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New HTC Touch Keyboard

And the horses are off:
http://www.theunwired.net/?item=input-pocketcm-sip-keyboard-for-thumb-use-with-htc-touch

mmicha said:
And the horses are off:
http://www.theunwired.net/?item=input-pocketcm-sip-keyboard-for-thumb-use-with-htc-touch
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you can go to:
http://www.pocketcm.com/dl.php
and Download PocketCM Keyboard
it is free
enjoy
edward

has this software been tested on the hermes with wm6??

yes it works perfectly. ive been using it since yesterday and its definitely much better than the pre-installed default keyboard. i especially like the way it auto-corrects my frequent typo's

tiptoekirk said:
has this software been tested on the hermes with wm6??
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works very nice

What, the link is down?
Did it get xda'd? lol

Been using it for a few weeks.. Skinable and very easy to type with. In fact you can just slide your finger around and let go when you see the key you are looking for highlited..
Another thing you should look into is PocketCM...
http://www.pocketcm.com/
CONTACTS replacement!!! I like this even more then their keyboard solution.. Imagine the iPhone contacts slide you see everywhere, and you have pocketCM. One of the best features is the A-Z on the left side to quick jump.
Draven

How do you install this on hermes w/WM6? When I go into settings / input and change to PCM keyboard it says " Pocket CM keyboard has to be the current sip in order to configure it? what do I do?

Just click the little triangle beside your keyboard icon (bottom middle of bar) and select PCM Keyboard. That should do it...

i have been using the pocket CM k/b since yesterday and ts a quantum leap forward from any other k/b that is available. Its a must have for any Windows mobile user. It works on all PPC phones!

There is also a contact manager from the same author. You can use your fingers to scroll through and select contacts. I use that as well. It works great! It is called pocketCM. URL: http://www.pocketcm.com/index.php

I've installed it and it shows up in the list of available input devices but selecting it does nothing at all. The keyboard doesn't change visually onscreen and if I check the current input device it still shows the standard keyboard.
I can go into it's options and play around with things but if I change the Input Method to PCM Keyboard and click OK, it still doesn't switch over.
Running Schap's WM6 Pro 3.60a ROM.
Tried soft resets, tried installing to main memory and to storage.
Running 0.6 version.
Douginoz.

same problem here

What a bummer.
Too bad the Hermes doesn't have either a slide out keyboard, Block Recognizer, Letter Recognizer or Transcriber.

MHC48 said:
What a bummer.
Too bad the Hermes doesn't have either a slide out keyboard, Block Recognizer, Letter Recognizer or Transcriber.
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I don't think sarcasm is called for; this looks like a neat keyboard that works better than the stock one for those times that you dont want to slide out or use the stylus.

douginoz said:
I've installed it and it shows up in the list of available input devices but selecting it does nothing at all. The keyboard doesn't change visually onscreen and if I check the current input device it still shows the standard keyboard.
I can go into it's options and play around with things but if I change the Input Method to PCM Keyboard and click OK, it still doesn't switch over.
Running Schap's WM6 Pro 3.60a ROM.
Tried soft resets, tried installing to main memory and to storage.
Running 0.6 version.
Douginoz.
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Strange, I installed it on my 8525 (see sig for ROM info), and it worked fine. Of course my fat fingers don't let me use it all too well... But then again, I have the same problems with an iPhone and even the slide-out keyboard on the Hermes. I actually find the Letter Recognizer to work quite well for me, but it's a matter of personal preference (I was a big fan of Graffiti on the Palm, but Graffiti 2 was abysmal.)
-- Joe

keyboard on startup
Is there anyway to make this the default keyboard? When i reset my phone, it goes back to the standard keyboard

I'm in love with this keyboard! I had downloaded and installed the first version a couple weeks ago and liked it enough to use occaisonally. I felt like it had great potential and just needed a little polishing. But this new version, .6, is awesome! Perfect. I'm gonna use it all the time except when typing sms with the palm threaded app. I'll slide out the hardware keyboard on my hermes for that.
As soon as someone fixes the palm threaded app so that the SIP keyboard doesn't cover up the text you're inputting, I'll use this new PCMkeyboard there, too. And I'll send a hefty donation to that person that fixes the palm app.
donation on the way to this PCM guy, too.

Does anyone know if this keyboard supports other languages' input methods?

Under the options, there's a select box for "Keyboard layout" which includes:
Czech
English
Francais
German
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Anyone got Chinese Simplify Input Software for Xperia?

anyone got the chinese input software for sms and read the chinese software file.anyone got the link can post it on here thx

google PlumSIP6.1
or
use this one
http://bbs.pdafans.com/viewthread.php?tid=744416&highlight=%B5%E3%D1%B6

thank you

PlumSIP works great on my X1, I always flash it with English roms and put Yahei fonts on it.

you need to set up the for the "keycode.ini" if you wanna use your keyboard well for you xperia anyway

Brilliant piece of input. Thanks. I have been looking for ages.

