I want to be able to input Simplified Chinese - but I don't want an entirely Chinese OS. After some searching I've found these (I'm not sure if I remember the names correctly):
CE-Star - doesn't work well at all. For me, at least.
"Ask China_FEPNo5" - mysterious thing, but it does let me input everything using stylus. No predictive input. (EDIT: I think the credit goes to asukal)
PlumSIP No. 5 - takes a lot of space on the screen, but no hardware keyboard support.
There should be something built-in in the Chinese ROMs, and a lot of cooks starting with Dopod ROMs must have stripped it down - so can anyone give me an idea of where to search?
http://bbs.pcmag.com.cn/viewthread.php?tid=33915&extra=page=1
Thank you. This forum required a registration to view, and I found a discussion of yet another ROM build. However, download links simply do not work.
What I hoped for would be some information about where is the IME itself stored in ROM... now I can only compare that and the stock one, but there are too many differences, I'm afraid.
This is the first time I bumped into this issue, and I must admit it sucks
Here's the deal, in every single phone I had I've used the phone (UI) in english, and wrote text in spanish using Itap.
My last phone (nokia 5800) had no problems with that.
With this new one, Moto Defy, I see there's no way to change the UI language, and the auto-prediction separately.
I thought it had to do with the fact that Android by default doesn't have a T9 like keyboard for text input so I downloaded a couple of apps for that but all have the same issue, they work fine, but they keep using the language for auto-prediction set in Settings (which is English, for the UI)
Does anybody know how I could accomplish this?
Hope somebody can help =)
Regards!
I had your same issue and I solved it using "htc ime mod keyboard"; you can find it here on xda forum, not on the market (therefore you have to manually install it).
It's fully customizable, has T9 prediction, supports many languages.
Infact I configured the volume button to quickly switch between 2 languages that I use.
Sent from my MB525
psixda said:
I had your same issue and I solved it using "htc ime mod keyboard"; you can find it here on xda forum, not on the market (therefore you have to manually install it).
It's fully customizable, has T9 prediction, supports many languages.
Infact I configured the volume button to quickly switch between 2 languages that I use.
Sent from my MB525
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thanks, i've tested it and tried but it feels somewhat slow to me :S
I'm really picky when it comes to typing speed so maybe it's just me. I'll see what I can do but thanks =)
Hey everyone,
Is there a native Android Chinese input method? I know that iOS allows you to write the characters. Is there something similar that is not third party.
Thanks!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
My dad was wondering the same thing. Unfortunately I don't see it in my friend's Galaxy Nexus, so I would say no, it does not have native Chinese input and you'll need to download a third party one (unless custom ROMs have it, then you can go that route).
There is, however, native Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) voice typing. So you can select "Chinese, Yue (Hong Kong)" and when you press the voice command (on the keyboard or for Google search) you can search for things by speaking Cantonese which is pretty cool.
HTC does a good job of filling in what Vanilla Android is missing as HTC keyboards (probably only in Asian versions of HTC phones) have pinyin and hand writing options on their custom keyboards. Pretty accurate recognition too (I have it on my HTC Panache).
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...roid.inputmethod.pinyin&feature=search_result
Google's Pinyin IME. Hope this helps.
Hello,
Samsung keyboard default doesn't support Japanese IME on Galaxy Note 2 N7100 so I wonder if I can install addition pack or flash a cook ROM to make the Jap IME available ?
I know I can install another keyboard which supports Jap but I don't like it because it's inconvenient for switching keyboard every time.
Thank you.
IT_Fan said:
Hello,
Samsung keyboard default doesn't support Japanese IME on Galaxy Note 2 N7100 so I wonder if I can install addition pack or flash a cook room to make the Jap IME available ?
I know I can install another keyboard which supports Jap but I don't like it because it's inconvenient for switching keyboard every time.
Thank you.
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Japanese has its own stock samsung keyboard separate from the Regular Stock keyboard. You'll need to get that apk and then get the necessary libs for it. Its annoying thats for sure.
IT_Fan said:
Hello,
Samsung keyboard default doesn't support Japanese IME on Galaxy Note 2 N7100 so I wonder if I can install addition pack or flash a cook room to make the Jap IME available ?
I know I can install another keyboard which supports Jap but I don't like it because it's inconvenient for switching keyboard every time.
