I've seen people have this problem as well, but I have found no solution for it.
On the NC, if you are using the gingerbread keyboard.. when you long press a key to bring up more options (ex an accent on an e) a directional popup will come up, but it will be empty. You can guess what direction to press to get a symbol, but you cannot see what you are picking.
Is there a fix for this?
Thanks
can anyone at least confirm that they don't have this issue?
hmmm
I had to reload it by following the directions on the nook portal on their front page. My GB KB Didn't work at all at first did this and everything works,just a quick adb trick and walla.
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I'm seeing the exact same issue.
I've cleaned out the /system/app/LatinIME.apk and copied gbkb-en.apk to /system/app and rebooted.
I see some of the symbols on a long press (the ones under the period for example) but not others (the numbers or the 1/3)
It's actually been this way since I rooted it a month ago. I've just been dealing with it.
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I don't know if anyone can help me with this, or has experienced the same problem, but .... when typing SMSs on the keyboard I frequently mistype and somehow send the message before I have finished typing it. But have no idea how, I have tried pressing every key to replicate but without success, seems like I must be pressing a mysterious key combination which is a Send short cut but can find no documentation of this. Can Anyone help and is there a list of keyboard short cuts anywhere?
Thought that I had found the answer to my own post - in the phone manual. You canbring up a list of keyboard shortcuts by opening up a message programme, eg SMS, MMS or email, then in message list press and hold H key. On list is S - Send, but if I try this in open message just get SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS repeated across doc. Any help anyone. Nearly there but not quite!
you're accidentally pressing the left softkey on the keyboard
You are pressing the softkey by accident on the keyboard. Its very annoying, and I dont know of any solution at present.
Surur
Same problem here. Happens alot.
Yeah, the only way is to completely disable the soft keys, but you have to completely disable them, as in on every screen & including the two on the front of the device. Not very practical.
Same thing w/me, i just learned to be more careful when typing the letter T cause thats when i always hit it.
Snowreaper said:
Same thing w/me, i just learned to be more careful when typing the letter T cause thats when i always hit it.
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Bingo "t" or "r" Stupid Large Fingers.
This was happening to me but sorted it by using a little app called AE Button Plus
It doesn't stop you catching the button but you can change the soft keys so that they need to be double pressed to activate. You can also change them to a long press or 3 presses but i found a double press was good for me.
The downside is that it affects the soft keys on the front of the phone too as essentially to the phone they're the same button. That trade off is well worth it for me though, was bloody annoying sending blank txts every 5mins!
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I don't know if anyone can help me with this, or has experienced the same problem, but .... when typing SMSs on the keyboard I frequently mistype and somehow send the message before I have finished typing it. But have no idea how, I have tried pressing every key to replicate but without success, seems like I must be pressing a mysterious key combination which is a Send short cut but can find no documentation of this. Can Anyone help and is there a list of keyboard short cuts anywhere?
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Yeah, happens too often. I sent reply email today that said "It"
Thanks to all replies, guess that's what I must be doing - bloody annoying. I already have AEButton Plus so if I can't be more careful with the fat fingers I may try that solution.
I downloaded a hex editor and a rom and loaded the rom onto the hex editor.
But that kind of stuff is far above me.
I'm trying to edit the keyboard mapping, i need to switch some keys around.
I have the tilt, i would really like someone experienced to help me with this because my keyboard is basically useless right now, and ill have to buy a new phone if i cant fix it.
is there not a cab file to change from the tilt to the keyboard mapping you require?
The answer is...(drum roll please)..YES!
use the forum search option for "tilt keyboard fix" and you will be pleasantly surprised.
plz remember that unlike your girlfriend search will always be there for you. ;-)
chrisrc1985 said:
The answer is...(drum roll please)..YES!
use the forum search option for "tilt keyboard fix" and you will be pleasantly surprised.
plz remember that unlike your girlfriend search will always be there for you. ;-)
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lol i know theres that fix i just wasnt sure if it was tilt to kaiser one he required lol
no its not the keyboard fix i know about that. My issue is unique, i need to remap some of my letters. I'm fairly certain the issue involves modifiying a rom, it doesn't matter which, and to do this i would have to use a hex editor.