After installing plumsip, do i need to install anything else? All the characters appear as empty squares

isn't it is pinyin format?? cause i dunno using other than pinyin..and the visual keypad of PlumSIP is big or not?

dadeadman said:
After installing plumsip, do i need to install anything else? All the characters appear as empty squares
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I am using this. Working well with the chinese input.
http://www.ricky119.com/wp-content/uploads/cooks/chinesefont/RickyMSYH6.0Full.cab

Alright, for WWE rom of X1, download and install Ce-Star 2.8c, brought you by Mobem. While installing, do not tick any SIP comes with the software. After installation, reboot, install either "PlumSIP V6.1" or "sogou Pinyin for mobile". for plumsip supports hard keyboard while sougou pinyin supports vast words of popular. they all comes with PinYin style of inputing. for handwriting style, use which comes with CE-Star as "手写输入".

Thanks guys, the only problem now is how to stop plumsip from changing my font. It changes it to this Times New ROman like font and makes certain things, like smses very small. Tried to change back to tahoma in xperiatweak but it doesnt work

skidd said:
you need to set up the for the "keycode.ini" if you wanna use your keyboard well for you xperia anyway
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any clue how to do it? my input crash quite constantly

Installing Japanese Input on Rhodium/Touch Pro2

This thread will hopefully become a communal Work In Progress. I received my TP2 yesterday and have gotten to work right away on installing Japanese IME on my phone. Anyone who can offer useful tips or any help at all, I greatly appreciate it.
12:11 PM 8/21/2009
So far my first attempts have not proved fruitful. As a first step, I installed Olinex's HSPL. After that, I began installing the cabs from Zgembo's Touch Pro/Diamond Thread. I first installed the Let's Japan WM6.1 R07. After a soft reset, it seemed to be installed ok. I could see a few Chinese characters in the predictive text box above the SIP keyboard (although, there were some boxes too). Second step, I attempted to install the Japanese Advanced IME from the same thread. I should note, it clearly states that it's designed for VGA devices, and TP2 is WVGA. I went ahead with the install anyway. And that's when the trouble began. After soft reset, the HTC splash screen comes up, but after that- black. Nothing. No amount of button pressing or anything short of a hard reset resolved it. And that's as as far as I've gotten.
I'm going to do some more reading and then try again. If anyone knows a better way to go, let me know. Hopefully with more input this can become useful to other people living in Japan that require Japanese capabilities on their Touch Pro 2.
*****UPDATE*****
first off, my apologies, i realize that my solution to the problem wasn't clearly stated in my other posts below.
to get Japanese input/output working on your Rhodium/Touch Pro 2, do the following:
install Asukal LetsJapan6 and restart
install Asukal's IME_31J_FULL, but do not restart
install Asukal's Enable_IME and restart
that simple. romaji, kana, kanji, kensaku, tegaki (the handwriting recognition inputs) will all work. XT9/Predictive will be broken. And you will need to switch between かな　カナ or 英数 on the soft keyboard to get the hardware keyboard to type in the language you want.

Try CE-Star Suite Chinese/Japanese enabler
http://www.mobem.com/products/cestarwm5.php

Mesquire said:
Try CE-Star Suite Chinese/Japanese enabler
http://www.mobem.com/products/cestarwm5.php
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have you tried that on your TP2? what results did you get?
for anyone else trying Zgembo's cabs from the Touch Pro/Diamond thread, can you let me know your results? After installing LetsJapan, for my SIP icon, I'm getting an A4. In the dropdown menu where you select which keyboard to use, it has A4 智能输入 (i can't read those characters at all). anyone know the deal with this A4 menu?

No problem running CE-Star on my TP2 and the interface is in English, but I don't use or need Japanese input so I cannot comment on that.

yeh, I need Japanese input. and the A4 Chinese pre-installed in my ROM seems to conflict with it somewhat.

almost there... i hope
Ok, so here's the situation so far. After nearly 10 resets, I seem to be *almost* there.
I installed in the following order:
1. LetsJapanWM61r07.cab, then reset
2. KeyTouchJapIMEr07.cab
3. Enable_IME_2.zip, then reset
4. Softbank MMS
So far, I am able to send and receive with no problem. however, I'm still not able to type using any katakana, hiragana, nor kanji. even when i use the kensaku, it will recognize the characters, but when i choose the character, nothing shows up. Japanese input seems to be completely broken.
Is anyone on here able to type in Japanese on their device? if so, what program are you using? the relevant programs I have installed are:
Zgembo JapaneseIME
Asukal Enable_IME
Zgembo Lets Japan WM6.1
Zgembo Lets Japan WM6.1 Mincho
Zgembo Softbank MMS
The soft input keyboards available to me are:
A4 智能输入
Block Recognizer
Kana*
Kensaku*
Keyboard
KeyTouch*
Letter Recognizer
Romaji*
Tegaki*
Touch Input
Transcriber
* for the Japanese characters that don't show up when I type

CE-Star has some Japanese support (I need it to show Japanese song names, but not all words are displayed correctly) and Romaji input but since I don't know any Japanese I can't test the accuracy of inputs for you, but their Romaji input appears to work.

