Hi, Guys.
I was wondering if anyone knows how to get the original hardware keyboard functionality (e.g. you press the blue button in the left button corner, press 'r' and get the number 1) on Jelly Bean? I've been experimenting a lot with the keychars directory, but I think JB uses a completely different way in processing a hardware keyboard.
So, can any devs maybe help?
Many people believe that the stock SE keyboard app, combined with the hardware keyboard, is the best way to use our phone's capability, so I'd be very greatful if somebody could give me some tips...
P.S.: Please tell me if this maybe belongs in the development section...
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Kilroy. said:
Hi, Guys.
I was wondering if anyone knows how to get the original hardware keyboard functionality (e.g. you press the blue button in the left button corner, press 'r' and get the number 1) on Jelly Bean? I've been experimenting a lot with the keychars directory, but I think JB uses a completely different way in processing a hardware keyboard.
So, can any devs maybe help?
Many people believe that the stock SE keyboard app, combined with the hardware keyboard, is the best way to use our phone's capability, so I'd be very greatful if somebody could give me some tips...
P.S.: Please tell me if this maybe belongs in the development section...
Sent from my U20i using xda app-developers app
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Check out the RBAP for MiniCm10, there is a workaround made by allesand, which uses the stock SE keyboard if the hardware keyboard is pulled and a properly working softwarekeyboard for onscreen operations (the stock SE keyboard is almost unusable with the touchscreen on JB).
SmG67 said:
Check out the RBAP for MiniCm10, there is a workaround made by allesand, which uses the stock SE keyboard if the hardware keyboard is pulled and a properly working softwarekeyboard for onscreen operations (the stock SE keyboard is almost unusable with the touchscreen on JB).
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See this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094572
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On hyperdroid cm7 for hd2 the board is so much easier and better. How can I use thay keyboard on my atrix? Portrait mode is very poor on the atrix stock cm7 camera. Can you help?
THANKS
Download a different one, there are only about a hundred on the market.
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Swiftks said:
Download a different one, there are only about a hundred on the market.
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I already downloaded like 20 different ones and they all don't work at all. I enabled them and tried to use them in dolphin mini and messaging and by simply holding the keyboard pop up button. It only activates the stock cm7 keyboard. I went into keyboard options and selected the keyboards and when I go to messaging and open keyboard it's the cm7 one. When i press the settings key it only shows the cm7 keyboard...
thanks
You have to long press a text box and choose input method... this is fundamental android options...
1chris89 said:
I already downloaded like 20 different ones and they all don't work at all. I enabled them and tried to use them in dolphin mini and messaging and by simply holding the keyboard pop up button. It only activates the stock cm7 keyboard. I went into keyboard options and selected the keyboards and when I go to messaging and open keyboard it's the cm7 one. When i press the settings key it only shows the cm7 keyboard...
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You have to long press a text box and choose input method... this is fundamental android options...
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Yes, I'm fully aware of that function. However the only method that is allowed is the default keyboard option. Know of a specific keyboard app that is bigger, nicer, ans easier than the stock cm7 keyboard that works on all system apps and dolphin mini?
Thanks
First "Enable" then "Long Press" ...If your phone cant enable more keyboards, you might as well throw it out the window for an iPhone now.
My CM7 has like 5 different working keyboards
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Yes, I'm fully aware of that function. However the only method that is allowed is the default keyboard option. Know of a specific keyboard app that is bigger, nicer, ans easier than the stock cm7 keyboard that works on all system apps and dolphin mini?
Thanks
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Please don't take this the wrong way...
If you download a keyboard.. for example the "Gingerbread Keyboard" from the market, (Which is the one I use and looks much nicer than stock and is resizable to fit your needs). Then you go into the settings menu and enable this keyboard from the Language/Keyboard options menu. Then you go into a text message or something and longpress --> input method.. you WILL see two keyboards there, one Android keyboard, and the other will be your downloaded keyboard...
If you choose the downloaded one, it will systematically
change your keyboard across all apps within android to that one...
This is what I was speaking of... and this WILL do what you are asking...
If this is not clear please let me know..
^^ What a nice guy you are
sublimejosh2000 said:
Please don't take this the wrong way...
If you download a keyboard.. for example the "Gingerbread Keyboard" from the market, (Which is the one I use and looks much nicer than stock and is resizable to fit your needs). Then you go into the settings menu and enable this keyboard from the Language/Keyboard options menu. Then you go into a text message or something and longpress --> input method.. you WILL see two keyboards there, one Android keyboard, and the other will be your downloaded keyboard...