Thank you.
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If you haven't tried ATOK お試し版, it might be worth it even if you have to switch keyboard from time to time. You can take the trial for a spin.
There are a few other keyboards in my sig, to consider and play around with.
Robobob1221 said:
Japanese has its own stock samsung keyboard separate from the Regular Stock keyboard. You'll need to get that apk and then get the necessary libs for it. Its annoying thats for sure.
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Do you have a link for it ?
IT_Fan said:
Do you have a link for it ?
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I grabbed the stock Japanese firmware for the SC-02E here (or you can get it from sammobile):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996006
The files I added from the firmware were these (sorry long list):
Code:
system/fonts/UDGothic-Regular.ttf
system/fonts/UDGothic-Bold.ttf
system/fonts/UDGothic-Italic.ttf
system/fonts/truetypeEmoji.ttf
system/fonts/UDGothic-BoldItalic.ttf
system/lib/libnjaddress_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libennjubase1gb.so
system/lib/libmazecdict.so
system/lib/libennjubase1gb_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/lib_dic_en_USUK_urldotcom.conf.so
system/lib/libnjubaseidx1_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libnjname.so
system/lib/lib_dic_morphem_ja_JP_voiceeditor.conf.so
system/lib/libMazecRecJpnDicD.so
system/lib/libnjemoji_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libnjcon.so
system/lib/libnjaddress.so
system/lib/libiwnn_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libMazecRecJpnDicB.so
system/lib/libnjexyomi_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libnjtan.so
system/lib/libnjcon_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libnjfzk_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libMazecRecognizer.so
system/lib/lib_dic_en_USUK_emaildotcom.conf.so
system/lib/libnjubase2_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libkaomoji_tyukyu_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libennjcon.so
system/lib/libnjubase1.so
system/lib/libEnjemailuri_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/lib_dic_en_xlarge_USUK_voiceeditor.conf.so
system/lib/libnjtan_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/lib_dic_ja_xlarge_JP.conf.so
system/lib/libennjubase2_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/lib_dic_en_xlarge_USUK.conf.so
system/lib/lib_dic_en_USUK.conf.so
system/lib/libMazecJpnDic.so
system/lib/libennjubase2.so
system/lib/libiwnn.so
system/lib/lib_dic_morphem_ja_JP.conf.so
system/lib/libennjubase1_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libnjfzk.so
system/lib/libnjubase2.so
system/lib/libennjubase3.so
system/lib/libMazecRecJpnDicC.so
system/lib/lib_dic_ja_JP.conf.so
system/lib/libkaomoji_kihon_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libennjcon_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libnjname_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libnjemoji.so
system/lib/libnjexyomi.so
system/lib/lib_dic_ja_JP_voiceeditor.conf.so
system/lib/libkaomoji_kihon.so
system/lib/libnjubaseidx2_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libennjubase1us_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libennjyomi.so
system/lib/libennjubase3_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libennjubase1us.so
system/lib/libMazecRecJpnDicA.so
system/lib/libnjubase1_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libennjyomi_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libkaomoji_tyukyu.so
system/lib/lib_dic_en_USUK_voiceeditor.conf.so
system/lib/libEnjemailuri.so
system/VODB/ja_JP/checked
system/VODB/ja_JP/files.txt
system/VODB/ja_JP/ja_JP_jisx0213-lk-text.lite.res
system/VODB/ja_JP/ja_JP.lang
system/VODB/ja_JP/ja_JP_jisx0213-ak-cur.lite.res
system/voiceeditor.prop
system/app/DcmVoiceSearch.apk
system/app/DcmVoiceEditor.apk
system/app/Maruberi.apk
system/app/iWnnIME_T0.apk
system/app/DcmVoiceRecognition.apk
system/app/Mazec.apk
I'm not sure if all of them are actually necessary or not, but that's what got iWNN (called "Samsung Japanese Keypad" in the UI) and MazeC (for handwriting) working on my US (TMobile) Note2. The voice recognition will fail with a SIM card error unless you have a Docomo SIM (so go into the settings and change voice input to Google Voice - I'm not sure how well that works), and I don't think this gets emoji working (it probably wouldn't work anyway outside Japan).