@mesquire: yeah, CE Star doesn't work for me. i think i'll need a bit of a more 'homegrown' solution.

Getting Japanese Input running
well, i finally managed to enable Japanese input. previously, i had been attempting to install Zgembo's KeyTouchJapIMEr07.cab. VISUALLY all the keyboards were there, but only a limited few functioned. i did a lot of trial-and-error installations to figure out what effect each cab file had.
after installing the softbank connection I began installing the IME piece by piece. I should mention that the ZTA4 (Chinese) IME is preinstalled in this stock ROM. the keyboards included in this IME are Touch Input, A4 智能输入, Block Recognizer, Keyboard, Letter Recognizer, Transcriber. i'll paste some of my edited installation/setup notes below. if you don't want to wade through that muck, just skip down to the Highlights section below it:
17. Install Keytouch (Zgembo JapaneseIME; 17.5mb) -> DON'T RESTART
18. Install Enable_IME_HTC_HD
19. Check Input (5 new: Kana, Kensaku, KeyTouch, Romaji, Tegaki)
20. Restart
21. Check input, Regional Settings (still no Japan)
22. test input
QWERTY Touch keyboard is fine (XT9 doesn't work)
Keypad only types numbers
small keyboard is fine
romaji broken (no kana)
kana broken (blocks)
KeyTouch broken (blocks)
Tegaki is fine
kensaku is fine
A4 is fine
block recognizer is fine (but sucks)
Letter Recognizer is fine
Transcriber is fine​23. Install CEStar Japan (2mb); no change in SIP functionality; restart; no change in SIP functionality
24. Install Softbank MMS (5.2mb)
25. Install Asukal Lets Japan6 (4.25mb); restart; Regional Setting changed to Japan; Mapple functional; Kana is default keyboard; A4 智能输入 now reads A4 智能▯入; no change in SIP functionality
26. Install 2_IME_31J_FULL.cab (Ask IME 31J) (7.8mb); new input: Roma Ji, Kana, TagakiKensaku, restart, no change in SIP functionality
27. Install LetsJapan WM61r07 (Zgembo Lets Japan WM6.1; 4.25mb); restart
28. Install Enable_IME_HTC_HD again
29. Install 2_IME_31J_FULL.cab again; restart; No change
30. Install Enable IME2; restartl No change
31. Remove Asukal LetsJapan6
32. Remove Zgembo's LetsJapan6 (but didn't remove properly; still in Programs list); A4 is now A4▯▯▯▯; restart; problem occurred with cprog.exe
33. Install LetsJapan WM61r07 again (Zgembo Lets Japan WM6.1; 4.25mb); restart; problem occurred with cprog.exe; no regional setting change
34. Remove Asukal Enable IME; no change
HARD Reset
Highlights
if you have no desire to read through all that and decipher it, it basically says this:
ZTA4 natively allows you to view Japanese (Japanese characters are Chinese characters afterall, but it allows you to see Kanji and Kana)
ZTA4 does not allow you to write in Japanese nor display Japanese in software designed for Japanese OS.
LetsJapan6 (both Asukal's original and Zgembo's derivative) adds Japanese to the 'Regional Settings'. it also installs the font used for Japanese input/output. Of the two, only Asukal's LetsJapan allows software designed for Japanese OS to display Japanese properly (ie. Pocket Mapple). However, neither LetsJapan installs any keyboards (only fonts), so you still cannot write in Japanese yet.
LetsJapan6 (both Asukal's original and Zgembo's derivative) both appear to conflict with ZTA4. I don't know of any change in functionality, but A4 智能输入 in the list of keyboards will now read A4 智能▯入 (if anyone knows of a way for me to completely remove ZTA4, please share).
Zgembo's KeyTouch/JapaneseIME adds 5 new keyboards to your available inputs: Kana, Kensaku, KeyTouch, Romaji, Tegaki; of these 5 keyboards, only 2 work- Kensaku and Tegaki
Zgembo's KeyTouch/JapaneseIME doesn't allow Japanese input; it also breaks XT9 functionality in the English keyboards; Visually it's lovely and everything is there, but it does not function on this particular stock ROM. I should also warn: if you do install this IME, DO NOT RESTART immediately after installing. Immediately after installing, install one of Asukal's Enable_IME files (there's one from long ago and one he recently made for the Touch HD... although, i think they are exactly the same). If you do not install the Enable_IME before you restart your device, after your device boots up and the splash screen fades, you'll be stuck on a black screen, at which point, your only option is to Hard Reset.
Asukal's IME_31J_FULL is the alternative to Zgembo's KeyTouch/JapaneseIME. although Zgembo's is prettier, it unfortunately doesn't work on TP2 (if someone else has had a different experience, please share). Asukal's IME is rudimentary, no fancy stuff like a Japanese Touch Keypad or predictive text, but it allows you to write in Japanese.
Asukal's IME_31J_FULL adds 4 new keyboards: Roma Ji, Kana, Tegaki, and TagakiKensaku. All seem to function perfectly fine as touch keyboards. As touch keyboards though, they're not very finger friendly, so you'll be stuck using your stylus to tap. In hardware keyboard mode, at the moment there is no known Fn key combination that allows you to switch between English and Japanese. This must be chosen by first choosing either かな　カナ or 英数 on the soft keyboard, then typing with the hardware keyboard. And again, if you do install this IME, DO NOT RESTART immediately after installing Same thing will happen as stated above. Immediately after installing, install one of Asukal's Enable_IME files. If you don't, you'll have lots of fun hard-resetting.
After setting up the IME, it should be relatively safe to install the Arcsoft Softbank program. I've been using that and have no problems sending or receiving SMS and MMS... although, I don't know how to use emoji since i think it was something that is inherent in the Japanese KeyTouch keyboard.
So that's my rundown. Hope it will be useful to others. What I want to do now is find a way to Isolate the Japanese KeyTouch keyboard, get rid of ZTA4, and get XT9 prediction working again on both English and Japanese keypad. I'd really love it if Asukal, Alcibiade, Zgembo, larsucks and the rest of the X01HT gang could get in on this and offer some suggestions. Anyone else who has discovered anything interesting, please don't hesitate to post!!