If you choose the downloaded one, it will systematically
change your keyboard across all apps within android to that one...
This is what I was speaking of... and this WILL do what you are asking...
If this is not clear please let me know..
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Just tried downloading gingerbread keyboard. It says package file was not signed correctly. I'll try closing market and try again. I'm running the latest cm7 for the atrix.
Thanks
I installed hackers keyboard and it doesn't show up in the input method list. Trust me i've done this so many countless times on none cm7 roms. Just never tried it in cm7. I believe it will not work. I don't like that comment above where the guy seems frustrated explaining it to me. I already know exactly what to do. I am doing everything 100% correctly. However because of the fault of cm7, will not allow any other input method other than stock to show up in the input method field. Please confirm.
*On a fresh latest cm7*
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By any chance have you flashed any kernels?
May be that if so...
Also, try reinstalling the rom if it's not too much trouble..
My last time I loaded CM7.. certain widgets would never show up in the widgets list...but after I flashed a second time, it would work.. Its real finicky.
1chris89 said:
I installed hackers keyboard and it doesn't show up in the input method list. Trust me i've done this so many countless times on none cm7 roms. Just never tried it in cm7. I believe it will not work. I don't like that comment above where the guy seems frustrated explaining it to me. I already know exactly what to do. I am doing everything 100% correctly. However because of the fault of cm7, will not allow any other input method other than stock to show up in the input method field. Please confirm.
*On a fresh latest cm7*
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Not frustrated, just *Confused* When you go into "Settings-->Launguage and Keyboard" after you install a new keyboard, do you see your new keyboard there and if so is it checked?
I have never had or heard of this issue, that was my only concern.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30610092/Dark Keyboard.apk EDIT: That one is only slightly better than stock, but still better...
Perhaps this one??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=475414&d=1293595054
Try out this Keybaord, it is for QHD devices (But it's Transparent......
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16990152/DCK_qHD_signed.apk
Can you send me a screenshot of the setting menu so I can see..
Seriously, trying to help you, am I seem to be only 1 of two, so take it easy my friend
Or just use this APK, its the one I am using right now
(Here was a nice tuturial in the OP here for changing keyboard http://www.spacetimestudios.com/sho...yboard-for-your-qHD-HDPI-MDPI-Android-devices)
I figured out what I was doing wrong. I have to only select 1 keyboard at a time even know it lets u select several at once. Kind of weird. Anyway Gingerbread fixall is pretty damn solid and I like it a lot. Not quite as amazing as the keyboard on Hyperdroid HD2 roms but it's a lot better than stock.
THANKS BRO
BTW - I pulled the latinIME.apk from the Hyperdroid hd2 rom and corrected permissions and I get force closes after reboot. Maybe it's because it's not QHD so it simply won't work. I wonder how easy it would be to port it over? I really love how that hyperdroid hd2 keyboard looks and it's the easiest to use.
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I noticed that if the keyboard installs as the same name as a keyboard you already have it will only show one when you long press. I have found that if your third keyboard has a unique name it will show as a third choice ... but I'm glad you got it worked out, I like the qhd one in my last post, it installs as 3vo keyboard and is kinda awesome transparent!
1chris89 said:
I figured out what I was doing wrong. I have to only select 1 keyboard at a time even know it lets u select several at once. Kind of weird. Anyway Gingerbread fixall is pretty damn solid and I like it a lot. Not quite as amazing as the keyboard on Hyperdroid HD2 roms but it's a lot better than stock.
THANKS BRO
BTW - I pulled the latinIME.apk from the Hyperdroid hd2 rom and corrected permissions and I get force closes after reboot. Maybe it's because it's not QHD so it simply won't work. I wonder how easy it would be to port it over? I really love how that hyperdroid hd2 keyboard looks and it's the easiest to use.
Later
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I noticed that if the keyboard installs as the same name as a keyboard you already have it will only show one when you long press. I have found that if your third keyboard has a unique name it will show as a third choice ... but I'm glad you got it worked out, I like the qhd one in my last post, it installs as 3vo keyboard and is kinda awesome transparent!
