I want to play canabalt on my evo, but it requires you to have a keyboard open to hit "x or c."
Is there any way to force the keypad to open while in the browser? (Stock OTA update rom).
Thanks
Hold the Menu key on any screen to bring up the keyboard.
SEVINN said:
I want to play canabalt on my evo, but it requires you to have a keyboard open to hit "x or c."
Is there any way to force the keypad to open while in the browser? (Stock OTA update rom).
Thanks
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If I recall correctly, you should be able to long-press the Menu button (the "physical" one) and that will toggle the keyboard.
Could be mistaken, but give it a shot.
EDIT: Aw man.. you beat me to it. Well done.
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Hey guys, So I can't switch my default keyboard to the HTC_Mod, Better Keyboard or slide_it (the last two I uninstalled). I tried for the life of me to switch it but its a no-go. Do I have to re-do my ROM? PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME!
You can't enable the keyboard? does anything show up when you select it after long pressing on a text firls? Does it FC when you select it?
ms79723 said:
You can't enable the keyboard? does anything show up when you select it after long pressing on a text firls? Does it FC when you select it?
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when I use the long press method and select a keyboard, the stock keyboard just reappears as if I didn't press anything.
How did you install them? Did you push the files?
ms79723 said:
How did you install them? Did you push the files?
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both from the market. Its never done this before....hell I don't even know how to push anything on here
go to settings language and keyboard, see if they have a check next to them. then you should be able to long press and select them as an input option.
kixcastillo77 said:
go to settings language and keyboard, see if they have a check next to them. then you should be able to long press and select them as an input option.
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Did that. still no go.
try swiftkey, it forces the keyboard to switch, im not exactly sure how but going through the wizard it takes you to keyboard settings and then a notification pops up asking what keyboard to use
om4 said:
try swiftkey, it forces the keyboard to switch, im not exactly sure how but going through the wizard it takes you to keyboard settings and then a notification pops up asking what keyboard to use
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same thing....nothing.
EDIT: is there a way where I can uninstall the stock keyboard?
I'm looking for an app or a tweak so I can assign search to triangle or square, also so it can be more compatible with games that don't recognize square and triangle.
First off you have to be rooted, then go into /system/usr/keylayout. Edit "keypad-zeus.kl" with a plain-text editor.
Replace "key 308 BUTTON_Y WAKE_DROPPED" with "key 308 SEARCH ALT WAKE_DROPPED" to make the triangle into a secondary search button.
Replace "key 307 BUTTON_X WAKE_DROPPED" with "key 307 SEARCH ALT WAKE_DROPPED" to make the square into a secondary search button.
If you want menu instead of search, just replace SEARCH with MENU
EDIT: By the way, the number of spaces don't matter. Also, make ABSOLUTELY sure the file's permissions stay the same (owner=read/write, group=read, others=read) otherwise you will not be able to use the buttons until it's corrected!
How about using the triggers to switch pages on the launcher? I'm trying to make an Xperia Play optimized interface.
Selim873 said:
How about using the triggers to switch pages on the launcher? I'm trying to make an Xperia Play optimized interface.
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I'm not sure how possible that one is, unless your launcher specifically allows switching pages via hardware keys
I'll check some of the free launchers and see if they do.
EDIT: LauncherPro can use the trackball to scroll through screens, I'm not sure if movement to the left and right can be mapped with the triggers or emulated on the touch pads. I'll look around and see if I find anything, if you already know, let me know.
Is there a list of button functions somewhere that we can assign? Camera, menu, music player, etc.
Triangle works great as search btw! Thank you
OtherJonny said:
Is there a list of button functions somewhere that we can assign? Camera, menu, music player, etc.
Triangle works great as search btw! Thank you
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This wouldn't be much help since you need the search button, but I think there's a launcher out there that will replace the search button command to any app/activity installed. I also recommend the Camera Mod app from the market that was made for the Xperia Play, it will let you snap a picture using the right trigger.
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This wouldn't be much help since you need the search button, but I think there's a launcher out there that will replace the search button command to any app/activity installed. I also recommend the Camera Mod app from the market that was made for the Xperia Play, it will let you snap a picture using the right trigger.
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I was just wondering if there were anymore default functions that could be assigned, not necessarily to a 3rd party function. The camera mod is great! Wish the camera could zoom though :/
My phone is rooted,
How do you multitask? For example if I am using Chrome or the stock browser, how do I switch to a app without exiting the browser? I thought it was long press the back button but it does not work. And how do I change the icons on my lock screen? Ive looked through all the setting and cant find it.
1. Press and Hold the HOME button (the physical button in the middle)
2. Settings --> Lock Screen --> Lock Screen Options --> (press) Shortcuts (not the on / off button .. the word)
If you dont have the multiwindow , you need to update firmware to get it.
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My phone is rooted,
How do you multitask? For example if I am using Chrome or the stock browser, how do I switch to a app without exiting the browser? I thought it was long press the back button but it does not work. And how do I change the icons on my lock screen? Ive looked through all the setting and cant find it.
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multitask maybe not supported in Your phone.
and to change lock screen icons go to Settings > lock screen > lock screen options Shortcuts Drag any icon to delet it/Arrange it.
i hop i helped you.
*sorry for my English*
ameralkial said:
multitask maybe not supported in Your phone.
and to change lock screen icons go to Settings > lock screen > lock screen options Shortcuts Drag any icon to delet it/Arrange it.
i hop i helped you.
*sorry for my English*
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Thanks you did help me with lock screen icons.
Why would multi-task not be supported by my phone? This should be a basic capability with smart phones these days.
MohJee said:
If you dont have the multiwindow , you need to update firmware to get it.