Ookii.org
You should look at Ookii.org:
http://www.ookii.org/software/japaneseinput/​

mschaffer said:
You should look at Ookii.org:
http://www.ookii.org/software/japaneseinput/​
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thanks, i'm familiar with ookii.org. good stuff. i've been using his pocket dictionary for a few years now. but with regards to his japanese input, i don't imagine there will be added functionality over Asukal's IME, but I do imagine there will probably be less. And still, it's old, so the letters will still be tiny, there will be no keypad, and there will be no predictive text.

Did you try BeeGee_Tokyo's CAB for Topaz?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4102158
I tried it on my Rhodium and it works quite well, though it seems to slow the system down. Only thing I found is that I can't use the physical keyboard to input Japanese.
Topaz and Rhodium are quite similar, definitely in terms of screen res and probably software I think.

e60202 said:
Did you try BeeGee_Tokyo's CAB for Topaz?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=4102158
I tried it on my Rhodium and it works quite well, though it seems to slow the system down. Only thing I found is that I can't use the physical keyboard to input Japanese.
Topaz and Rhodium are quite similar, definitely in terms of screen res and probably software I think.
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thanks for the suggestion. i already got Japanese input working now, but i may try that one in a later configuration.
what i'd like to know now is if anyone else has been able to install HTC KeyTouch (the Japanese version from the X05HT) onto their Rhodium. That is the SIP keyboard I would really like to get functioning, as one-handed typing on the Rhodium would be lovely. Also, I think that the emoji are preset in that SIP, so presently, i can't get them working in my Softbank Mail program. anyone have any success with that?
btw e60202, if you follow the method i stated on the previous page, you can have Japanese input both software and hardware keyboard.

Cool...I'll give that a try and let you know if I have any trouble. Thanks.

@shunsai
I want to buy the HTC Touch Pro 2 here in Germany soon. But reading and writing Japanese is very important to me. So, I am glad that you found a solution for my problem.
But I still have some questions.
Could you tell me where I can download Asukal LetsJapan6, Asukal's IME_31J_FULL and Asukal's Enable_IME?
If it won't work the way I hope it will, how can I remove it from my device afterwards?

dkun said:
@shunsai
I want to buy the HTC Touch Pro 2 here in Germany soon. But reading and writing Japanese is very important to me. So, I am glad that you found a solution for my problem.
But I still have some questions.
Could you tell me where I can download Asukal LetsJapan6, Asukal's IME_31J_FULL and Asukal's Enable_IME?
If it won't work the way I hope it will, how can I remove it from my device afterwards?
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asukal keeps a blog where he also includes his files. this entry he wrote is about the Touch HD, but the files work for the Touch Pro 2 as well. the 1_Enable_IME_HTC_HD.cab included in the zip seems to be the exact same as Enable_IME_2.zip
LetsJapan6 is available here
most of his other files are available here.
if things don't work out, hard reset will become your friend, so make sure to backup all your files and settings before you install just in case.

Thank you very much for the info, Shunsai!
Have you already found a way to change the input method with the hardware keyboard?
Somewhere I read something about pressing the Crtl and Shift at the same time. Does that work on your device?

Having trouble with text
First of all. I want to thanks to you Shunsai and Asukal!
I'm having trouble to input Japanese with Touch pro 2.
Now everything work good except text message.
When I text with Japanese it shows "????????????????".
It shows fine with email and web browser.
Do you have same problem? Or it is just for me?

dkun said:
Thank you very much for the info, Shunsai!
Have you already found a way to change the input method with the hardware keyboard?
Somewhere I read something about pressing the Crtl and Shift at the same time. Does that work on your device?
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hey dkun, no, i still haven't found a way yet. hopefully someone with more knowledge can suggest something soon.
quickmo said:
First of all. I want to thanks to you Shunsai and Asukal!
I'm having trouble to input Japanese with Touch pro 2.
Now everything work good except text message.
When I text with Japanese it shows "????????????????".
It shows fine with email and web browser.
Do you have same problem? Or it is just for me?
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no prob. i'm here to help people in the same boat as me if i can, but really i haven't done anything. i'm just benefiting from the fruits of asukal's labor like you. can you tell me more about your device (which ROM/region)? what order did you install the cabs in? was it on fresh install?
i'm still tinkering around trying to get japanese and english input where i want them, but japanese IME seems to be very tempermental in general. so far, its really only worked for me consistently when i installed in the order in the OP.