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Yeah I thought it was ok but I love how Gingerbread fixall can adjust the size and the different themes are awesome. Probably the best ever bro. Thanks
sublimejosh2000 said:
Not frustrated, just *Confused* When you go into "Settings-->Launguage and Keyboard" after you install a new keyboard, do you see your new keyboard there and if so is it checked?
I have never had or heard of this issue, that was my only concern.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30610092/Dark Keyboard.apk EDIT: That one is only slightly better than stock, but still better...
Perhaps this one??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=475414&d=1293595054
Try out this Keybaord, it is for QHD devices (But it's Transparent......
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16990152/DCK_qHD_signed.apk
Can you send me a screenshot of the setting menu so I can see..
Seriously, trying to help you, am I seem to be only 1 of two, so take it easy my friend
Or just use this APK, its the one I am using right now
(Here was a nice tuturial in the OP here for changing keyboard http://www.spacetimestudios.com/sho...yboard-for-your-qHD-HDPI-MDPI-Android-devices)
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Can you please post screenshots of the keyboards and install instructions?
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Can you please post screenshots of the keyboards and install instructions?
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Hehe, I was thinking the same thing, but decided to just download them all and take a look myself. Install is super easy: download, select like any app install, done!
Then just see sublime's post for the instruction on enabling them. Cycling through them all took like 10 seconds.
i cant live without Slideit keyboard...it is the best....
andyt315 said:
i cant live without Slideit keyboard...it is the best....
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Swype Beta > Slideit Keyboard.
HDPI ICS Keyboard!!!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1317542
I flashed this Keyboard, and looks like it fixed the size issue and gave it Blue theme.... ENJOY!
i was just tinkering my new mini pro with rooting unlocking uninstalling stock stuff. it went well, but suddenly, my hardware keyboard is not fully functioning if i use "international keyboard" an error pops out and i cant use the sym and globe buttons...
i tried changing the keyboard layout using xperia rom manager but still the same with all the choices..
how to fix this??
mods please remove the other thread... i double posted. fkng slow internet connection >_<
I have the same problem...
Just fix this problem! Extract and owerwrite files keyprint.xml and scancode_mapping/xml to /system/usr/keyboard-config/
nice resolution
Nice! Thank you!!
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Hello all,
I think that our developers are doing great by making beautiful custom roms for us. But with almost every rom of X10 Mini Pro, many of us have encountered a common problem: The Keyboard Problem
I will explain what exactly the problem is, and request emerging developers to sort the matter out.
Problem 1: With every rom if you are using onscreen qwerty keyboard and suppose suddenly you want to type with slide out physical keyboard, then you will find that all other keys work fine on physical keyboard except Symbol (Sym) key. To make the symbol key work, one has to change the 'input method' to 'default input' and in that case user could not access onscreen qwerty back until he changes the 'input method' again to default one. I mean to say that it is really a big pain every time changing the input method. Please can someone make the qwerty keyboard layout such that it can work onscreen as well as physical one should also work fine (including symbol key). Remove the default input (SE) and make the qwerty one as default with Sym key working on slideout keyboard. Maybe some one can port XMP keyboard to our X10MP but the keys are different in both type so one need to play around the key layout.
Problem 2: Keyboard light never works perfectly (like stock rom) on any rom. I don't know why our developers did not pay attention to this common but serious issue. I know that we have KFIX apk for that but one need to keep it always on and it always runs in background eating our little amount of RAM. Nobody wants that.
Can anyone make a flashable zip so that both the above said problems will be solved (Atleast for MiniCM7).
Thanks in advance.
I hope whoever will solve these issues will get huge number of thanks and appreciation from X10MP community.
Sent from: MiniCM7 with nAa11 on X10MP
for your problem number 2
try folowing this
try copying the lights.mimmi.so or lights.delta so from /system/lib/modules on miniCM7 to this ROM and see if lights work. if this was built from source they're not included by default.
i use a firedroid and had the same problem then i take other rom that has perfect keyboard light rom and put it in my firedroid rom zip. and it works fine now. credit goes to atis112 for the firedroid and x10man for the solution.
Can't find lights.mimmi.so
kamerakued said:
try folowing this
try copying the lights.mimmi.so or lights.delta so from /system/lib/modules on miniCM7 to this ROM and see if lights work. if this was built from source they're not included by default.
i use a firedroid and had the same problem then i take other rom that has perfect keyboard light rom and put it in my firedroid rom zip. and it works fine now. credit goes to atis112 for the firedroid and x10man for the solution.
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Hi! Sad to say I couldn't find lights.mimmi.so or lights.delta in the /system/lib/modules folder- it was completely empty, in fact, except for a .placeholder file. I downloaded MiniCM7-2.2.1-robyn.zip, update-FireDroid-2.3-mimmi.zip, and MiniCM7-2.2.0-mimmi.zip . Can you perhaps post the file involved, or point to the right download?
Much appreciated!
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illysmanx said:
Hi! Sad to say I couldn't find lights.mimmi.so or lights.delta in the /system/lib/modules folder- it was completely empty, in fact, except for a .placeholder file. I downloaded MiniCM7-2.2.1-robyn.zip, update-FireDroid-2.3-mimmi.zip, and MiniCM7-2.2.0-mimmi.zip . Can you perhaps post the file involved, or point to the right download?
Much appreciated!
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Wow, switching back to the default keyboard made everything work perfectly! It means my touchpad KB is dialpad style, but the flip-out KB works perfectly now, lights.mimmi.so by the way was under /system/lib/hw folder. It looks like I don't have to install it though, so long as I'm satisfied with the 3x4 taptouch touch keypad.
androidbpb said:
Hello all,
I think that our developers are doing great by making beautiful custom roms for us. But with almost every rom of X10 Mini Pro, many of us have encountered a common problem: The Keyboard Problem
I will explain what exactly the problem is, and request emerging developers to sort the matter out.
Problem 1: With every rom if you are using onscreen qwerty keyboard and suppose suddenly you want to type with slide out physical keyboard, then you will find that all other keys work fine on physical keyboard except Symbol (Sym) key. To make the symbol key work, one has to change the 'input method' to 'default input' and in that case user could not access onscreen qwerty back until he changes the 'input method' again to default one. I mean to say that it is really a big pain every time changing the input method. Please can someone make the qwerty keyboard layout such that it can work onscreen as well as physical one should also work fine (including symbol key). Remove the default input (SE) and make the qwerty one as default with Sym key working on slideout keyboard. Maybe some one can port XMP keyboard to our X10MP but the keys are different in both type so one need to play around the key layout.
Problem 2: Keyboard light never works perfectly (like stock rom) on any rom. I don't know why our developers did not pay attention to this common but serious issue. I know that we have KFIX apk for that but one need to keep it always on and it always runs in background eating our little amount of RAM. Nobody wants that.
Can anyone make a flashable zip so that both the above said problems will be solved (Atleast for MiniCM7).
Thanks in advance.
I hope whoever will solve these issues will get huge number of thanks and appreciation from X10MP community.
Sent from: MiniCM7 with nAa11 on X10MP
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Problem 1 :
Can't make comment about this one, since I always use default input method, and never use android keyboard.
Problem 2 :
There are people already trying to fix this issue.
And actually, this issue is not always found in every phone (and ROM)..
I just flashed ArcMiniNxt 6 by Pranaj (sorry if misspelling), and the keyboard light don't have problems at all. At first, even MiniCm7 and MiniCM 9 by nAa doesn't have this issue at all (in my experience, though). As the time goes on (and I install this and that and doing tweaking this and that), then the keyboard starts going haywire. So, it's not fully to ROM and Kernel I guess..
I think problem one was fixed in the latest nightly, as was two with the inclusion of mimmiparts.apk. the files you were looking for are in /system/lib/hw but they won't help.
X10man
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x10man said:
I think problem one was fixed in the latest nightly, as was two with the inclusion of mimmiparts.apk. the files you were looking for are in /system/lib/hw but they won't help.
X10man
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*Whistle!* Looking forewards to trying it! Currently the nightly builds links at download.cyanogenmod.com are giving 404's though, so no luck there. Thegoogle miniCM repository doesn't host the nightly builds either, but <3 it for information and stable builds. (Sorry folks, I'm not out of newb status yet so can't post external URLs, but I'm working on my post-count!)
<3's to this forum for bringing me successfully through modding my own U20i. Kudos X10man, thank you for the tidbit of info!
Is there any way to rescale the keys on the standard ICS Keyboard ?
No idea who at Motorola came up with the brilliant idea of making the keys this tall, but it wasn't a good one.
Also, i'm too cheap to pay for a ported Jelly Bean Keyboard, since that is the only way to disable the typing sound (which got on my tits after the first two messages).
Any ideas or pointers you guys might have are greatly appreciated.
As no one seems to have any idea how to fix this problem, I kindly request the moderators to delete the entire topic.