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I don't think I have multi-task, when I press the Home button I just get recently opened apps. I am rooted, what firmware would I upgrade to?
Ghetto Geeksta said:
I don't think I have multi-task, when I press the Home button I just get recently opened apps. I am rooted, what firmware would I upgrade to?
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That IS multitasking. You're in the browser, then you want to switch to for example the S Note app without exiting (as in closing down/quitting) the browser. You press and hold the home button and select S Note in the app list that pops up. Then when you're done you do the same thing to get back to the browser.
If you're talking about dividing the screen in two and having two apps visible at the same time, that's a different thing, it's called multi-window and is done by pressing and holding the back key, then in the list that pops up, drag for example YouTube and drop it on the top of your screen, then do the same thing again to drag some other app to the bottom of the screen.
If you don't have the multi-window feature, you need to update your firmware.
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That IS multitasking. You're in the browser, then you want to switch to for example the S Note app without exiting (as in closing down/quitting) the browser. You press and hold the home button and select S Note in the app list that pops up. Then when you're done you do the same thing to get back to the browser.
If you're talking about dividing the screen in two and having two apps visible at the same time, that's a different thing, it's called multi-window and is done by pressing and holding the back key, then in the list that pops up, drag for example YouTube and drop it on the top of your screen, then do the same thing again to drag some other app to the bottom of the screen.
If you don't have the multi-window feature, you need to update your firmware.
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When I press the Home button in my browser I don't get a list of apps on my phone I only get recently opened apps. When you say update my firmware do you mean OTA updates? Will this affect my root?
Ghetto Geeksta said:
When I press the Home button in my browser I don't get a list of apps on my phone I only get recently opened apps. When you say update my firmware do you mean OTA updates? Will this affect my root?
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OK. Forget about the whole update thing. I don't think we're talking about the same thing here.
Long pressing home = list of recent apps
Long pressing back = multi-window app selection bar
If you want a list of apps on your phone, you press the home button once to get back to your home screen, and from there open the app drawer.
Is that what you meant?
Sorry for my original post above, I misread what you said. I thought you were talking about the multi Window feature in note 2 which can be activated by long pressing the back button.
The multi tasking is when you long press the home button, correct. You get the list of recently opened apps. That's how it works and how it always worked.
If you want a customizable pad that's let's you switch to other apps on the fly, then I highly recommend SwipePad. You can find it in the market and it's free.
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OK. Forget about the whole update thing. I don't think we're talking about the same thing here.
Long pressing home = list of recent apps
Long pressing back = multi-window app selection bar
If you want a list of apps on your phone, you press the home button once to get back to your home screen, and from there open the app drawer.
Is that what you meant?
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For me
Long pressing Home= list of only recently opened apps (not all the apps on my phone).
Long pressing back= does nothing on my phone when I long press it.
Long press home button gives you a list if recently opened apps, yes. That's how it works. It doesn't, in any version of android, give you a list of all installed apps in your phone. I don't know where you got that idea.
Second, if you want the multi Window feature (which opens when you long press the back button) then check OTA update. If there are no updates for you, then wait for it in the future.
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Ghetto Geeksta said:
For me
Long pressing Home= list of only recently opened apps (not all the apps on my phone).
Long pressing back= does nothing on my phone when I long press it.
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To open any other app on your phone, just press Home button and then run any app you wanted, and if you want switch back to your last app long press Home.
If you still dont get it, than search in youtube for Android multitasking.
Hey everyone! I'm using a Xperia Pro running UltimateHD 3.0.2 and I wanted to know how do I get the "sym"(symbol) button working? I hate to
always close the keyboard just to insert a symbol or a smiley face. Can this be easily fixed or do I have to flash stock keyboard? I don't really like
the stock keyboard because the "remove keyboard" button is too big :\ Any ideas?
Thanks for your time!
Lxve said:
Hey everyone! I'm using a Xperia Pro running UltimateHD 3.0.2 and I wanted to know how do I get the "sym"(symbol) button working? I hate to
always close the keyboard just to insert a symbol or a smiley face. Can this be easily fixed or do I have to flash stock keyboard? I don't really like
the stock keyboard because the "remove keyboard" button is too big :\ Any ideas?
Thanks for your time!
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I second that question, although using another rom. is there any mod available to basically use the standard-xperia-keys on the phone? (i had a rom, where the sym-key led to a menu similar to the original xperia menu, but without the smileys.
oh, and what is most annoying: when i press and hold a key, i can choose alternative letters, originally on the xperia pro, u could press & hold the button, then a small popup showed up with for example the letter Ü highlighted, and u could just go on and continue typing. now, u press and hold U, the same popup shows up with Ü highlighted, but now u have to manually tap on Ü to choose it. i hope this was understandable.
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Hi Mildwild,
Thank you for your rom. very nice and working very good.:good:
I just have 2 questions:
- when I write a text message, I like (like for example in this message) to go to the next line. But I can not find a "return" button on the virtual keyboard. Is it possible to change the keyboard layout so that I can have it
- When SMS is long, I like to retract the virtual keyboard (but also everywhere I need to see the whole screen). But I do not see the button that allows to do this. Do you have a solution?
Thanks by advance for your response
Regards
Laurent
latitude23 said:
- when I write a text message, I like (like for example in this message) to go to the next line. But I can not find a "return" button on the virtual keyboard. Is it possible to change the keyboard layout so that I can have it
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Have a look in the keyboard settings. If it's not already built in, Mildwild won't update the ROM or keyboard just to include this. Easier solution would be to install another keyboard
- When SMS is long, I like to retract the virtual keyboard (but also everywhere I need to see the whole screen). But I do not see the button that allows to do this. Do you have a solution?
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I thought in most situations the back button does this already? You don't see it because it's not on the screen, try the hardware key