Have you guys tried this Japanese display and input app?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=445550
No need for separate installs - all in one cab, works on many different devices, also with hardware keyboard. Much smoother than LetsJapan or CE-Star IMO.

[Q] Bluetooth keyboard

Any recommendations for a good bluetooth keyboard that you have used and work with the Note using stock rom (2.3.6)? Preferrably with built in touch pad.
Thanks.

The Logitech mini is nice, I've been using my HP touchpad Bluetooth its actually.very nice I was surprised, but since I upgraded to 2.3.6 I haven't been able to get any hid Bluetooth devices to connect at all. Some posts i've read say in 2.3.6 hid can't connect.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777

HID works fine for me.
Used a HP Touchpad BT Keyboard on KKA and KL3.

Are you running 2.3.6?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777

Yes its 2.3.6

Look for my review in Samsung Galaxy II Accessories thread.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

hey guys i am trying to get the magic cube to work with the galaxy note and am having problems i can get it to pair but not to connect or work is there an hid setting i need to turn on somewhere to be able to use a keyboard with my programs

could't work on 2.3.5 either.

paired, but unable to connect (Note 2.3.6 official, Apple BT KB)
Same problem with Apple BT Keyboard (2007). Paired, but unable to connect.
I use the official ROM 2.3.6. I didn't try before I upgraded to 2.3.6.

I use the Freedom Pro bluetooth keyboard, works great. Folds up into a little case and comes with a lightweight stand for the phone that slides out of the keyboard. No touchpad, but it does have full android support, so it'll likely work with future/other android devices you own. It has keys mapped to the 'back' and 'menu's functions, and you can map a bunch of keys to apps that you configure.
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BT Keyboard and mouse
Hi all
The good news is that I've FINALLY got my Thinkoutside BT keyboard and Thinkoutside BT Travel Mouse to work with the Galaxy Note.
I'm using Blueinput in which the WIN version (Beta) did not work with HTC Flame, HTC HD and HTC HD2 because of a difference in the Bluetooth stack.
The Android version (Beta) did not work with the HTC Desire HD either for unknown reasons.
However, the new version: (Blueinput 2.0.209.HIDP1.0.100) which is available on trial from Android Market works well. My Note has OS:2.3.5 SDK:10.
I haven't checked out all of it yet and will post again after some more testing.
Cheers

hi there, i tested now my old igo stowaway keyboard, a new Mini BT keyboard and an Logitech 5000 full size keyboard. all of them are working basically. the Blue Input software is not working (finds the keyboards but tells me it can not talk to it), so i use BlueKeyboard Pro instead that is working fine. i need a keyboard software because i have to map the German special chars.
my problem is that every time i connect a BT Keyboard a message from the system pop's up that i should switch input to the Samsung keyboard, and then the system activates the Samsung build in software keyboard. So i have to long tap the input field to change back to BlueKeyboard manually.
can someone tell me how to prevent the system from switching keyboard drivers automaticly? i already disabled all keyboards except the BlueKeyboard under settings menu, but it dont help. the system reactivates the entry by its own everytime.

i bought this keyboard and its very nice
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
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madbird said:
hi there, i tested now my old igo stowaway keyboard, a new Mini BT keyboard and an Logitech 5000 full size keyboard. all of them are working basically. the Blue Input software is not working (finds the keyboards but tells me it can not talk to it), so i use BlueKeyboard Pro instead that is working fine. i need a keyboard software because i have to map the German special chars.
my problem is that every time i connect a BT Keyboard a message from the system pop's up that i should switch input to the Samsung keyboard, and then the system activates the Samsung build in software keyboard. So i have to long tap the input field to change back to BlueKeyboard manually.
can someone tell me how to prevent the system from switching keyboard drivers automaticly? i already disabled all keyboards except the BlueKeyboard under settings menu, but it dont help. the system reactivates the entry by its own everytime.
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the switch to the samsung keyboard is because since kl7 the samsungkeyboard supports the german layout for bluetooth

I can't get the motorola bluetooth mouse to connect to the note. It pairs ok, but will not connect.
I have been able to use a microsoft BT and the motorola Keyboard, and the HP bt keyboard. Shame about this mouse as it works fine on my pc.

thank you shigwegi, i give the build in keyboard another chance. it works even with German chars, sometimes (after not working with it for a while) it forgets the German layout and falls back to English, then i have to switch the keyboard off and back on to fix it. i deinstalled BlueKeyboard now.
did the samsung software keyboard show up when you select a text box?, mine does, its a little bit disturbing but as long as it works i can live with it.