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no its not the keyboard fix i know about that. My issue is unique, i need to remap some of my letters. I'm fairly certain the issue involves modifiying a rom, it doesn't matter which, and to do this i would have to use a hex editor.
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what keys do you need to remap and maybe someone will know a fix.
ok my k,n, i m, and period keys are unresponsive. this is a hardware issue, ill explain further if u want. this makes the keyboard quite useless without these keys functioning.
I never use my arrow keys so I would like to map each faulty letter key (K,n,i,n,.) to a corresponding arrow, and maybe the "ok" or "tab" button.
basically when i press left arrow, the letter p would pop up...etc
i would be truly gratified if u guys helped me fix this, because ill get a cheap unbreakable phone if the tilt wont fully work. Its been really frustrating,
how old is your kaiser?
do you have a warranty on it still?
could be easier to have it replaced.
well thats where i mentioned i could go into depth further. I cracked my screen, and replaced it myself. In the process I accidently nicked the side of the ribbon wire connecting the keyboard to the main unit. This resulted in those 5 keys becoming unresponsive.
I got the phone about 6 months ago, but the warranty was voided when i took the phone apart to replace the screen.
AE Button Mapper use google..... "Not AE Button Plus"
ok i downloaded it and got it installed but i have no clue how to use it.
theres some buttons to reassign keys however u have to press the key you want to reassign and that it not possible being that those keys are disconnected.
ok little update, i think the AEK program will work, however the first step is it has to create a chart by logging all the keys. You have to press all the keys individually and it logs them with a four digit number. For example pressing the letter "d" logs key 0044. Once all the keys are logged you can type them up in a text document and mix and match accordingly.
My obstacle is that i cannot press my keys that are unresponsive, for them to be logged. I tried to find a pattern by pressing keys around these and saw nothing that made any sense.
I'm not sure if the numerical values attached are standard for every application in the phone, or specific to the AEK program. I can't find a thread, that would list the value for those letters i can't press.
Does anyone know if there is a chart with all the values assigned to each key of the tilt?
Snowman, give me a link to this AEK program and I'll use it to log all my keys on my tilt, then perhaps we can compare them to what you have and hopefully get the missing codes for you
Moved to General.
Hex Editing a ROM file won't get what you need. I've seen people trying to patch the keyboard driver for this, but no success. Sorry, couldn't be more help .
Dave
thankyouthankyou
its
http://ae.inc.ru/aekmap.php
the download link is in the top right hand corner
i downloaded the full version
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ok my k,n, i m, and period keys are unresponsive. this is a hardware issue, ill explain further if u want. this makes the keyboard quite useless without these keys functioning.
I never use my arrow keys so I would like to map each faulty letter key (K,n,i,n,.) to a corresponding arrow, and maybe the "ok" or "tab" button.
basically when i press left arrow, the letter p would pop up...etc
i would be truly gratified if u guys helped me fix this, because ill get a cheap unbreakable phone if the tilt wont fully work. Its been really frustrating,
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ok (keyboard) = 0875
tab = ? (wont let my use tab)
k = 004B
n = 004E
i = 0049
, = 00BC (keep in mind this is pressed by pushing the FN button and arrow left)
. = 00BE
start menu (keyboard) = 085B
I came from an iPhone about a month ago, and have a few questions:
1 - Is there a 'copy and paste' function like on the iPhone, so where I could copy and paste text say from a web page.
2 - Is there a way to 'zoom in' when entering text? So when I type a line on the iPhone and want to go back and correct something, I can press and hold to zoom in and find an exact place to put the cursor in. With the Captivate I can't zoom in and it's hard to get the cursor in the right place.
3 - This phone has flash support, yet there are still multiple websites I go to (try Taco Bueno) use flash and the flash icon is still displayed. Do I not have the latest version, is there a way to get it outside of just waiting for Froyo.
