For issues with the keyboard (the tool by which we enter text in apps), whether physical or virtual -- but "in" your device. Please use more specialized tags if they better apply to your issue: e.g. 'external-keyboard' or 'keyboard-shortcuts'
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Is there any old style keyboard (numpad style) available for Android?
I have a smaller screen Android Phone (LG Optimus One P500).
Does anyone know whether there is a keyboard available for Android phones that has an "old phone" style? Like a numpad style? Here's an ...
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Is there a way to automatically hide the status bar when the landscape keyboard is open?
For reasons I will not go into, my cellphone has a somewhat microscopic screen size. It would really be nice if the landscape virtual keyboard would open in fullscreen, to leave a bit more room for ...
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Touch keyboard to change physical keyboard
I have a mobile with android 2.2.1 h600 model, and I want to use the physical keyboard but I can not, anyone know how to change the settings to use it?
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Android keyboard and play store not working
Android Keyboard and Google Play Store app are not working on my Jelly Bean device. There is a message popping up repeatedly telling me that android keyboard has stopped.
What can I do to get out of ...
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HTC Desire Z key number two misbehave at times
HTC Desire Z touch key number 2 (ABC) occassionally presses itself repeatedly without any apparent trigger. In such cases, I press the power button on/off to quieten it down. Is it a software or ...
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No keyboard after factory reset. Can't install keyboard on phone with bluetooth, google play, sd card, etc
I have a Coolpad Quattro with Gingerbread 2.3. I didn't like the keyboards that came with the phone so I deleted them and got another one from the app store.
Because my phone was running slowly, I did ...
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How to get the Enter (Return) key in Messaging (MMS) app - Jelly Bean
I have JellyBean 4.2 and my friend also has the same.
I have been fond of using the "Enter" or "return" key while typing messages. I like paragraphs in messages. But I have a "Smiley" Button.
My ...
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Bluetooth Keyboard won't automatically connect
I have a Logitech k810 Bluetooth keyboard, which can switch between 3 devices with corresponding buttons. I have it paired with my Windows 7 laptop, a Tablet, and an HTC Rezound with Andorid 4.0.3.
I ...
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Is there a way to type German and French characters from the stock keyboard?
I want to type French and German accents and stuff using some kind of add-on to the stock keyboard. I don't want to switch between boards. I see there are a lot of keyboards in the Play store but I ...
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How can i go direct into signing for gmail without touching the screen on my G1 Tmobile?
After downgrading my G1 T mobile to RC8, i am stuck at the point where is says "touch the android to begin" this is because touch screen does not work (it has a crack) my question is that: How can i ...
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How can i cancel the initial setup? [closed]
How can i cancel the initial setup or go straight into signing up for gmail without touching the screen?
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Remapping hardware key on keyboard to trigger voice input
On my Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro running CyanogenMod 10, what I am trying to do is remap a key I never really use, like the capslock key, to trigger voice input. I know keys can be remapped ...
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Enable Hebrew Swipe Input
I noticed I can use (with my out of the box Nexus 4) swipe for.input in English but there does not seem to be a way to use swipe for Hebrew input.
Am I missing a configuration option that enable this?
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Back up files on a pattern locked phone
A friend of mine tried to guess my pattern so my phone got locked, asking for gmail account and password. The thing is that i used to use a program for keyboard symbols cause one of the symbols there ...
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How do I insert a non-breaking space with the Android OS Keyboard?
At times I insert a non-breaking space (on my Mac) instead of characters in a Last Name field when filling out forms. Is there a way to do this using the default or some other keyboard on my Nexus 4 ...
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Unlock when sliding out physical keyboard
I got a Xperia Mini Pro with a physical keyboard. When I slide out the keyboard, it still have to slide on the screen to unlock it. Can I get to the password prompt with the keyboard movement alone?