madbird said:
did the samsung software keyboard show up when you select a text box?, mine does, its a little bit disturbing but as long as it works i can live with it.
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I just install "null keyboard" from the app store and choose it from keyboard settings when I'm using a BT keyboard, it stops any keyboard from popping up on screen so you have the full screen on view when typing with a BT keyboard. Works great for me, I just switch back to swiftkey when I'm not using a BT keyboard.
Null Keyboard here - http://market.android.com/details?id=com.wparam.nullkeyboard

madbird said:
thank you shigwegi, i give the build in keyboard another chance. it works even with German chars, sometimes (after not working with it for a while) it forgets the German layout and falls back to English, then i have to switch the keyboard off and back on to fix it. i deinstalled BlueKeyboard now.
did the samsung software keyboard show up when you select a text box?, mine does, its a little bit disturbing but as long as it works i can live with it.
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i got the same problemes, not all chars are working, but its better then before, and you dont need root to use it
maybe we got another update or ics will make all nice
Darius said:
I just install "null keyboard" from the app store and choose it from keyboard settings when I'm using a BT keyboard, it stops any keyboard from popping up on screen so you have the full screen on view when typing with a BT keyboard. Works great for me, I just switch back to swiftkey when I'm not using a BT keyboard.
Null Keyboard here - http://market.android.com/details?id=com.wparam.nullkeyboard
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but i think its not working then, because the bluetooth keyboard only works for german users withe samsungs default keyboard

with this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1471228
the Apple wireless Keyboard works! and has German Letters ÄÖÜ.
regards

I wanted a fairly mobile full-size BT keyboard for my new Note. But wasn't thrilled that most require a separate BT mouse or trackpad solution. But then I found this new Motorola keyboard with a slide out trackpad on Amazon. It hasn't been out long but seems to be getting good reviews. It isn't real cheap, but a few other vendors sell it for $10-15 less than Amazon. I tend to play it safe and order from Amazon though. I ordered one and will report on it, when it shows up
http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Wireless-Keyboard-Packaging-89507N/dp/B006291K7A
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I have been using the Apple BT keyboard (3 batt version), everything is fine except the first time I reconnect the kb it gets set to qwerty, I have to switch off/on to get azerty...
Also in Samsung kb you can disable US kb so that it doesn't switch to qwerty while typing (but it still does switch when you turn it on the first time).
EDIT: the trick is to enable Samsung kb first then connect bt kb and I get azerty first try.

[GUIDE] HISENSE A2 Flashing ( ROM-L1261.6.03.09.00 ) with QPST

Hi
Because the full lack of information about this phone i've decide to post here a method to flash Hisense A2 using Qfil for those who have such format ROM.
So let's begin with preparation. What you will need
1. Universal android ADB driver http://adbdriver.com/downloads/
2. QPST version 2.7.438 https://archive.org/download/QPST.2.7.438
3. Appropriate ROM version for Hisense A2
(SPECIAL THANKS TO VEROWEED for it) here is link for ver 6.03.09.00 witch unclude multilanguage and Gapps. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6NNJt1rXASQM2lCV3BQdy1qeGc/view?usp=sharing
This is all. And we can begin process.
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1. Install QPST and ADB driver , Make sure phone is atleast 50% charged ,plug phone usb to PC or Laptop , enable usb debuging on pop up menu. Now you should see it in device manage as : Android Composite ADB interface.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
2. On Usb menu sellect CD-ROM type of connection.
3. Open My computer check on cd roms and double click to install hisense drivers.
you should see in device manager now
4. Keep phone pluged and dial *1973461# it should open System info menu , enter in debug setting and check Auto load usb device.
5. Unplug and plug again usb to phone in device manager must be appered:
6. Now find QPST in start menu and start Qfil
7. Setup Qfil like that:
8. Press download button and wait flashing process (the phone reboot to EDL MODE black screen and flash the rom in qloader 9008 mode do not touch or unplug) .
When download succeed message appear unplug phone and reboot it mannually by pressing power button for around 10sec.

Hi @all
Better do not believe needrom.com and other pages if they say you can download a multilingual update of the firmware there.
They muck around, cheating you. Cause they just have chinese-english versions without gapps anyhow they say it is multilingual firmware including all.
This firmware may be origin, but unfortunately no international version.
I did this mistake... and had a phone, I can't use anymore after the "upgrade".
For all who did same fault, here you can download the origin and really multilingual firmware 6.03.09.00 (with all known bugs) and gapps the Hisense A2 was delivered with.
With this, you can restore your Hisense A2 back to it's origin state.
Better having some bugs than a firmware with no Google Play Store on the device and no home language on it.
After following the manual in #1, my A2 works again finally like new bought.
Thanks a lot to the thread-opener for doing this fine work.
kind regards
Veronica

Hi,
Are gapps included in Qfil flashed? Also, need to reinstall all existing apps?
Kind regards,
Edward

Hi,
QFil is just the application you need to install the ROM onto your Hisense A2.
The firmware (ROM) contains Google Play Store (with all needed components) and GMail.
After flashing your Smartphone is like bought new - empty. Just the ROM with included apps.

Thanks a lot indeed.