The process to get them was a bit involved. I had to untar the tar file, then run sim2img on the system.img and cache.img... then after mounting both, in the cache partition, there is a file recovery/sec_csc.zip. Most of the files I listed above are in the system partition, but the rest need to be extracted from that zip file. Then you can put them in place with a root file manager or adb.... If that sounds like too much work, maybe I can zip the the files up (not a flashable zip) and post them here.
Besides that, I'm a bit surprised by the lack of integration compared to the built in keyboard, especially with the multiwindow (it doesn't detach like the builtin keyboard). Also, you'll have to switch back to the "Samsung Keyboard" to get the sliding input or decent English handwriting recognition. So, I'm not sure if I actually missed anything and it or maybe that's just how it works.
The theming/colors also won't match what you see in the videos - it's more gray like the default keyboard on US Note2, while it appears to be blue in the youtube videos I found.
Thank you for your hard work in testing and posting here but I am afraid that's not what I am looking for, I need the Japanese IME integrated right into Samsung Keyboard then I can just slide to change the IME right away without needing effort to switch keyboards. For that mazec Japanese handwriting we can just purchase from Google Play if needed, no need to flash the JAP ROM.
Moreover, I tested Mazec's trial version. Mazec handwriting is good, but IMO it's not as good as the handwriting of Samsung keyboard compared to what I've been using with English and Chinese handwriting.
But anyway, I really appreciate your kindness in testing and reporting :good:.
IT_Fan said:
Thank you for your hard work in testing and posting here but I am afraid that's not what I am looking for, I need the Japanese IME integrated right into Samsung Keyboard then I can just slide to change the IME right away without needing effort to switch keyboards. For that mazec Japanese handwriting we can just purchase from Google Play if needed, no need to flash the JAP ROM.
Moreover, I tested Mazec's trial version. Mazec handwriting is good, but IMO it's not as good as the handwriting of Samsung keyboard compared to what I've been using with English and Chinese handwriting.
But anyway, I really appreciate your kindness in testing and reporting :good:.
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Basically you can't integrate Japanese into the stock Samsung keyboard, at least not yet. It seems to have a different IME on all phones, at least in my experience.
If/when Swiftkey add Japanese to their language packs then it might get added to the Samsung Keyboard as well.
If you want all your languages in one keyboard you'll have to resort to using Swype or Smart Keyboard Pro.
Robobob1221 said:
Basically you can't integrate Japanese into the stock Samsung keyboard, at least not yet. It seems to have a different IME on all phones, at least in my experience.
If/when Swiftkey add Japanese to their language packs then it might get added to the Samsung Keyboard as well.
If you want all your languages in one keyboard you'll have to resort to using Swype or Smart Keyboard Pro.
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Why does when Swiftkey add Japanese to their language packs then it might get added to the Samsung Keyboard as well ? These apps are made by the same developer ?
Yes, I am using Swype but the reason I love Samsung keyboard more because their handwriting is the best one IMO.
The current Samsung keyboard uses the swiftkey api/dictionaries/prediction engines whatever they call it I believe.
And swiftkey doesn't have a Japanese input method yet. So I guess I'm making the assumption that when that gets updated then you'll see Japanese added for the Samsung keyboard too.
Sent from my GT-N7105 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
Robobob1221 said:
The current Samsung keyboard uses the swiftkey api/dictionaries/prediction engines whatever they call it I believe.
And swiftkey doesn't have a Japanese input method yet. So I guess I'm making the assumption that when that gets updated then you'll see Japanese added for the Samsung keyboard too.
Sent from my GT-N7105 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
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Just notice that you're from Japan. So could you tell which keyboard app you're using to type and handwrite Japanese ?
Honestly I don't do much handwriting as my character drawing is terrible! As regards keyboards try what has been recommended. I use either the stock Samsung Japanese keyboard or swype for ease of switching when typing.
Sent from my GT-N7105 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
Add Japanese locale?
I too have a Galaxy Note 2 and I'm bemoaning the lack of Asian languages on it.
I'm not bothered by having to install a third party Japanese IME as I don't type in Japanese much. What I really want is to be able to switch the device language to Japanese (and/or Korean actually) just as I can switch it to French etc, for testing purposes. I'm not even that bothered about whether a few glitches and so on happen; I just want to be able to test application localization on one device!
Is there a way to make the 7100 act as if it's Japanese, such that apps use jp resources and so on?