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Disabled samsung keyboard- now can't turn on my s3
I am in a weird situation. Few days back (I believe) I disabled samsung keyboard using nobloat app as i use adaptxt all time.
But i have an encryption password and as samsung keyboard is disabled, i ...
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Samsung Soft Keyboard Keeps Popping Up when Bluetooth Keyboard in Use on Galaxy Note 10.1 with Android 4.1.2
Model: Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, GT-N8013
Android version 4.1.2
I've been experiencing problems with the overly aggressive Samsung soft keyboard popping up whenever I touch the screen to select an ...
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In my keyboard, is there a way to advance or backup the insertion point?
Using the keyboard in Cyanogenmod, sometimes while typing in a sentence, I see a point where I would like to make an edit. Presently, I do this by touching with my finger where I want the insertion ...
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How can I edit a prior predictive search?
When typing a URL into my Cyanogenmod phone's browser, as I type, it suggests URL(s) from prior browsing that match what I have typed, similarly, when on a Google web search page, if I begin to type ...
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How can I disable profanity filtering of autocomplete suggestions?
I'm using a Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.2.2. I started using the baked in Swype imitation/gesture typing as soon as I found out it was there. However, the profanity filtering is extremely frustrating. ...
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Swap z and y keys on Xperia Mini Pro with Android 4.0
I got a Xperia Mini Pro with a hardware keyboard, which has a German layout. I switched to US layout on the computer and would like to use that on the phone as well.
Is there some way to change the ...
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Cannot configure keyboard input language anymore
On my Xperia S /ICS, I had English and German language input configured. Worked as expected, could switch language on the keyboard. Then I installed a keyboard app and later uninstalled it. Now ...
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Jelly bean screws up Droid 4 keyboard layout
The Droid 4 physical keyboard has had driver/software issues forever, but this update takes the cake. Pressing shift-period and shift-comma no longer produce colon and semicolon as advertised, but ...
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Only types 1 letter at a time
My girlfriend just bought a New Samsung Galaxy S3 (SGS3), everything is good however, when she tries to type something into a field box on the internet, it only types one letter at a time Eg:
Signing ...
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How would you turn a tablet into a keyboard + easy-to-reach touchscreen (mirror the desktop) (not a touchpad) for a desktop PC?
How would you turn a tablet into a keyboard + easy-to-reach touchscreen (mirror the desktop) (not a touchpad) for a desktop PC?
Numerous remote touchpads on Android
I asked a question on ...
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How can I enable keybord Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-i9300 Android version 4.1.1
I can't find the keyboard in my Samsung Galaxy S3. I only found "Google Voice Typing":
In Settings → Language and Input → Keyboards and Input methods I have only Google Voice Typing.
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Android keyboard resizes when changing letter casing
I've Nexus 4 with latest update. When I type something, when typing capital letters, keyboard size is almost twice bigger than when typing small letters and it's confusing because when I start the ...
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Hardware keyboard symbol [popup] problems
I am running CM10.1 (Andromadus flavor, based on Android 4.2) on a HTC Desire Z with built-in hardware keyboard. To input keys that are not present on the keyboard, there is a symbol key that pops up ...
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Continuous input, how to undo the last movements
Samsung's continuous input method works nicely in many situations.
However, when writing rather long words as they occur in German, the input method sometimes gives up and the entire word swished so ...
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Where is the predictive text dictionary gone?
Due to recent updates to 4.1.2 the personal dictionary vanished.
That is, Settings -> Language & Input -> Samsung keyboard @-> Predictive text has still the option Personalized data, but ...
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How to write SMS by dragging fingers
I was shown that with the messaging app (texting), I can drag my finger along the letters so it writes! How do I do that? I've been looking at my phone forever & I really wanna know.
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Compile JellyBean's Keyboard for ICS Rom
I tried creating an Image with a JellyBean's LatinIME.apk, replacing ICS's LatinIME.apk, in system apps folder of ICS ROM, but it crashed. But when I put it in preInstalledApk folder, it got complied ...
