Changing the keyboard (workaround) - Dell Streak 7

So, if you don't like the Swype keyboard for some reason, the settings menu on the Streak 7 does not give the "Input Method" option. I finally found a way to change the input method.
If you go to the AccuWeather app, which should be preinstalled, and go to enter a new location, you will be asked what input method to use. From there, you can choose the regular keyboard, Swtpe, and most likely, any installed keyboards. This setting should stick, even in other applications.
I know this isn't exactly the greatest thing since sliced bread, but I hope it helps someone out

Normally under android you can long press any text input box and it will give you the option of changing input method you can then select any available keyboards that way
If you download a new keyboard or something, you have to remember to turn it on in settings before you can use it

TheManii said:
Normally under android you can long press any text input box and it will give you the option of changing input method you can then select any available keyboards that way
If you download a new keyboard or something, you have to remember to turn it on in settings before you can use it
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Damn...I thought I was onto something. I never noticed that before, except in AccuWeather

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Software Keyboard Issue

Is anyone having the problem where they pick another input type (i.e. PCM Keyboard, TouchPal) and it defaults back to the WM Keyboard? I like to use a soft keyboard for "one-handed" use sometimes. Anyone know of a workaround or fix?
Do a search for SIP changer.cab It allows you to set your default keyboard and it will restore it after a soft reset.
RemE said:
Do a search for SIP changer.cab It allows you to set your default keyboard and it will restore it after a soft reset.
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I downloaded the SIPChange program and it didn't seem to help. When I reboot, it still comes up with the MS Keyboard. When I select another input method like PCM Keyboard or TouchPal, it goes back to keyboard. Any ideas? This is getting extremely frustrating.
I found with sip changer, you need to run it and make the selection there and confirm it with the button in the middle of the screen, not the OK button in the top right.
If that doesn't help, I'm at a loss as it works fine for me.
If I understand the OP correctly, it isn't simply an issue of what defaults, it's an issue of being able to select the 3rd party keyboard, period. I have the same problem with ToughPal... I install touchpal, it works for a while, then after a while it can't be selected. It's in the pop-up list to select, but selecting it results in the standard keybard. I uninstalled, re-installed, and it worked for a while, and now it's back to not working.
SIP Change also addresses the issue of the 3rd party keyboards not showing up correctly. I'd tried PocketCM keyboard and it had failed, but SIP Change fixed that once I'd executed it correctly.
RemE said:
I found with sip changer, you need to run it and make the selection there and confirm it with the button in the middle of the screen, not the OK button in the top right.
If that doesn't help, I'm at a loss as it works fine for me.
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I tried a couple of things as well. One of them was to change the setting to 5 seconds first. That didn't work. Once I changed it back to 10 seconds, it worked fine on this reboot. Will post back here if I run into problems again. Also, I only tested it with PCM Keyboard and not TouchPal.

Need help finding these apps...

I updated to Cyanogens 4.something and with it came with a bunch of apps like Log Collector, and one that I really liked. It was another virtual keyboard with QWERTY, Compact QWERTY and T9. Does anyone know what this other key board was? I really want that back I liked it alot better than the stock virtual keyboard. Oh, they all went away because I had some problem where the phone kept reseting it self so I just wiped it and reinstalled Cyanogen-mod.
Touch Input Keyboard
When you go to the text message screen do a long press on the part where you input the text, a pop up should come up stating input method. Select input method, and then select touch input and voila! there you have it.

Is it possible to force keyboard choice screen on the NC?

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.
Ben74 said:
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?
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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

underline while texting

it is very annoying due to the fact then when I want to delete the whole sentence I can no longer just push the alt button and then delete. i used to do that a lot and its very helpful with texting. So does anyone have any ideas
I am also looking for a solution to this. My last phone (Nokia N900) you could just ctrl+backspace for whole words, or just ctrl+a (select all) then backspace but i can't seem to work out how to do this on the DROID3.
As far as I can this is a bug, and the only workaround is to choose Swype as your input method. The Droid2 has the same issue. It's an artifact of the auto-word-completion feature which is still enabled when the physical keyboard is in use.
I've tried changing the Multi-Touch keyboard settings (including the "device keyboard" section) to no avail.
Hooray changing to swype is genius ahaha works fine for me and i like swype anyways whenever I'm too lazy to slide out the keyboard.

[Q] Remove autocorrect but keep prediction?

I like to have word prediction on, so that I can see word suggestions and choose a word if I want to. But it seems to force autocorrect too (when I write a word that it doesn't recognize it puts in the highlightet word in the prediction window when I press space, instead of the word I have written. And I don't want it to autocorrect anything.
Is it possible to keep the word prediction, but without the forced autocorrection?
i don't have the phone right now but you can take a look in the settings>keyboard & languages
Thanks, but I can't seem to figure out what to change. I go to the HTC Sense Input > Advanced where I can turn predictions on and off, but I can't change the autocorrection there. I think..
Stif-Meister said:
Thanks, but I can't seem to figure out what to change. I go to the HTC Sense Input > Advanced where I can turn predictions on and off, but I can't change the autocorrection there. I think..
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there should be the google correction in that setting if i am not wrong...
Couldn't find that, so have switched to SwiftKey keyboard instead.
Stif-Meister said:
Couldn't find that, so have switched to SwiftKey keyboard instead.
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that's my favorite

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