I'm trying to pair my bluetooth keyboard, which worked perfectly under Gingerbread, but will not pair under ICS. Basically, the keyboard will not go into pairing mode until I give it a pin, and ICS won't give me the pin until the keyboard is pairing. Is there any way to tell ICS what pin to expect before trying to pair? This is the sequence I am doing:
1. Put keyboard in discoverable mode.
2. Select the keyboard in the bluetooth menu.
3. Type in a pin on the keyboard and hit enter.
4. A dialog comes up on the tablet telling me what pin to use to pair. (I have to type in the pin in the keyboard for this to come up)
5. Pairing fails after about 1/4 of a second.
Anyone I have the same thing. Get a pop up for a quarter of a second that has a pin but I can't enter it or even read it and then fail.
Please been looking for a solution for a while.
HP Touchpad CM9 4.03
I've downgraded to cyanogenmod 7, and am purchasing a case with a built in keyboard that hopefully does not share the issue. I think these are the only two options.
Bluetooth keyboard in ics
Hi all, I hope I'm in the right area, I have android ics, when I go to pair a Bluetooth keyboard, I put the keyboard into pairing mode and then search on the phone. The phone finds the keyboard and sais please enter the pin code on the keyboard, and press enter, wichita I do and the message on the phone disappears and the keyboard seems to be pairs, but when you look at the keyboard the pairing light is still flashing. The keyboard works great on my partners...dare I say it iPad, but I can not get it to work in ics. I've tried blueinput, blue keyboard jp ,but neither of these program's seem to help. The can see the keyboard but don't seem to connect to them. Any help would be appreciated. To me it seems as tho the keyboard is not receiving an acceptance message from the phone to say connected.
Kryptoniteics said:
Hi all, I hope I'm in the right area, I have android ics, when I go to pair a Bluetooth keyboard, I put the keyboard into pairing mode and then search on the phone. The phone finds the keyboard and sais please enter the pin code on the keyboard, and press enter, wichita I do and the message on the phone disappears and the keyboard seems to be pairs, but when you look at the keyboard the pairing light is still flashing. The keyboard works great on my partners...dare I say it iPad, but I can not get it to work in ics. I've tried blueinput, blue keyboard jp ,but neither of these program's seem to help. The can see the keyboard but don't seem to connect to them. Any help would be appreciated. To me it seems as tho the keyboard is not receiving an acceptance message from the phone to say connected.
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I would venture to say this is a device specific issue. I'd recommend going to the forum for your particular device and replying to a six month old post there that is vaguely related to your issue.
I have looked through the forums, and havnt found anything that helps. I have tried different programs and possible fixes. To no avail. I have a generic phone with ics so rooting may not b an option. One thing i have noticed is ics automatically generates a bluetooth access key. Is there a way to change this to manually choose or enter a pass key. I think this may be part of my problem. Or possibly fix the issue i have. Any thoughts.
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I was able to use the interface of the Blueinput.apk (from Teksoft) by installing it under the alternative keyboard method of moving the apk from data/apps to system/aps and then reboot. You should be able to select this "keyboard" on long press. Assuming you have already run the program with BT on and your keyboard paired and connected, (and in my case my Mogo BT mouse) you can type with your bluetooth keyboard.
The mouse has no cursor and is a bit jittery, but it works. My mouse functions as a three button mouse and the center button backs you out of a program to the home screen.
BlueInput force closes
Sorry to revive a slightly old thread, but I figured it would be better than starting a new one.
I tried to do this with my gtab on TnT Lite 3.1.1, but BlueInput force closes on me when I try to launch it, press the pairing button at the bottom when an input box is active, or access the keyboard settings in the settings menu.
These are the exact steps I performed:
Downloaded BlueInput version 1.7.202 from www .teksoftco. com/index.php?section=blueinputandroid&tab=download
Copied the blueinputandroid_signed_1.7.202.apk to my /sdcard/
Opened Root Explorer
Copied /sdcard/blueinputandroid_signed_1.7.202.apk
Navigated to /system/app
Mount R/W
Pasted blueinputandroid_signed_1.7.202.apk
Longpressed blueinputandroid_signed_1.7.202.apk
Permissions
Checked: User Read+Write, Group Read, Others Read
Mount R/O
Restarted gtab
Opened a text input field (Google Search widget)
Longpressed text boxt -> Input Method
Selected BlueInput
Pressed the pairing button on the bottom left (BlueInput icon)
Force Close
I've tried this with bluetooth off, bluetooth on but not paired, and bluetooth on and paired but not connected (Apple Wireless Keyboard).
