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[Q] Ginger bread Keyboard for our screen

Anyone know where to get the Gingerbread keyboard for a screen our size? I downloaded one of the apk's and its made for a 3" screen or something like that. I love this phone but hate the samsung/swype keyboards.

I downloaded "keyboard from Android 2.3" from the market and I really like it so far.
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i thought the stock samsung keyboard was basically the gingerbread keyboard that came with the phone

I am pretty sure that the stock keyboard is Samsung's take on it. Just like TW, this is their keyboard.
Also I downloaded the Keyboard from android 2.3 off the market. I'm very pleased with it as well

I downloaded it as well, but when you go to install it, there is a warning that says, "...Gingerbread keyboard application may collect all the text you type, including passwords, credit card numbers, and other personal data. Continue?" I hit "Cancel." Is this normal for a keyboard from the market to ask?

I am pretty sure that is normal, of all the keyboards that i have tried in the past they all gave me a warning like that, i think that it is a built in message just for safety reasons but i have never had a problem with it

I saw that too, but I didn't worry too much about it. I don't use my phone to enter credit card numbers or anything like that.
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AmbroseAI said:
I downloaded it as well, but when you go to install it, there is a warning that says, "...Gingerbread keyboard application may collect all the text you type, including passwords, credit card numbers, and other personal data. Continue?" I hit "Cancel." Is this normal for a keyboard from the market to ask?
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Yes, if you installed a Swype beta in the past it included this as well IIRC

Thanks guys. I went from a winmo phone to an iPhone to this, so just learning the Android world.
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Smart Keyboard Pro works perfectly on it.

CadioXIII said:
I am pretty sure that the stock keyboard is Samsung's take on it. Just like TW, this is their keyboard.
Also I downloaded the Keyboard from android 2.3 off the market. I'm very pleased with it as well
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unless im missing something its missing spell check and i have been using gingerbread keyboard for almost a year on my SGS so im use to the position of the question marks etc.

Does anybody know where I can get the black themed version of the gingerbread keyboard? I've looked everywhere. I had it on my Nexus S but had root and was using a theme.
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talltexan said:
Anyone know where to get the Gingerbread keyboard for a screen our size? I downloaded one of the apk's and its made for a 3" screen or something like that. I love this phone but hate the samsung/swype keyboards.
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All you have to do is long press in any text box and select "input method" when the option pops up. It will ask you to choose between sammys take on either Swype or the stock Gingerbread keyboard. Hope that helps

If it was in a rom.. Then go into the zip file and open it up.
1. Open ____.zip file. (aka your rom)
2. Go to system/apps/
3. Now look for the keyboard that your looking for.
4. Extract it.
5. Find the apk file where you extracted it and then go to your phone and place the apk file in your phones sd card or usb storage.
6. Install it and it should work.. But idk. If it force closes then its not fit for the screen and firmware
6.
cu_ninja said:
Does anybody know where I can get the black themed version of the gingerbread keyboard? I've looked everywhere. I had it on my Nexus S but had root and was using a theme.
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I was using sensemod gingerbread keyboard on my sgs4g but it didn't fit our screen.. gingerbread keybaord from steven Lin on the market works flawlessly
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FAQ frequently asked questions

I'm posting this mostly for informational purposes to try and stop the same question being asked a billion times like some questions have been. ill try to keep this up to date as much as I can if I see questions getting asked repeatedly
Q: why should u root my g note 2?
A: wireless tethering works now, also: 5 words: every app in multi window. you can have every app in multi window action with a deodexed Rom and you can back up every app with titanium backup.
Q: how do I root my phone
A: I'm not going to go into this since there are many options, ways and since it changes so rapidly. look in the android development section of our phone's forum for the best option for you. Just do an in-forum search for root.
Q:What is the difference between the firmwares/what does all this talk about LJ1/LJC/LK8/MA5/MA7/MC2 mean?
A: different firmware names are usually associated with updates to the stock system files. they are named after the modem (or radio software) and usually bring improvements or changes to the phone capabilities or bugs. there is usually different root methods for different firmware. this phone came stock with LJ1, got updated to LJC soon after to include multi-window and extended toggles support, and recently (as of the last time this post was edited) we got a leak of LK8 which brings minor stability and Bluetooth fixes. MA5's leak was a bit useless as nothing seemed to change. MA7 brought 4.2 and "Google wallet support" more on why it's in quotes in the wallet question. MC2 was supposed top bring bug fixes for many things including wallet but most can agree the wallet problem persists.
Q:My Wi-Fi turns on sporadically. how do I fix it?
A: Turn off connection optimizer under settings-wireless networks-more settings-mobile networks-connections optimizer
Q: How do I unlock the bootloader?
A: No need, only the Verizon one comes locked
Q: How do I draw on pictures?
A: In gallery go into the picture itself then press the menu button then tap on draw on image this flips over the image and you can draw on the back. for the front see the next question
Q: How do I draw on any app like in the commercial?
A: take a screenshot WITH THE PEN by holding the pen button and the screen for a few seconds it will take you to the screenshot to draw on it
Q: Is there any way to wireless tether?
A: now there is! go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1988735 and install that apk. it works with lj1 and ljc and on rooted and with busybox
Q: How do I get music controls on the lock screen?
A: you can't get them directly on the stock lock screen if you're not using security (it works with pin, patter, etc but not swipe), but it will let you pull down the notification bar to use the music controls that show up there. if you REALLY want it directly in the lock screen you'll need a lock screen replacement app that allows it
Q: My pen touches when coming into hovering range/it's too hard to click with it
A: there is two ways to fix this.
1. the crude more dangerous way is to smack it on a hard surface until it works for you (which I don't recommend)
2. the second is to adjust the potentiometer on the pen. pop the button off the pen and turn the screw closest to the tip clockwise for pens that touch while hovering and counterclockwise for pens that are too hard to tap with. trust me this is really easy.
Q: How do I turn on/off 4g? my old phone had a notification bar toggle!
A: go to "settings-wireless networks-more settings-mobile networks-network mode" and select "cdma" to turn off 4g, or select "cdma/lte" for 4g on
Q: does s-beam work with non-samsung phones that have nfc?
A: partially. if the file is small enough it will go through if not it takes the receiving device to a broken pay store link
Q: does Google wallet work?/why doesn't Google wallet work?
A: it's not officially supported before MA7 , but you can enable it, follow these instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2037416. After MA7 it's supposed to work naively without hacking but a lot of people especially those rooted it's been nothing but pain. try using it straight from the market and if it doesn't work seek individualized support from the q&a section
Q: no flash on jelly bean?
A: YouTube and most up to date websites are updating to html5. if you still find websites that tell you you're not good enough for not having flash then download it from blapkmarket.com or aptoide
Q: How do I take screenshots?
A: there are three ways with this phone:
1. with the pen: hold the pen's button and the screen for about 3 seconds. only this one takes you straight to drawing on it.
2. with the buttons: hold the home and power button together for about 3 seconds.
3. with the touch screen: swipe your entire palm from left to right on the screen, like you're cleaning all of it off. it's a bit tricky but play around with it you'll get it right every time with practice. *this one needs to be enabled under motion settings*
Q: why does my phone get so hot while charging?
A: the phone will get hotter while charging on low battery from the stock charger because it will try to take as much current as it can and the stock charger can provide 2 amps other charges don't give as much power to the phone so it won't be as hot. but don't worry, the phone itself monitors the battery's temperature and will shut off completely if it gets too hot for its own (or your) safety.
Q: How do I root the latest update/update if I'm root?
A:LK8/MA5/MA7/MC2 needs stock firmware to update as of the last time this post was edited.
Q: how do I get more apps on multi window?
A: get on the latest deodexed Rom by getting a custom recovery then flash this mod (which works in MC2 even though it didn't say so) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982452 which initially dumps every app into multi window.
Q: How do i get pop up browser (or another browser) back?
A: go to settings> applications and select the browser that had the default url handling and clear it's defaults, once you do that you should get asked which browser you want every time
Q: How do I skip music tracks/pause without turning on my phone?
A: while you can't just hold the volume buttons like in other phones the end call button on the stock headphones can pause and skip tracks. just click I once to pause, twice rapidly to skip
Q: can i use my mhl adapter and usb otg at the same time?
A: not with simple accessories, but there are ways around this.
1. the dock can do this (but it's always out of stock)
2. use Bluetooth: set up your mhl adapter and have Bluetooth peripherals like ps3 controllers, mice and keyboards.
3. use the Wi-Fi to your advantage: set up your usb otg and stream with allshare, set up an ftp from your phone. or set up your mhl adapter and access your computer files through wifi ftp
4. you can get it done with some tricky wiring, soldering and maybe a bit of cunning. but if you are someone who could get this done with instructions you won't need instructions to figure it out. all you need to know is USB otg pin out that mhl needs power to the phone and the adapter and that diodes and resistors make your apparatus too heavy and ugly and you might as well just buy a dock
Q: how do I change what the physical buttons do?
A:to change the back and menu keys just change it's value on /system/usr/keylayout/generic.kl back is 158 menu is 139. to edit what the hard press buttons do you have to change them BOTH IN GENERIC.KL AND GPIO-KEYS.KL or else your phone will freeze every time you press these, home is 172 in both files, volume down is 114 in both files, volume up is 115 in both files and power is 116 in both files.
I found this specially useful in combination with the soft keys below to make home button a native search button
Q: How do I enable soft keys and/or disable hard and capacitance keys?
A: simple tweak:
to add soft (in the screen) keys follow this:
and8res said:
navigate to system/build.prop
go to the bottom of the page ( document )
add this line
qemu.hw.mainkeys=0
save
reboot
check
Peace
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to disable hard keys:
maxq1 said:
comment out lines on /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl, like so...
Code:
# key 158 BACK
# key 139 MENU
# key 172 HOME
physical home button, however, will still wake up the device (which i prefer) and long pressing on it will bring up s-/google- voice. if you wish otherwise, you can disable it altogether by editing the line on gpio-keys.kl (same directory as above)...
Code:
# key 172 HOME WAKE
then turn off lights via settings/display/touchkey light duration. works on both ics and jb sammy roms. HTH
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to revert soft keys just make qemu.hw.mainkeys=1
to revert disabled hardware keys take out the #s
Q:
skyjedi said:
Q: Can I flash an international or At&t ROM?
A: This may work one day, but it does NOT work now. If you flash another variant ROM right now you WILL lose data. If you flash radios from another variant you will lose your baseband. The fix for anyone not understanding this is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1997150
Again, if you don't know what you are doing, DO NOT TRY THIS OR ENCOURAGE OTHERS.
IF someone how knows what they are doing figures out a safe method to do this, they will post it, till then I would suggest DO NOT ROGUE FLASH OR ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO ROGUE FLASH.
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Q: how do I swap SD card and internal storage?
A: the only method I have tried is this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35672586
although I can't speak for its reliability as I have only tried it once out of curiosity.

I take you're going to extend the post with far more Q&A's?
I'll go ahead and stick it; could be handy to have it in plain sight.

thanks
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You may want to add that for the screenshot with touch screen that Motion in options has to be enabled or else it wont work.

l3thalsab3r said:
You may want to add that for the screenshot with touch screen that Motion in options has to be enabled or else it wont work.
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will do thanks
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Im am using twrp right now.if I go back to stock recovery will it unroot my phone?
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I have the AT&T version, but I doubt it's different in this regard... For the lock screen music controls, they do appear at the top if you use a lock screen other than swipe or tilt. When you use Pattern or PIN, it shows the music controls, but you lose the quick app links. To get both (not at the same time though), you can select Pattern or PIN with swipe gesture. It will show the swipe lock screen with apps at the bottom, then when you swipe the screen it will show your pattern or PIN and the music controls at the top. I've had to resort to using the Pattern unlock just so I can get music controls

Interesting post. Thanks a lot

Q: how do I get more apps on multi window?
A: get on the latest deodexed Rom by getting a custom recovery and flashing this with it's inductions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1981668 then flash this mod http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1982439 which lets you choose among all your apps to put on multi window. there is another that dumps everything into multi window.
Read my mind with this one Thanks and great Thread..

if anyone has suggestions please post them, the questions I see are all unique or dumb
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is there a video tutorial available on how to root my gnote 2? thanks in advance.

noi1988 said:
is there a video tutorial available on how to root my gnote 2? thanks in advance.
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sorry, there are plenty of root methods, you will have to ask the individual threads
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reinaldistic said:
sorry, there are plenty of root methods, you will have to ask the individual threads
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can this be added?
Q: Can I flash an international or At&t ROM?
A: This may work one day, but it does NOT work now. If you flash another variant ROM right now you WILL lose data. If you flash radios from another variant you will lose your baseband. The fix for anyone not understanding this is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1997150
Again, if you don't know what you are doing, DO NOT TRY THIS OR ENCOURAGE OTHERS.
IF someone how knows what they are doing figures out a safe method to do this, they will post it, till then I would suggest DO NOT ROGUE FLASH OR ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO ROGUE FLASH.

tnx brother

new to this section of XDA, and I was wondering if you could add a little explanation of firmware naming convention/progression?
like "ljc" came out on this date, and so forth? took me a day or two to figure that out in the E4GT forums, still learning that here. I just know there are noobs out there scratching head wondering what it all means...
noi1988 said:
is there a video tutorial available on how to root my gnote 2? thanks in advance.
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you could look here, which would take you to here...?

kingdazy said:
new to this section of XDA, and I was wondering if you could add a little explanation of firmware naming convention/progression?
like "ljc" came out on this date, and so forth? took me a day or two to figure that out in the E4GT forums, still learning that here. I just know there are noobs out there scratching head wondering what it all means...
you could look here, which would take you to here...?
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I'll post about the firmware but the rooting has different options and it changes regularly so I won't post rooting instructions beyond looking in the dev section
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Question about having music on while screen is off
I was wondering why does the music stop whenever I press the lock screen button on the right side of the phone? The samsung galaxy s3 doesn't have that problem and I was wondering how to have the music on while the screen is off. Please anybody let me know...

Browser About:Blank
How do I prevent the stock browser from opening an about:blank window, after I close all open windows? In the past on my E4GT with ICS, the Home page would open after closing all the windows.

niceee.

thanks for the faq.
I have to admit I opened the thread ready to be snarky and find it to be crap, but I actually learned a few new things I didn't know yet. I've had the phone for about 4 days and hadn't figured out some things by playing with it that I got now because of this thread.
should be stickied!

[Q] Need USB OTG and Tethering - what is best ROM to flash?

Hi,
I'm on Samsung SGH-i927 (Captivate Glide) from AT&T currently running stock (but rooted) Gingerbread (was rooted by the ebay seller I guess).
I basically just need two more features to work:
USB OTG so I can connect USB hard drives (via a hub) and keyboards
USB and wifi and preferably Bluetooth tethering so I can use phone's internet on my laptop
What is the best course of action? Should I upgrade to ICS or JB or CM10, or are there some fixes to Gingerbread available? I wouldn't like to lose any currently available features (e.g. physical keyboard working 100% - I'm a heavy VX ConnectBot user).
I tried to look around but the CyanogenMod things seem to be very beta still, and I'm not quite sure if the AT&T 4.0.4 upgrade will fix my issues or not. I wouldn't want to upgrade unless necessary, and when I do upgrade I'd rather use the best available version out there.
Many thanks

Your best bet is one of ninthsense's ROMs with the SYM key hack. I don't think you'll need a dedicated voice search or ".com" button for ConnectBot

roothorick said:
Your best bet is one of ninthsense's ROMs with the SYM key hack. I don't think you'll need a dedicated voice search or ".com" button for ConnectBot
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Thanks, I'll check it out.
Thing with voice search and the .com button is they act as Tab and Esc, and I use Tab quite a lot for autocomplete... And Esc to change windows in irssi. I guess I could live with them remapped, but not sure how to do it in VX ConnectBot.

Could you post a link to these ninthsense's ROMs? I can't quite find them here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1621350
And google wasn't very helpful either.
Thanks.

His two ROMs are:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2057288
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2053471
I know he put the SYM key hack in one of them, I don't recall which. It may be in both.
Alternately, the hack can be applied to any of the AOSP based ROMs (CM10 etc) with a little putzing around in ADB, and then it sticks until you next flash a ROM.