For localization, I think you are looking for "Language Enabler" ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wanam ), which should work on any (rooted) Samsung device. Just open it up, select the languages you want, save and reboot.
Although Korean was in the default list on my phone.
yubimusubi said:
For localization, I think you are looking for "Language Enabler" ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wanam ), which should work on any (rooted) Samsung device. Just open it up, select the languages you want, save and reboot.
Although Korean was in the default list on my phone.
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It enables just those in system language but still doesn't have input method of languages.
Stock to AOSP
Has this been tried on a non-stock rom?
I assume you are working with a stock Samsung rom and taking the files from the Japanese rom into the english version, but I may be wrong.
I would like to explore the possibility of doing this from a stock-japanese to an AOSP or cyanogenmod.
What METHOD did you use to identify these files? It would be of great help. I seriously want to use the mazec that came with my original rom into this cyanogenmod that I am using.
Thanks~~
yubimusubi said:
I grabbed the stock Japanese firmware for the SC-02E here (or you can get it from sammobile):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996006
The files I added from the firmware were these (sorry long list):
Code:
system/fonts/UDGothic-Regular.ttf
system/fonts/UDGothic-Bold.ttf
system/fonts/UDGothic-Italic.ttf
system/fonts/truetypeEmoji.ttf
system/fonts/UDGothic-BoldItalic.ttf
system/lib/libnjaddress_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libennjubase1gb.so
system/lib/libmazecdict.so
system/lib/libennjubase1gb_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/lib_dic_en_USUK_urldotcom.conf.so
system/lib/libnjubaseidx1_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libnjname.so
system/lib/lib_dic_morphem_ja_JP_voiceeditor.conf.so
system/lib/libMazecRecJpnDicD.so
system/lib/libnjemoji_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libnjcon.so
system/lib/libnjaddress.so
system/lib/libiwnn_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libMazecRecJpnDicB.so
system/lib/libnjexyomi_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libnjtan.so
system/lib/libnjcon_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libnjfzk_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libMazecRecognizer.so
system/lib/lib_dic_en_USUK_emaildotcom.conf.so
system/lib/libnjubase2_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libkaomoji_tyukyu_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libennjcon.so
system/lib/libnjubase1.so
system/lib/libEnjemailuri_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/lib_dic_en_xlarge_USUK_voiceeditor.conf.so
system/lib/libnjtan_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/lib_dic_ja_xlarge_JP.conf.so
system/lib/libennjubase2_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/lib_dic_en_xlarge_USUK.conf.so
system/lib/lib_dic_en_USUK.conf.so
system/lib/libMazecJpnDic.so
system/lib/libennjubase2.so
system/lib/libiwnn.so
system/lib/lib_dic_morphem_ja_JP.conf.so
system/lib/libennjubase1_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libnjfzk.so
system/lib/libnjubase2.so
system/lib/libennjubase3.so
system/lib/libMazecRecJpnDicC.so
system/lib/lib_dic_ja_JP.conf.so
system/lib/libkaomoji_kihon_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libennjcon_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libnjname_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libnjemoji.so
system/lib/libnjexyomi.so
system/lib/lib_dic_ja_JP_voiceeditor.conf.so
system/lib/libkaomoji_kihon.so
system/lib/libnjubaseidx2_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libennjubase1us_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libennjyomi.so
system/lib/libennjubase3_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libennjubase1us.so
system/lib/libMazecRecJpnDicA.so
system/lib/libnjubase1_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libennjyomi_voiceeditor.so
system/lib/libkaomoji_tyukyu.so
system/lib/lib_dic_en_USUK_voiceeditor.conf.so
system/lib/libEnjemailuri.so
system/VODB/ja_JP/checked
system/VODB/ja_JP/files.txt
system/VODB/ja_JP/ja_JP_jisx0213-lk-text.lite.res
system/VODB/ja_JP/ja_JP.lang
system/VODB/ja_JP/ja_JP_jisx0213-ak-cur.lite.res
system/voiceeditor.prop
system/app/DcmVoiceSearch.apk
system/app/DcmVoiceEditor.apk
system/app/Maruberi.apk
system/app/iWnnIME_T0.apk
system/app/DcmVoiceRecognition.apk
system/app/Mazec.apk
I'm not sure if all of them are actually necessary or not, but that's what got iWNN (called "Samsung Japanese Keypad" in the UI) and MazeC (for handwriting) working on my US (TMobile) Note2. The voice recognition will fail with a SIM card error unless you have a Docomo SIM (so go into the settings and change voice input to Google Voice - I'm not sure how well that works), and I don't think this gets emoji working (it probably wouldn't work anyway outside Japan).