Would anyone happen to have any tips as to what I've done incorrectly?
Thanks in advance.
Hello
I just installed 3.1.1 for the first time last night. I also just installed Blueinput from my saved APK. I ran it.. it loads fine. I then did the fix by moving the apk to /system. Ran it fine. Turned on Blue tooth. Paired my Mogo mouse just now. Went into a dialog box. Long press and select Blueinput as the keyboard (it does not render a dot in the box, but it activates it as the keyboard). Mouse works fine. I assume my keyboard will work as well. Not sure why you are getting FC. perhaps is is an old version or something. I am running BlueInput 1.6.131
@joncwchao
Did you also install the ap? I got the fc folling your steps, then i installed the app...
Did you try to install it normally first to see that this new version runs? If not, try to get the previous version install it normally, make sure it runs, then move it to /SYSTEM/APPS. Then reboot.
EDIT: I downloaded the new version 1.7 and confirm it works. I am typing with it now.
What Bluetooth Keyboard are you using? I had the Microsoft 6000, but it would not work. It would show up and act like it was working, but would only make a clicking noise. No letters would show up. Now I am using a USB keyboard which works pretty well. Thanks!
I am using a DEALEXTREME apple BT clone. Works great. Small enough but not miniture either.
Whoops
Yeah ok that was my mistake, I was moving the installer .apk instead of the installed app .apk.
Both the 1.7 and 1.6 versions work.
I'm using the official Apple Wireless Keyboard, which I got for 65.99 (WOO $4 savings on boxing day sigh).
Is there any way to make it so that it DOESN'T come up with the text input box taking up the entire screen every time I press on a text input field? I know that this BlueInput fix is (hopefully) temporary since bluetooth will be rolled into the custom firmwares eventually, but it's a little annoying lol.
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What Bluetooth Keyboard are you using? I had the Microsoft 6000, but it would not work. It would show up and act like it was working, but would only make a clicking noise. No letters would show up. Now I am using a USB keyboard which works pretty well. Thanks!
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USB keyboard along with Blueinput???? Do you mean you are using USB keyboard with your android?
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What Bluetooth Keyboard are you using? I had the Microsoft 6000, but it would not work. It would show up and act like it was working, but would only make a clicking noise. No letters would show up. Now I am using a USB keyboard which works pretty well. Thanks!
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go and send a text to someone and hold down in the text area for a few seconds then select input method. choose blueinput make sure you have it enabled under keyboards/languages.
program works great cept they want $20 for the serial #
Purchased a Targus Bluetooth Keyboard for iPad (yea I know it said iPad) Model AKB32US from OfficeDepot today. Probably taking it back tomorrow but it is such a nice looking and sized Bluetooth keyboard.
Attempted to sync it with Viewsonic Gtab (TNT ROM) and Archos 101 (Stock Rom) with no luck. I know I need a APK to go along with the keyboard but I needed to try anyway.
Did some searching but the Google-Foo was weak today. Left a message at Targus.com but don't really expect an answer. Tried the Android Bluetooth Driver from the My Gear area on all settings as well.
Anyone had any success stories on Bluetooth keyboards and Gtab?
There are several threads that discuss bluetooth keyboards and different ROMs on the gTab.
Do a search in the Market for an app called Bluetooth Keyboard Easyconnect. It seems to have the most success of making connections for keyboards to the gTab.
Anyone else find it a bit ridiculous that you need an apk helper program to get almost any bluetooth device working with the gtab?
I've had some success with this keyboard/gTab combination. I was running into problems with entering the passphrase. My gTab kept asking me to enter the passphrase. It suggested 000 or 1234 and neither appeared to work. I was able to connect the keyboard to my Galaxy S and it seemed to work fine. When connecting that one though it prompted me on my phone to type a passphrase on the keyboard rather than the phone. Since it (the passphrase) was different everytime I assume it was randomly generated on my phone and sent to the keyboard for authentication. On my gTab it wasn't like that. It prompted me for the passphrase on my tablet and didn't connect. I read on another forum that someone was able to connect by typing the 0000 on their gTab then typing 0000 on the keyboard. It connected for me. Good, now I don't have to return it.