Many thanks, they look pretty cool!
Do you know if the voice-search and .com keys are completely dead in these ROMs? I'd be happy for them to not function i.e. in the browser, but maybe they work in VX ConnectBot?

uukgoblin said:
Many thanks, they look pretty cool!
Do you know if the voice-search and .com keys are completely dead in these ROMs? I'd be happy for them to not function i.e. in the browser, but maybe they work in VX ConnectBot?
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Both my ROM's have the sym key hack after you apply the fixes given in the respective threads. The voice key is a simple search key now inside apps and brings up google voice otherwise and the .com has been mapped to <> and some more symbols.
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[Q] [APP] TakeControl -> Remote Control Your Android Phone

For any office jockey types like myself that use a desk dock, I highly recommend checking this app out --> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.droidcontrol.takecontrol&hl=en
Developer Website -->http://droidcontrol.com/
In essence, your Note 2 just becomes another screen that you can slide your cursor over to and interact with the phone.
I'm in no way affiliated with the app or developer but I posted here because the developer seems to have abandoned the project and I'm hoping for some suggestions/alternatives from XDA.
I was using RootBox on my Note 2 and both the app and ROM worked beautifully... used it over the course of a week and fell in love with both of them.
Long story short, I badly needed (two-way) call recording which I simply couldn't get working on RootBox despite trying Xposed framework, system files, apps etc. so I reverted to Alliance 4.1.2 which is a compromise relative to RootBox BUT call recording is crystal clear...
So what's the problem?
TakeControl no longer works nicely on the TW ROM (only works in the upper 720px region as per the image below) and the developer doesn't seem to be responding... :crying:
And what am I asking?
1. Can anyone suggest a reason why this might be the case and if there's a workaround?:fingers-crossed:​2. If not, does anyone know of a similar app that works? And I'm not talking something like SnapPea and variants​

Windza said:
For any office jockey types like myself that use a desk dock, I highly recommend checking this app out --> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.droidcontrol.takecontrol&hl=en
Developer Website -->http://droidcontrol.com/
In essence, your Note 2 just becomes another screen that you can slide your cursor over to and interact with the phone.
I'm in no way affiliated with the app or developer but I posted here because the developer seems to have abandoned the project and I'm hoping for some suggestions/alternatives from XDA.
I was using RootBox on my Note 2 and both the app and ROM worked beautifully... used it over the course of a week and fell in love with both of them.
Long story short, I badly needed (two-way) call recording which I simply couldn't get working on RootBox despite trying Xposed framework, system files, apps etc. so I reverted to Alliance 4.1.2 which is a compromise relative to RootBox BUT call recording is crystal clear...
So what's the problem?
TakeControl no longer works nicely on the TW ROM (only works in the upper 720px region as per the image below) and the developer doesn't seem to be responding... :crying:
And what am I asking?
1. Can anyone suggest a reason why this might be the case and if there's a workaround?:fingers-crossed:​2. If not, does anyone know of a similar app that works? And I'm not talking something like SnapPea and variants​
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For remote controlling my phone, I use teamviewer. Samsung has a partnership with TeamViewer to allow you to remote any Samsung phone using either your own phone or the pc version on TeamViewer.
Install this on your phone - TeamViewer QS
and install the PC piece - TeamViewer PC
It works pretty good to controlling your own phone and if your parents need remote help with theirs.

el_chiefo said:
It works pretty good to controlling your own phone and if your parents need remote help with theirs.
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I'm going to have to give this a try.
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[Q] WiFi Direct or SideSync keyboard issue

I found some issue with WiFi direct using SideSync.
When I make a WiFi direct connection between Tablet S and S5, I see an S5 screen on my Tablet S.
When I want to type SMS from the Tablet S (using S5 screen) the Samsung Chinese IME keyboard pops up- however my default keyboard is a standard Samsung keyboard. Moreover, the Samsung Chinese IME keyboard becomes somehow a defult keyboard.
In addition, when I hit enter or a space bar key I got some code in SMS window "62#SPLIT" see attached picture.
Very strange behavior...
Any solution?

I cant even get the keyboard to display on my Galaxy Tab S so youre doing one better than me lol

I had that issue when I flashed and played around with a newer Asian firmware. This is something I use all the time so had to go back to US firmware. Although I'm using the latest firmware T800XXU1ANH1, not from Asia, that released and SS works fine.
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Itchiee said:
I had that issue when I flashed and played around with a newer Asian firmware. This is something I use all the time so had to go back to US firmware. Although I'm using the latest firmware T800XXU1ANH1, not from Asia, that released and SS works fine.
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If I will flash new US firmware with Odin- will it raise knox counter?

No, flashing official firmwares should not affect Knox.