This seems really strange, but when-ever I connect an external keyboard to the Note II via USB, the default on-screen keyboard is switched back to the Samsung Keyboard *permanently* (not just while I'm using the external keyboard).
That is, when connecting the USB keyboard, Samsung switches the default on-screen keyboard to the Samsung keyboard, and shows a note claiming that the Samsung Keyboard must be used (without giving any choice about reverting your default keyboard).
There seems to be no good reason for this, as the USB keyboard continues to work fine when I manually switch the on-screen keyboard back to Swiftkey or Google Keyboard (my preferred on-screen keyboards). It seems it's some sort of arbitrary glitch, but I can't figure any way to get around this problem, on a non-rooted device. There seems to be no way to configure this and no way to simply disable the Samsung Keyboard (which I never want to use). Doubtless this is Samsung-specific.
Anyone got any tips for me, save for rooting the device which I don't want to do?
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the same problem as the unanswered question at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1517293 exists on the note 2.
whenever a physical keyboard is connected to the phone using USB or Bluetooth the software keyboard is switched to the stock Samsung keyboard.
a null keyboard or prediction-only keyboard would make more sense.
does anyone know of a way to disable this automatic switch, or change it so a different keyboard like null keyboard is loaded instead?
I'm also facing the same problem on Jelly Bean Samsung S3 as well .. searching for the solution
best solution i could find so far is to freeze the samsung keyboard using titanium backup(android refuses to freeze it through the apps list)
you need to reboot after freezing it, otherwise it will completely disable the keyboard switcher notification when you connect a keyboard, and it doesn't return after disconnecting it.
Download null keyboard from the play store.
Select it when you use an external. That way you get to use your whole screen instead of the redundant on-screen keyboard taking up half of it.
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only to have it revert to Samsung keyboard again if the keyboard loses connection for a second.
if you'd read my original post properly you would have known I now of null keyboard, but that's not going to change the fact that no matter what keyboard I use its still going to switch back to the Samsung keyboard as soon as I connect a physical keyboard.
I know of only 2 ways to prevent that: freeze/delete the Samsung keyboard, or use a rom without the Samsung keyboard.
I have gotten this working with moderately aggressive use of tasker. I tried to post this but my post was flagged and blocked for some reason. As soon as I hear back why or if I can go ahead, I will share what I did.
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Without going into too much detail, I set a tasker shortcut to first enable accessibility for tasker (done with Secure Settings plug-in) and put in on my home screen or app drawer. (Must tap this before connecting keyboard.)
Then a profile triggered by the notification "Keyboard connected" which waits 2 secs and then enables the keyboard of choice.
Also set a profile triggered by notification "Keyboard disconnected" which set keyboard back to my desired default and turned off Tasker's accessbility option.
The reason for the accessibility settings are: Tasker can't react to notifications without accessibility turned on, and I couldn't find any other state that matched a USB keyboard being connected. Also, enabling Tasker's accessibility will disable AirView and TalkBack for some reason, and also messes with the SwiftKey function of Samsung Keyboard, so I wanted the accessibility to be turned back off after I disconnected the keyboard.
Hello all,
I have a galaxy note 2 for almost two months. It used to work fine until yesterday that suddenly the samsung keyboard does not change automatically from normal keyboard to hand writing (and vice versa) as it used to. I checked the settings - it is as it should be. So I have to press the button that switches keyboard from normal to handwriting.
Moreover there are some applications like chrome browser that I cannot search for a term or insert anything to their general search/url window in other language than English using hand writing recognition. I can insert anything in Greek using normal samsung keyboard, but once I change to handwriting no matter what language I have selected it is trying to recognize text as it is in English. I cleaned cache to all the apps, restored the samsung keyboard.
Is there anything else I can do?
Thank you in advance.
Antonis
I've been using an old Palm bluetooth keyboard with my android devices since switching from a Palm device several years ago. I just recently purchased a BT keyboard specifically designed for the Note 10.1 2014 and from first connection noticed this bar that pops up at the bottom of the screen whenever the keyboard is in use. The little button with the "^" in the corner doesn't seem to do anything. Not sure what it's for. Is this something that normally happens with BT keyboards and I haven't encountered it because I've been using an older Palm BT keyboard?
Looks like a placeholder for a nav bar, which the note don't need, or ads. Ad blockers which work with non-rooted devices produce such empty placeholders.
I'm not running any ad blocker (even though my device is rooted), but this only shows up when I first connect the BT keyboard??? Weird stuff.
Well, the black bar still persists except that I figure out a workaround to get rid of it. It's just a matter of connection order. I have to turn on the keyboard first, then turn on BT on the tablet, go to a text field and when the onscreen keyboard pops up just press the spacebar and on the external keyboard and I'm good to go -- no black bar and a completely functional external keyboard.
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Well, the black bar still persists except that I figure out a workaround to get rid of it. It's just a matter of connection order. I have to turn on the keyboard first, then turn on BT on the tablet, go to a text field and when the onscreen keyboard pops up just press the spacebar and on the external keyboard and I'm good to go -- no black bar and a completely functional external keyboard.
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this didnt work, did you end up figuring oout whwat causes this? im usung a galaxy note pro 12.2
I did not figure out any other way to avoid it happening other than the work-around I mentioned. I believe it's the auto-spelling-correct or maybe the auto-complete, but don't know for sure.
I have the same problem on my note 12.2. Simple install "External Keyboard Helper" from Play Store and enable the on screen keyboard and choose "External Keyboard Helper" if you will be asked. Now your BT keyboard is a soft-Keyboard and no black bar was seen again.
Just bought a P600 and the keyboard frequently will repeat a letter even with a normal touch. It does this with the Samsung or Google keyboard. Is there a cure for this? Neither my S2 nor the Tab S do this. I have the long press sensitivity on Gboard set to Max and that doesn't help.
I installed the Swiftkey keyboard and that seems to have fixed the problem.
Anyone managed to get the smart typing features to work with the physical keyboard (the samsung keyboard cover) ?
I'm really missing auto capitalise mainly but the auto correct and predictive might be useful also.
It works with the onscreen