Since I'm not sure which, if any, did it for me. Here's the things I loaded to try and get it to work:
1. First tried to to a straight connect. No luck.
2. Loaded Bluetooth Keyboard Easy connect. (In market). No luck.
3. Loaded Blueinput. (In market also). No luck.
4. Tried the 0000 input on gTab then again directly afterwards on the keyboard. Voila! Success!
5. Uninstalled Blueinput. Rebooted, still working.
6. Uninstalled Bluetooth Keyboard Easy connect. Rebooted, still working.
I am running the VEGAn-7.0.0-RC1-Harmony ROM. (which is absolutley fantastic by the way...)
Much luck to you all.
JS
jfs999 said:
I've had some success with this keyboard/gTab combination. I was running into problems with entering the passphrase. My gTab kept asking me to enter the passphrase. It suggested 000 or 1234 and neither appeared to work. I was able to connect the keyboard to my Galaxy S and it seemed to work fine. When connecting that one though it prompted me on my phone to type a passphrase on the keyboard rather than the phone. Since it (the passphrase) was different everytime I assume it was randomly generated on my phone and sent to the keyboard for authentication. On my gTab it wasn't like that. It prompted me for the passphrase on my tablet and didn't connect. I read on another forum that someone was able to connect by typing the 0000 on their gTab then typing 0000 on the keyboard. It connected for me. Good, now I don't have to return it.
Since I'm not sure which, if any, did it for me. Here's the things I loaded to try and get it to work:
1. First tried to to a straight connect. No luck.
2. Loaded Bluetooth Keyboard Easy connect. (In market). No luck.
3. Loaded Blueinput. (In market also). No luck.
4. Tried the 0000 input on gTab then again directly afterwards on the keyboard. Voila! Success!
5. Uninstalled Blueinput. Rebooted, still working.
6. Uninstalled Bluetooth Keyboard Easy connect. Rebooted, still working.
I am running the VEGAn-7.0.0-RC1-Harmony ROM. (which is absolutley fantastic by the way...)
Much luck to you all.
JS
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Thank you sir... bought the same keyboard, love the feel and dimensions but could not get past the passkey part... now it's up and running and working great... thanks again
Running on Vegan-Tab 7.0.0 GingerEdition
JacRyan said:
Thank you sir... bought the same keyboard, love the feel and dimensions but could not get past the passkey part... now it's up and running and working great... thanks again
Running on Vegan-Tab 7.0.0 GingerEdition
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I am interested in this keyboard, how does the ipad hotkeys work under andriod ?
Bump ..
Any feedback ?!
Got mine to work with HTC Evo
Got my keyboard to work yesterday using instructions below, on an Evo running 2.3.3
1.) Put batteries in Keyboard
2.) Put Android Device in bluetooth search
3.) Turn Keybaord on and Press "Connect"
4.) Once the keyboard shows up on Android Device, enter the paskey "0000"
5.) Press connect on your android device, then immediately type "0000" on the keyboard and press the enter key.
That's what worked for me.....
jfs999 said:
I've had some success with this keyboard/gTab combination. I was running into problems with entering the passphrase. My gTab kept asking me to enter the passphrase. It suggested 000 or 1234 and neither appeared to work. I was able to connect the keyboard to my Galaxy S and it seemed to work fine. When connecting that one though it prompted me on my phone to type a passphrase on the keyboard rather than the phone. Since it (the passphrase) was different everytime I assume it was randomly generated on my phone and sent to the keyboard for authentication. On my gTab it wasn't like that. It prompted me for the passphrase on my tablet and didn't connect. I read on another forum that someone was able to connect by typing the 0000 on their gTab then typing 0000 on the keyboard. It connected for me. Good, now I don't have to return it.
Since I'm not sure which, if any, did it for me. Here's the things I loaded to try and get it to work:
1. First tried to to a straight connect. No luck.
2. Loaded Bluetooth Keyboard Easy connect. (In market). No luck.
3. Loaded Blueinput. (In market also). No luck.
4. Tried the 0000 input on gTab then again directly afterwards on the keyboard. Voila! Success!
5. Uninstalled Blueinput. Rebooted, still working.
6. Uninstalled Bluetooth Keyboard Easy connect. Rebooted, still working.
I am running the VEGAn-7.0.0-RC1-Harmony ROM. (which is absolutley fantastic by the way...)