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Why does the “m” key disable my text editor?
Sometimes, it's the "o" key, but lately it's been the "m" key.
When I hit the "m" key, either by typing a message letter by letter or using Swype, my editing stops. I cannot recover without closing ...
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Enable the keyboard on the right side of the emulator
I am currently using the latest Android SDK. Whenever I run a device, I can use the hardware buttons on the right side and the D-Pad.
But, there's no qwerty keyboard below it. Is there any way to ...
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Install default Android keyboard
It seems as the default keyboard is removed from several Android devices. I have two, a Sony Xperia (4.0.4) and a Samsung Galaxy SIII (4.0.4) and neither of them has the default Android keyboard (or ...
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Android input language adding phonetic variation
I'm looking to add a Russian Phonetic keyboard layout to the default list of input layouts in Jellybean 4.2.2.
Going into Settings->Language & Input->Keyboard & Input Methods/Android ...
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Switch to another keyboard language using stock keyboard
I have an Xperia (SOL21).
How can I fast switch to another keyboard language, using the default keyboard?
I'm mostly typing in Japanese, but usually swiftly change to Swedish and English (on a ...
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Add user (personal) dictionary to Android stock keyboard for unsupported languages [duplicate]
I am sure many people have noticed that in the stock keyboard (Android 4.2 in my case) has more language layouts than it supports predicting. For many languages a dictionary / corpus is missing.
So ...
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Change behavior of space on external keyboard?
On my PC, I am using TouchCursor, so that I can control the text cursor using key combinations such as:
SPACE+I/J/K/L: up/left/down/right
SPACE+H/N: page up/down
That way, and when using a ...
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Asus Transformer TF101 keyboard not working when docked
I have an Asus EEE Pad Transformer TF101 Android tablet and docking station. It came with Android v3.2 installed, and I have since then upgraded OTA to 4.0.
I haven't used the dock much but it used ...
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“press” spacebar on website
I am using quite nice timer for measuring my Rubik's Cube solve time: http://mzrg.com/qqtimer/
I want to use it too on my Samsung Galaxy Ace 2, when I don't have access to computer. Problem is, that ...
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Download spell correction dictionary in ICS
I recently purchased a Huawei Ascend G600, running ICS 4.0.4. I've since found that the default spell checker (that comes with the default Android keyboard) isn't equipped with a base dictionary - ...
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Keyboard shows when getting an incoming call
I have an LG Nexus 4 running Android 4.2.1 and have a strange problem. When I got an incoming phone call the keyboard is displayed and won't go away. This is a rather big problem since it obscures the ...
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Input via voice and handwritten works, but not keyboard on app on Galaxy 2
I am working within an app that has text fields for entry. I can highlight and cut the text if it auto-populates and I can even use the text-to-speech and handwriting input methods. When I use the ...
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Keyboard shortcut to enter commonly-used email address
Is there any keyboard shortcuts on Android? I want to enter my commonly-used email address easily, because most apps require an account.
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How do I add another keyboard layout to my ICS phone?
I speak English as my first language, but I also am fluent in French and I'd like to occasionally write in French on my Android phone. I have ICS, and whilst I can easily change my language to French, ...
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How can I use the camera button to pause/resume mp3?
How can I change camera button functionally and use it (or any other physical button) to pause/resume mp3 in a media player app? It is very important for my, because I want be able to pause/resume mp3 ...
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Help for `fat finger` on Google Galaxy Nexus
I often have trouble with the on-screen keyboard, e.g. pressing the wrong keys etc.
I looked around and found that ThickButton looks like a good solution; but sadly it is not compatible with my ...
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SGS i9000 runing devil kernel JB gets keyboard error + play store error
so about 3 months ago i flashed my phone for the first time using devil kernel (im still a noob with this stuff) and one day writing a message I clicked the "speaker" (the one you get to speak to your ...