Hi,
glad, I could help.?
btw... having a big problem with this buggy multilingual firmware.
Beside the not opening App-Manager, the Doce-Manager won't open also (settings - battery- battery optimization), where I can exclude apps from deep sleep.
Since no app like my Whatsapp and Aquamail shows it's notifications after device is sleeping half an hour, I really need this setting-page or another option to avoid this problems by excluding this apps from doze.
Anyone a idea, what I could do? Any app availiable perhaps, to replace origin power-optimizing page or another way to open the doze-settings?
kind regards
Vero

Thanks Baistan and Vero,
The rom with gapps work fine. BTW, shall I upgrade official fireware?
Regarding deep sleep issue, you may search "memory cleanup" in setting and turn it off. Alternatively, add those apps you don't want to be frozen into 'white list' on the same panel.
Kind regards,
Edward

Hi Edward,
Thanks, but I did the settings, you suggested already.
But "WhatsApp" won't give a notification nor receive messages after device is sleeping half an hour.
What you mean with "Upgrade official fireware"? I just had offer to upgrade the "Vision-Launcher". Since I did this, "Vision-Launcher" displays a message "Upgrading..." each start of the device.
Thinking cause Root is missing, the Upgrade is installed just temporary and not static. So better leave it. Found no way to remove this upgrade to avoid the message while booting.

Hi Veto,
Maybe, you just a full page widget foe WhatsApp as a temp solution.
I may follow to upgrade the Vision Launcher too. Because its reading mode could provide a clear and better view on eink monitor.
Kind regards,
Edward

Hi Edward,
I use the Nova-Launcher, cause I like 5 icons a row on screen instead of the Vision launcher with just having 4 of them.
For the Whatsapp notifications, it seems, I found a working solution.
Beside the Power-settings you have suggested, and I already did before, it was neccesary to open WhatsApp, then tip the lower square button and open the task-manager. Here I had to push the Whatsapp-task down out of the screen. Then a lock-symbol appeared in the upper right corner of WhatsApp-task in the task-manager.
By doing this, WhatsApp notifications, sound and vibratings appears every time, independently the time the Hisense was in DeepSleep-Mode.
Works as well with my prefered mail-app AquaMail and all other apps with notifications running in background.
Now I can live with the bugs of the A2.
As Hisense told, just the english-chinese Firmware is origin by Hisense. The multilingual version is from other developers and has no support by Hisense.
So may possible this firmware will get never an update, perhaps.
Kind regards and wish a nice weekend @all.
Vero

Hi Vero,
That's great.
I have encountered another issue. Keyboard doesn't pop up when I use the eink panel, so I am only able to text on LED side. Any hints to solve this.
Have a nice weekend too!
Keep regards,
Edward

Wanted: Your Experience with Hisense A2
Hallo,
I read Your very usefull informations how to solve some problems with Hisense A2. I' m thinking about to buy such a phone. May I ask You about Your experience?
What kind of bugs did You register?
What kind of problems did You recognize?
In wich countries do You use the phone? If in Germany: Which is Your telephone-company?
How good does it work?
Can You recommend the phone?
Thanks for some informations about Your experience in advance.
Kind regards,
Rüdiger

Hi,
@Ed.chk
I only use the eink-screen for reading ebooks with using EZPDF-Reader and Moon-Reader. So I never need the keyboard on this side of the device. I open the books on the color-display and then swap to the eInk-Screen.
Thats no problem to me. Unfortunately I have no hint to avoid the problem wit the missing keyboard. Did you try different keyboards like Swift?
@rud32
I only have recogniced the problem, app-manager-Screen does not open as well the Doze-Screen won't open.
For deinstalling apps, I use TXToolbox now, what has more useful features.
A replacement for the missing Doze-Screen i havn't found. But since locking background-apps in taskmanager as described, it seems not to be a must to have access to the Doze-Screen.
Other problems I have not found.
Other users tell about watch (clock) problems - I don't have this.
I dwell in Germany, use the Hisense A2 here and in Austria (with roaming) and my provider is Congstar (a cheap daughter of Telekom).
Everything works fine. And I am really happy with this phone.
Only one really bad thing is, Samsung doessn't support this device for using The Samsung Gear-App, if own a Smartwatch by Samsung like Gear S2 or Gear S2.
I have both and unfortunately can't connect the smartwatches with the Hisense A2. So no notifications about incoming mails or WhatsApp-messages on the smartwatch. Therefor I always have to take my old smartphone in my case with me to get this notifications onto my smartwatches.
Apart from this, I really can recommend this Smartphone for everyone who want to read ebooks sometimes on road without need to carry the big eBook-reader with in case every time.
Reading eBooks on the Hisense A2 really is nearly comfortable as on a standard eBook-Reader.
I heard, in near future Hisense will offer the Hisense A2 Pro also in Europe (with support) with a little bigger displays in front and back and some more better hardware.
Info (german language):
http://winfuture.de/videos/Hardware...e-mit-E-Ink-Rueckseite-vorgestellt-18272.html
If I had knew this 2 Month before, I had wait until this release.
Kind regards @all