Much luck to you all.
JS
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Does this need to be done every time? Or does it remember after the initial pair?
I just got the Targus keyboard working with Honeycomb on the G-Tablet. This is the fastrack version and sems to be working pretty well. No driver needed
poneal410 said:
Got my keyboard to work yesterday using instructions below, on an Evo running 2.3.3
1.) Put batteries in Keyboard
2.) Put Android Device in bluetooth search
3.) Turn Keybaord on and Press "Connect"
4.) Once the keyboard shows up on Android Device, enter the paskey "0000"
5.) Press connect on your android device, then immediately type "0000" on the keyboard and press the enter key.
That's what worked for me.....
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Did some similar steps and it worked perfectly on my Xoom! Thanks bro...
JacRyan said:
Thank you sir... bought the same keyboard, love the feel and dimensions but could not get past the passkey part... now it's up and running and working great... thanks again
Running on Vegan-Tab 7.0.0 GingerEdition
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Just loaded this Keyboard on my Galaxy Note 10 inch. Works nicely. Nothing required to install.
Hi,
I have an HTC Titan and a microsoft mobile bluetooth keyboard 6000.
I cannot get the keyboard and phone connected.
The Titan does recognize the keyboard, and when I try to couple them together the recognition fails, because I cannot access the code from the keyboard.
Normally on other smartphones a random code is given which I have to type on the keyboard and then submit using enter. Every number entered is dotted to verify a key is typed. This time the htc Titan asks for a code. unfortunately the keyboard does not have a screen, so I do not know the number. Also making up a randon numer on the phone and vice versa on the keyboard also doesn't work. I think this is a bug.
Does anyone know a solution or fix for this problem?
Thanks.
Problem seems to be that an HID profile is not supported with bluetooth on the HTC Titan, according to HTC.
Does anyone know a fix, workaround or third party solution to this issue?
Thanks.
Bluetooth can be used for the handsfree only.WP7 not supported bluetooth keyboard etc
It isnt supported
When you pair the 6000 with the Titan, if it was supported you would enter a code like 00000 on the phone and press pair, and then on the keyboard press 00000 and <ENTER> on the keyboard. After you do this you see that the phone says it is not supported.
This is something WP7 should really enable, I have not heard plans yet to add this feature in. I hope it does as the Titan has an awesome screen and would be perfect for this.
glad I read this before buying a Bluetooth keyboard this Saturday. Shame. Because they are half price at my local store.
I contacted HTC, they will look into it.
There's nothing to look into. WP7 does not support BT keyboard or mouse.
Anyway to disable that annoying accent character popup when typing on a bluetooth keyboard?
I'm using a TP with CM7 3.5 with a Motorola BT KB. I'v googled this to death and haven't found any solutions.
I tried null keyboard. Don't work.
Can't find anything in settings.
Anyone know?
Thx
I have the same issue with the motor kbd. I believe the issue is in the kbd software not the tp.
Sent from my Touchpad using Tapatalk
I called Motorola and Logitech (I have both keyboards and have the same issue with both) about the popup boxes. Both companies told me that it is a function of the operating system and is not hard coded into the keyboards. They said we should look into a software solution as the keyboard does not have the accent popup feature. Maybe this is a thing for the devs.
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Thx
I just noticed you get a accent box popup when long pressing the on screen keyboard.
There has to be some way to change this.
thabksssssss
I installed the Go Keyboard app and no longer get the accent box popup.
I just wish there was an app that would get rid of it. Or someone figure out how change the setting in Android.
I like using the BT KB with null keyboard. Which has no onscreen keyboard.
When using a BT KB with go keyboard, holding the shift does not capitalize letters. You have to tap the shift key once to capitalize. You can't hold it. I emailed the authors to try to get them to fix that.
I tried a few other addon keyboards and they all have that stupid popup.
My wife's android phone with a physicial keyboard phone gets the same accent popup.
The BlueInput soft doesn't have that problem.
I think you needed to pair the keyboard with their software and not with the buildit android one, but after that it doesn't show the annoying pop when long press on the keyboard keys.
I use it with one of those mini BT keyboards and works fine.
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The BlueInput soft doesn't have that problem.
I think you needed to pair the keyboard with their software and not with the buildit android one, but after that it doesn't show the annoying pop when long press on the keyboard keys.
I use it with one of those mini BT keyboards and works fine.