The process to get them was a bit involved. I had to untar the tar file, then run sim2img on the system.img and cache.img... then after mounting both, in the cache partition, there is a file recovery/sec_csc.zip. Most of the files I listed above are in the system partition, but the rest need to be extracted from that zip file. Then you can put them in place with a root file manager or adb.... If that sounds like too much work, maybe I can zip the the files up (not a flashable zip) and post them here.
Besides that, I'm a bit surprised by the lack of integration compared to the built in keyboard, especially with the multiwindow (it doesn't detach like the builtin keyboard). Also, you'll have to switch back to the "Samsung Keyboard" to get the sliding input or decent English handwriting recognition. So, I'm not sure if I actually missed anything and it or maybe that's just how it works.
The theming/colors also won't match what you see in the videos - it's more gray like the default keyboard on US Note2, while it appears to be blue in the youtube videos I found.
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logicsama said:
What METHOD did you use to identify these files? It would be of great help. I seriously want to use the mazec that came with my original rom into this cyanogenmod that I am using.
Thanks~~
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I'm hoping for an answer to this too. I'm using Assassin ROM and would like to get the Stock Japanese Keyboard and Mazec Handwriting on my Note 2. I wasn't able to crack open the pure stock Docomo image I found online, but I was able to extract most of those files from a zip that Robobob1221 pointed me to. I can't find 3 of the apks in yubimusubi's list:
system/app/DcmVoiceSearch.apk
system/app/DcmVoiceEditor.apk
system/app/DcmVoiceRecognition.apk
I'll see for myself soon enough, but wondering if anyone knows up front whether those files are necessary.
Seems most of the files from yubimusubi's post may not be completely necessary, but that may still be a bit premature to say.
I've only copied the fonts, VODB folders, Maruberi, iWnnIME_T0, Mazec apks and the following lib files to my system directory:
system/lib/libiwnn.so
system/lib/libmazecdict.so
system/lib/libMazecJpnDic.so
system/lib/libMazecRecJpnDicA.so
system/lib/libMazecRecJpnDicB.so
system/lib/libMazecRecJpnDicC.so
system/lib/libMazecRecJpnDicD.so
system/lib/libMazecRecognizer.so
So far, Mazec handwriting works (!!), the English keyboard of the Samsung Japanese Keyboard works, numbers keyboard works, and symbols/emoticons work. The only problem I'm having now is getting the Japanese part of the keyboard to work. When I press a key, the keyboard freezes. Gonna try and figure out which of the other libs might help.
But so far it seems that the voiceeditor.so files aren't necessary. But then again, I don't use voice recognition or anything, so I'm not sure.
UPDATE: I didn't want to hijack the thread, so I started one here. I managed to get the hiragana and katakana input working, but I seem to have broken the ability to change kana to kanji and now the kanji. Everything seems to work fine! If you're interested in what files I used, please check the other thread.
I tried this on the non-VZ forum before I found this one and no one was able to help. On my VZ HTC One, in Settings > Language & keybaord > HTC Sense Input > Keyboard selection, there are TONS of languages, even like 5 different Chinese ones but no Japanese If I go into Language & keyboard > Language, I have Japanese there (written as 日本語). So, I can change the system language but for some reason cannot type in it?
I *could* install the Google IME which is what I've been using until I got my One but that is not a solution it's just a workaround. The current keyboard does not allow me to switch IME unless the language is selected in the list within the Sense Input options. So that makes it very cumbersome to switch back and forth. HTC support is no use, they tell me if it's not there then I just can't use it. However I've asked two friends who also speak Japanese and they do have it (one has the JP variant, one does not). I have tried 3 different ROMs so far and have not found it.
So - does anyone know how I can get it? If not, does anyone know how I could possibly extract it from a HTC One J ROM or have a friend package it for me to install?
I'd really appreciate it, this phone is dope and I really don't want to have to give it up nor the Sense keyboard (call me crazy but I absolutely love it).