do anybody knows what keys to press on the physical keyboard to be able to change the input language?
i have Hebrew keyboard as well and i couldn't find any way to change the the language input on physical keyboard.
This is a limitation of the Android OS - you cannot change the language of the physical keyboard that easily - I never found a way to do it, but theoretically it would involve access to the software or a configfile for the text prediction so that it suypplies cues from the physical keyboard to another predictor for another language
Long-press individual keys for alternate letters, and there may be an app for converting the physical keyboard, but it will almost invariably require root. I would also try finding other nationalities who accomplished this and learn from them. -Ara
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as the mapping using the virtual keyboard of AnySoftKeyboard supports physical keyboard mapping i mange to make it work only when i change the virtual keyboard to Hebrew first and then slide the keyboard out.
this is very inconvenience cos every time i want to change the language i need to close the keyboard and switch to virtual one, change the language and star over.
maybe there is a way to add input option via the power button? like using jkay deluxe or something?
I can tell, how this problem is solved in case of russian layout, but not sure, if it works for hebrew.
Root, then use an app, called Keyboard swither from market.
After that, I installed the special verison of Russian keyboard, that had a layout, compatible with glide.
This version can be downloaded from here
the problem with keyboard switcher is that he just put an icon on desktop.
if i'm using sms app i need to close it to use the switcher, so its not the solution i need.
thanks for the help tough, we need to find a way to make a shortcut via combination of keys
to achieve this, maybe a script for int.d that can apply shortcut function on physical keyboard.
taiber2000 said:
the problem with keyboard switcher is that he just put an icon on desktop.
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Oops, sorry, i've named the wrong app, its called Keyboard manager (com.ne0fhykLabs.android.utility.kmLauncher).
How it works: it sets 3 types of keyboard for every device status - landscape, portrait, and the slide out one.
So, if you set the apropriate keyboard with a right layout and ability to swith languages via alt+space (like russian keyboard), you can use your HW keyboard with right char set (the software keyboard itself is hidden in this state).
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Oops, sorry, i've named the wrong app, its called Keyboard manager (com.ne0fhykLabs.android.utility.kmLauncher).
How it works: it sets 3 types of keyboard for every device status - landscape, portrait, and the slide out one.
So, if you set the apropriate keyboard with a right layout and ability to swith languages via alt+space (like russian keyboard), you can use your HW keyboard with right char set (the software keyboard itself is hidden in this state).
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thanks man, that work great keyboard manger and the anysoftkeyboard combination is the fix i needed. i think it work as well when i'll upgrade to ics later on
taiber2000 said:
i think it work as well when i'll upgrade to ics later on
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Yep, it does. I use it at ICS rom with no problems.
anysoftkeyboard doesnt work for arabic
Thank you for sharing this, this method is great! it works for me with bulgarian keyboard but it doesn't with arabic.
Is there anyway I can use the physical keyboard to type in arabic?
are you on ICS or JB? cos if you are with stcok GB you wont have the arabic fonts.
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are you on ICS or JB? cos if you are with stcok GB you wont have the arabic fonts.
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I'm on ICS, I tried go keyboard with the same method it worked but its showing lots of non Arabic letters, probably Farsi or Urdu I guess, I'm still looking for another keyboard with physical support, I just looked at the language packs of AnySoftKeyboard, they say that they support physical keyboard mapping for Hebrew and Russian and probably other languages but not Arabic
If you know any other keyboards with multi-language physical support please share.
you should try it with anysoftkeyboard anyhow maybe it will work.
unfourtantly i don't know about other keybaord that support mapping of physical keybaord escpasly our right to left languages.
i just would like to know where the location of the input languages are in the default samsung keyboard. i would like to delete the languages that i don't use so that it frees up space and would like to add the us english in the rom so that i dont have to download it again. tnx!
Hello guys,
I can't get the writing area for handwriting recognition to show up on my Note II.
When I hit the "T" for text in S-Note I just get the Samsung Keypad although the S-Pen is removed from the phone.
It doesn't matter if I remove the S-Pen from the phone when the keypad is already visible or before I hit the "T".
Pen detection is enabled.
Does anyone have an idea how to fix it.
I am on stock Samsung Firmware (rooted).
Cheers,
Bjoern
Interesting... when I switch to "German" or "English(UK) input, I can switch between Handwriting pad and keypad. Switching to English(US) the option (T with a pen - left to the space bar) to switch to handwriting disappears...
Any clue why?
Cheers,
Bjoern
Try clearing cache and data in the Samsung keyboard. After it restarts, so in to "handwriting" in the Samsung keyboard settings and accept an update if it's offered. Make sure the handwriting language is set to the same language as the typing keyboard.
It does not work with English US.
Jep, seems simply not to work with English(US) :silly:
I'm on the French 4.1.2 ROM and it's set to English U.S. You may have to download it.
I had this same issue with my previous german rom not having the handwriting recognition for en_US. It appears that with some roms you can only use handwriting recognition for the original languages on the phone and downloading new languages only downloads the qwerty keyboard and not the handwriting recognition.
Edit: with my current rom handwriting recognition appears to work with all languages. The difference appears to be the /system/VODB folder which on my old original Rom only listed 4 languages but on my current rom there seems to be a folder for every language. ..
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Have you tried this?
http://www.itworld.com/mobile-wireless/302584/enable-handwriting-samsung-galaxy-note-2
I had the same problem, but a long press on the key to the left of the space bar on the Samsung Galaxy keyboard got me to the recognition pad...
I see Japanese as an option in the handwriting language list, but not in the keyboard list. If it's not listed in the keyboard list I can't actually select it while using the handwriting keyboard (which seems rather broken to me). Anyone know how to get this going?
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I see Japanese as an option in the handwriting language list, but not in the keyboard list. If it's not listed in the keyboard list I can't actually select it while using the handwriting keyboard (which seems rather broken to me). Anyone know how to get this going?
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I'm not sure if this is what you want - try Google Japanese Input.
After install, you can enable them in your Settings > Language and input.
Google Translate does japanese handwriting rocognition too.
you need the keyboard and libs from a Japanese ROM. Japanese isn't intergrated into the Samsung keyboard. It has its own Samsung Japanese keyboard. There is another thread around that lists the stuff you need to extract from a Japanese ROM.
Else try third party like others suggested, Swype supports handwriting doesn't it as well?
I have installed CM7 as a ROM atm. It's possible to switch input language for word suggestions etc. The problem is it also switches the keyboard layout to qwerty when I set it to english, but I'm really used to qwertz. So does anyone know if it's possible to have the english dictionary/input language with a keyboard layout of qwertz?
Common ppl someone must know this :S I'd be really grateful :good: