. It better than a broken keyboard.
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Try this to fix it: start Opera, tap the url field, which will bring up the "search the web" field. Then tap the "search the web" field. This should fix your keyboard (at least it works for me), at least until the next time something triggers the keyboard problem.
levman said:
Try this to fix it: start Opera, tap the url field, which will bring up the "search the web" field. Then tap the "search the web" field. This should fix your keyboard (at least it works for me), at least until the next time something triggers the keyboard problem.
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Thanks for the input, good to know.
That may be a work around for the Internet input issue (maybe), but we still have the issue with the numeric input Keyboard. Thus far the best option, at least for me, is to live with XT9 until a terminate fix is found.
On the bright side, over all I love my TP2/Tilt2!
RojasTKD said:
Thanks for the input, good to know.
That may be a work around for the Internet input issue (maybe), but we still have the issue with the numeric input Keyboard. Thus far the best option, at least for me, is to live with XT9 until a terminate fix is found.
On the bright side, over all I love my TP2/Tilt2!
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Actually, this works for the numeric input keyboard issue as well - I have experienced this first hand. addmittedly, it is a bit of a pain to switch from whatever you happen to be doing, to opera, just to fix your keyboard.
I've been playing with my new Touch Pro 2 for a couple of days. Very nice device, but like any new technological tool it's taking some time to learn my way around.
There are two silly little things about the software keyboard (Touch Input for Pocket PC v2.1) that are driving me insane:
Firstly, it gives a little vibration feedback with each keypress that, for the life of me I cannot figure out how to turn off.
Secondly, I cannot work out how to make the keyboard drop down and disappear - with my old TytnII pressing the little keyboard icon on the screen would drop away the keyboard, but now it brings up a menu page (and there's no menu option either!).
I'd really appreciate some help on these two things - I'm sure it will turn out to be something painfully obviouse!!!
Thanks!
Solution to 1 problem!
Just in case anyone finds themselves in a similar situation, the keyboard can be dropped down again by pressing the keyboard icon on the middle-bottom of the screen BUT it must be pressed on the left side of the icon in Windows 6.5.5. (If you press the right side of the icon you get the menu options - I think this is a result of the old option arrow being hidden under the keyboard icon in 6.5.5 ROMs).
Still no solution to turning off the vibration. I now think it's an error (one of many) in the cooked ROM as the menu item seems to be just missing!
...and solved the other problem
again, just posting this in case anyone reads this thread later in hope of answers!
So, it seems some smart cookie at HTC decided weshould be allowed to turn off the keyboard vibrations (we clearly can't be trusted with such important decisions!) so there is no way to do it from the menus.
Luckily Miri developed a tool to control this on the HD2, and from my initial trial of the disabling cab on the touch pro 2, it seems to work.
Downloads and thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614006
Hello all. Is it possible to pair the Apple Wireless Keyboard with a rooted EVO? Of course, a ROM supporting HID would be necessary (CM6?). I would love to use my EVO to take notes in class. I know that there are keyboards such as the Freedom Pro, but I already own an Apple Wireless and would rather not buy another keyboard if at all possible.
Thanks!
I don't see why not. The Ctrl key won't work, and neither will the Apple-specific keys (Option/AppleKey/Whateveryouwanttocallit).
Great to hear. Every time I've attempted to root I've come across various annoying errors (mostly "Main Version Is Older") so I gave up for a while. Hearing that the Apple Keyboard works gives me the motivation to try rooting again.
Thanks
This is exactly what I am thinking of doing. Especially with the kickstand of evo and the larger screen I would be able to take notes in class with a portable keyboard instead of an iPad or a laptop. The quesiton is, does it truly work or will I have issues...
I do have CM6 and apparently HID is enabled so I am hoping nothing goes wrong. I will report back.
Holy ****, I am in love. Got my phone rooted (with CM6) and am currently typing this on my Apple Keyboard.
I am nerdgasming everywhere right now.
Please go in details on what works and what doesn't. Perhaps a video?
I haven't had the time to fully test it, but it works for the most part. You have to get used to the idea of the keys working as if it were a physical version of the on-screen keyboard (things such as pressing shift twice goes to caps lock). One annoying thing is that option-delete won't just backspace through the previous word, but instead will delete the entire row of text. Obviously, all mac-specific keys don't do anything.
Lastly, the arrow keys are mapped differently than you'd think. I think it's "up" to scroll backwards through text in one line (changing cursor character by character), "down" to scroll forward through text in a line, "left" to scroll to the next line of text, and "right" to scroll to the previous line. Bit confusing tbh.
Right now it's very usable, but it'd be really great if someone could find a way to change the keymappings for the little nuisances.
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Lastly, the arrow keys are mapped differently than you'd think. I think it's "up" to scroll backwards through text in one line (changing cursor character by character), "down" to scroll forward through text in a line, "left" to scroll to the next line of text, and "right" to scroll to the previous line. Bit confusing tbh.
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Does that change depending on what your screen orientation is?
Good call. You're right, the arrow keys work correctly when the orientation is in portrait mode. Unfortunately, the kickstand makes it so much more convenient to keep it in landscape.
Any devs think it could be possible to whip up an app to fix this?
Sent from my EVO, typed on my Apple Wireless Keyboard
My evo doesn't seem to pair with the keyboard. Any steps?
0000 as the password?
Type a passcode on your EVO, then type that (followed by Enter/Return) on your bluetooth keyboard. It took me a couple attempts, but I got it to work using either 1234 or 0000 (I forget which).
I took notes in my math class today, using VerbTeX (a LaTeX for Android application). It worked really, really well for the most part, except for an annoying bug I noticed: everything seemed to map correctly except for the less-than and greater-than signs (that is, SHIFT-, and SHIFT-.) The keyboard types ";" for shift-"," and ":" for shift-".". Frustrating...
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
Anybody else having these issues? (incorrect mappings for the < and > keys, and the arrow keys in landscape mode)
For those unsure of how to connect mac bluetooth keyboard to EVO. Its similar to actual set on the mac. You have to key the passcode in on your EVO 0000 or 1234 then initiate the same sequence on the keyboard itself and press enter. It will then confirm you are connected to a HID device. I'm using CM7 wish I had a mouse pointer right now.
soxozor said:
Please go in details on what works and what doesn't. Perhaps a video?
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You wanted a video? Here you go. I'll be updating the vid here soon as I've been using my Evo in the "Desktop" config for a week now and have harld touched my regular PC.
So I haven't done any crazy stuff to my tilt2, no roms or anything I added a gps program that's about it. I dont recall this being an issue before but it may always have been like this and I just never noticed.
but anyway, when I go into "Phone" mode to make a call. if I use the physical keyboard and try to type a 1,2, or 3, it comes up as 6,7,8. looking further it appears the top row of letters has taken on the numbers "@" gives me "1", "_" is "2" and so on.
Did I do something somewhere or is there some setting I can change to get it back so the number keys are correct?