Thanks for all your help!
#1 - For copy and paste from a website, you need to press the MENU button, then MORE, then SELECT TEXT. Then on the website, highlight the test with your finger and it will copy and paste it to the clipboard.
#2 - This is a little more convoluted. If you're using the Samsung keyboard, long press on the ?123 key and it will bring up some cursor buttons. You can use them to move the cursor to where you want it. Or you can just press the line of text where you want the cursor and it may take a couple of tries, but it places it fairly well for me.
#3 - Not 100% sure about this one. I think the flash support is limited and not complete.
Hope this helps!
AsSiMiLaTeD_77 said:
I came from an iPhone about a month ago, and have a few questions:
1 - Is there a 'copy and paste' function like on the iPhone, so where I could copy and paste text say from a web page.
Yes, depending on the exact program you are using, pressing the menu button or long pressing on the screen will allow you to do this.
2 - Is there a way to 'zoom in' when entering text? So when I type a line on the iPhone and want to go back and correct something, I can press and hold to zoom in and find an exact place to put the cursor in. With the Captivate I can't zoom in and it's hard to get the cursor in the right place.
if you use the Swype keyboard, swyping from the swype logo to the SYM button will bring up a hidden menu where you can maneuver and highlight around the input you currently have focus on. It's very handy for changing misspellings and such.
3 - This phone has flash support, yet there are still multiple websites I go to (try Taco Bueno) use flash and the flash icon is still displayed. Do I not have the latest version, is there a way to get it outside of just waiting for Froyo.
Not currently. Any website that requires Flash 10.1 is only available with a Froyo ROM. There is a rumor flying around somewhere that someone managed to port Flash 10.1 to Eclair, but it's highly unstable.
Thanks for all your help!
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My text in bold.
Let's say someone sends me a tracking number in an email, how do I copy that and paste it into a search box in the browser?
I don't care for the spelling correction thing on the swype keyboard, and the samsung keyboard doesn't have it at all, is there another keyboard that I can download?
I have installed a Scandinavian keyboard, but since I can't get the keyboard choice screen to appear I can't use it. I do get the screen to appear when I click on a button after installation, but that only shows the standard Android keyboard. I think it's because I need a reboot after installation of the Scandinavian keyboard, but I can't be sure until I find a way to force this screen. On other Android units you can press and hold in a text box to get it or press and hold on the keyboard icon when the keyboard is visible, but none of those work here. I looked for an app to choose keyboard but couldn't find one. Any ideas?
If you have Twitter installed, I've found that you can long press on the text box for writing a new tweet, and get the input method popup.
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If you have Twitter installed, I've found that you can long press on the text box for writing a new tweet, and get the input method popup.
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This method works on the Nook Color?
-CC
Have you tried this app?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830177
It was made to allow the choice of different keyboards for different orientations, but it'll probably do what you want (kind of). Only negative is that it's an extra process that needs to run, but big deal.
sombody managed to doe in the general discussion by uninstalling the defualt keybord and replacing it with a different one or something...
here's a little app i wrote that allows you to switch soft keyboards
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9726148#post9726148
I have had the smart dock for a couple of weeks. I have been through a large number of problems with bluetooth keyboards (documented in other threads) and have settled on a wireless keyboard/mouse combo (Logitech MK550).
I continue to have two issues. The first is when I press the "I" key followed by a "space". Half of the time the space does not register (a box pops up staing "English(US)") and the next letters run with it. To get the space, I have to back space over the letters of the next word and add the space. This is a pain while typing quickly.
The other issue is with international characters. Many times I will type a letter, then have a dialog box pop up with several accent options (' , ` , ~, or ^ depeding on the letter typed). If I do not pick one of the options, it will default to the first on the list. At this point I have to backspace over the letter & input the correct one. This seems to happen randomly and I have no idea how to stop it.
Are these two issues related? Anyone else experiencing it?