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YES! This works properly! Thx a LOT!
BlueInput doesn't work reliably. Mouse would not work with it. Uninstalled.
8(
Only tried with the crappy keyboard, but good to know that it doesn't pick the mouse.
I'm guessing the batteries in my mouse were almost dead. Even without Blueinput installed, mouse would not stay connected. I'v only had this mouse since Saturday. It came with Everready Energizers. This Motorolla mouse has an indicator that is supposed to flash orange when the batts are low, it didn't. So I thought they were still good.
After reading some reviews on some BT mice, some said the batts died really fast. So I installed some fresh duracell's today and mouse is working fine. I'll keep the switch off when not using it this time.
So I reinstalled Blueinput and just connected the KB through it. Left the mouse connected through android. I'm pretty sure the mouse would work through Blueint now with the fresh batts.
Just got myself a new BT keyboard with an integrated mouse, as you said, when paring/connecting using the BlueInput driver the mouse doesn't work which kind of sucks 8)
I found some another driver does appear to work fine (at least it allows me to use both the keyboard and mouse at the same time without the annoying "accent" popup window.
BlueKeyboard JP
https://market.android.com/details?id=elbrain.bluekeyboard.ime&hl=en
Still need to test a play a little bit more (see which layout fits my keyboard) but I think is more usable with this driver than the original/build-in CM7 one.
dubidu said:
Just got myself a new BT keyboard with an integrated mouse, as you said, when paring/connecting using the BlueInput driver the mouse doesn't work which kind of sucks 8)
I found some another driver does appear to work fine (at least it allows me to use both the keyboard and mouse at the same time without the annoying "accent" popup window.
BlueKeyboard JP
https://market.android.com/details?id=elbrain.bluekeyboard.ime&hl=en
Still need to test a play a little bit more (see which layout fits my keyboard) but I think is more usable with this driver than the original/build-in CM7 one.
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Works well. I have seen this before. Not sure why I didn't try it. Maybe I thought it was Japanese only. IDK. Tried so many.
Are you getting this when clicking on an iput box?
The setting of "selected keyboard" is not found.
It still works everytime. Just weird.
Oh I figured out that error. I had to actually select the kb in Bluekeyboard JP settings. I didn't select it before. I could see it there. I though it was already selected. It wasn't.
Another thing I noticed. When you select your BT KB in "Connecting process" in Bluekeyboard JP settings, everytime you click on an input box, there is a message box saying "connecting.. don't touch the keyboard yet". The KB still worked while that message was displayed.
I got rid of that by unchecking "Connecting process" in settings.
So now it works with no message boxes.
Blueinput JP FC's on every boot...
I normally use Hacker's Keyboard and change to the BT one when I connect the extenal keyboard,
just done a quick reboot and no FCs.
Still I think is good enough for me, I read somewhere than since Android 3.1 the keyboard is handled a litlle diferente (no more bin files for each keyboard, just plain text) so maybe whenever ICS is out we can have a better option 8) (xmast wish hehe)
Bluekeyboard JP works perfectly on CM9! No more FC's. Reconnects nicely.
I mistakenly called it Blueinput JP a couple of posts above.
The SF didnt show this question, yet.
While trying to connect a BT device (mouse) I encounter the following problem: The S3 asks for a PIN for this device and the field cannot be left blank cause the continue button remains inactive then. The BT mouse does neither require a PIN nor does it work when any key is entered here.
Anyone got a solution for this issue?
Thanks, Don
every BT device like you have, have specific method to pair.
I have Jabra bluetooth headset, and I have to press the specific button on my jabra, so it can be paired with another blutooth (PC/cellphone).
try read manual on your mouse official website.
for me, that's not S3's issue.
bibia said:
every BT device like you have, have specific method to pair.
I have Jabra bluetooth headset, and I have to press the specific button on my jabra, so it can be paired with another blutooth (PC/cellphone).
try read manual on your mouse official website.
for me, that's not S3's issue.
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Men never read manuals, u know
OK maybe some additional details are helpful to grasp the problem.
I used this mouse with several different hosts, Win7 PC, Galaxy S2 and others. Pairing is usually easy as you just pair it and leave the PIN blank and that's it. The problem simply is that u can't leave the entry field for the PIN blank on the SGS3 (rooted with stock rom) wheras u can do so on other devices. And that makes it an S3 issue I assume.
Cheers,
DON