Hisense a2 is ****, wait for the yotaphone 3 instead
@rud32 be wiser, don't buy it... Better wait instead for the yotaphone 3.
Previous to the Hisense A2 I had the yotaphone2 which I sold after I became frustrated that the yota3 hadn't arrived and I learned about the Hisense A2 and it's better specs.
Boy do I wish I hadn't sold my Yotaphone2....where to start?
The yotaphone2 had seamlessly integrated the functionality of the second screen to the overall use of the phone...so many ways to personalize it, so many covers, so many widgets and apps dedicated to the ink screen and thus so much functionality.
The Hisense A2 Is just a wannabe honestly. I hardly use the e-ink screen because it's so damn hard to get around it... (Successfully unlocking it on the first try is sometimes is a triumph because it either freezes or glitches)
I've had mine for about a month and the learning curve has been brutal specially because of the stupid custom ROM with vision launcher....so many bugs, (ghost touches, glitches, apps close) and So little chance to personalize...also even though I have set the language to English some parts still appear in Chinese...
There have been times I've wanted to throw it on the ground and kill it.
It's really frustrating....
rud32 said:
Hallo,
I read Your very usefull informations how to solve some problems with Hisense A2. I' m thinking about to buy such a phone. May I ask You about Your experience?
What kind of bugs did You register?
What kind of problems did You recognize?
In wich countries do You use the phone? If in Germany: Which is Your telephone-company?
How good does it work?
Can You recommend the phone?
Thanks for some informations about Your experience in advance.
Kind regards,
Rüdiger
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Install yotaphone 2 ROM possible?
Since @baistan showed us how to restore the original ROM on our Hisense A2, I was wondering if anyone knows if it could be at all possible to "Frankenstein" the ROM from a yotaphone 2 into the Hisense A2 ?
Previous to owning the A2 I had a yota2 and boy it would be nice to somewhat have back the comfortable UI from the yotaphone in both screens.
Thank You.

Tanks for the information
@veroweed: Thanks for Your information. Meanwhile I ordered a Hisense A2 . Yesterday it arrived. My first experiences are the following:
- I ordered the phone via aliexpress in China. The device arrived within 20 days. But I had to pick it up at the customs services where I had to pay 19 % as Value Added Taxes.
- I use the phone in Germany. The provider is Telekom. Till now I had no problems whiel calling.
- I didn't change the installed ROM yet. This Software Version was installed: L1261.6.03.09.00. Here I could choose German as language. But some parts are not translated. There is some German, Englisch and the names of the ringtones are still in Chinese. But that is not really a problem. One does not need german names to test ringtones.
- The installed Clock-App is working. But the APP is immidiately closing when I change to "clock" or "timer".
- "Manage apps" (-> "Einstellungen" -> "App and permission manager") is not working.
So long,
Rüdiger

I made latest system.img and guide
https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/rooting-roms/guide-hisense-a2-6-09-03-00-gapps-t3696423

Hi @all,
I already bothered joygram. I have a Yotaphone 2 and a Hisense A2. Hisense is new and was delivered with Software Version L1261.6.03.09.00, Kernel 3.18.24. To me e-ink is inferior to the Yotaphone. Joygram told me it was possible to activate "smooth" mode. I am to dumb, did not manage it by now. Pressing the home button longer? Maybe someone can give me a hint. My phone is not rooted. Developer mode and experd mode in e-ink is enabled.
Does anyone kow if there are any other wingets for the e-ink. Unfortunately i do not understand chinese (which might be a problem in the future). Otherwise the phone seems to work fine in Germany using O2/E-Plus, thanks Jens

6.03 not support smooth mode
you must use higher version.
so I made new system.img using this thread's system.img and new firmware files.
OF_Ge_72 said:
Hi @all,
I already bothered joygram. I have a Yotaphone 2 and a Hisense A2. Hisense is new and was delivered with Software Version L1261.6.03.09.00, Kernel 3.18.24. To me e-ink is inferior to the Yotaphone. Joygram told me it was possible to activate "smooth" mode. I am to dumb, did not manage it by now. Pressing the home button longer? Maybe someone can give me a hint. My phone is not rooted. Developer mode and experd mode in e-ink is enabled.
Does anyone kow if there are any other wingets for the e-ink. Unfortunately i do not understand chinese (which might be a problem in the future). Otherwise the phone seems to work fine in Germany using O2/E-Plus, thanks Jens
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Hello
Huge Thanks to you all
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ed.ckh said:
Hi Vero,
That's great.
I have encountered another issue. Keyboard doesn't pop up when I use the eink panel, so I am only able to text on LED side. Any hints to solve this.
Have a nice weekend too!
Keep regards,
Edward
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I had the same problem because I had to add a keyboard!
before switching to the E-INK you have to change the keyboard
1: open SMS or INTERNET the keyboard is displayed
2: bottom right in the corner of the screen you have a small keyboard you press it is you choose "Android Keyboard (AOSP)
3: you leave SMS or INTERNET
4: you switch to the E-INK screen and the keyboard works !!