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As no one seems to have any idea how to fix this problem, I kindly request the moderators to delete the entire topic.
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You should just get a different keyboard.
Perfect Keyboard provides a bunch of features to change the size of the keyboard!!
No thanks, I'd rather stick with the original Keyboard as I don't want to have too much stuff running on my phone at the same time.
Just untick the "sound on key press" option in the input settings for the Moto English keyboard.
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scottg87 said:
Just untick the "sound on key press" option in the input settings for the Moto English keyboard.
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Sorry, I was talking about the Jelly Bean Keyboard on the Play Store, you can only disable sound there if you buy it... with all due respect, porting the Keyboard over and then making people pay for basic features is just wrong, but that's just my opinion.
I am trying to port xperia mini pro keyboard from original stock rom to cyanogen, but still i did not manage to have good news...
the fact is that we sk17i users need it because of autocorrection on physical keyboard which is not supported by android stock keyboard. also i love t9 in portrait with slide keyboard closed... so it would be great to have the original keyboard software
what i've done for now is to install it: i can see it in the keyboard list, but as i select it, it keeps crashing...
i am sure i am not considering some files, but really i dont know what i could flash....
can somebody more experienced do something for all mini pro users?
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Thank you for your thread! I hope someone will help us, because i also want this to be working, but my main purpose is the emoticons (smileys) to get work with hardware keyboard, the SYM button. ( LIKE THIS)
I tried to do this and asked for help but everybody says: it is impossible because of the copyright...but i dont think SE will come here and see my phone what keyboard i use...
So come on DEVs MAKE IT! And CM10 will the best ROM ever. Thank you! :good:
sym, globe, and blue square (for special letters and numbers) and also the caps lock are not working good on other keyboards, also missing the autocorrect feature which is essential for languages like italian (full of stresses on vowels)
so having the SAME keyboard as the stock firmware on cyanogen would be GREAT
Check my thread buddy. Xperia flavour on CM10. I include the Xperia S keyboard for Cyanogenmod. But auto correction for physical keyboard still not working and m working on it otherwise everything is working fine.
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xperiaminipro86 said:
sym, globe, and blue square (for special letters and numbers) and also the caps lock are not working good on other keyboards, also missing the autocorrect feature which is essential for languages like italian (full of stresses on vowels)
so having the SAME keyboard as the stock firmware on cyanogen would be GREAT
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couldn't have put it better myself,
+1 for this feature
also accents are not in the right order when using CM10 roms,
example : "SYM + e" should give => "é" as first choice not "è" with azerty frech settings (becaus "é" is used way more often) and this minor detail has a major impact on whether I use that rom or not...
thank you for the tip, but as long as there's no autocorrection on physical keyboard, for languages such as italian is very slow to write words with correct accents...
so if we could be able to run stock mini pro keyboard it would be great
shyam4ever said:
Check my thread buddy. Xperia flavour on CM10. I include the Xperia S keyboard for Cyanogenmod. But auto correction for physical keyboard still not working and m working on it otherwise everything is working fine.
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I have installed Xperia S keyboard. it is working fine with the onscreen keyboard. But with physical keyboard we dont have smileys and etc..
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anyone can help?
am writing this comment for almost the third time but i did ask M66B once about this and he told me that it works by a low yeild driver so unless SE releases this driver this wont work or at least that's what i understood by his reply , anyhow u could contact him for more help, and ya that would be damn awesome cuz am too lazy to type the whole word + i love the symbols button
moezaka said:
am writing this comment for almost the third time but i did ask M66B once about this and he told me that it works by a low yeild driver so unless SE releases this driver this wont work or at least that's what i understood by his reply , anyhow u could contact him for more help, and ya that would be damn awesome cuz am too lazy to type the whole word + i love the symbols button
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SE released a method how to unlock the bootloader to help devs...so i dont understand what the problem is? And why SE didnt release "the driver" for this to work..
sutyi said:
SE released a method how to unlock the bootloader to help devs...so i dont understand what the problem is? And why SE didnt release "the driver" for this to work..
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Sony is releasing some drivers to help FXP for 2012 series but not for 2011 :/
this should be in general forums
moezaka said:
Sony is releasing some drivers to help FXP for 2012 series but not for 2011 :/
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hope they'll do something like that.... i can't wait to install cyanogen mod on my xperia and have a full working keyboard!
Isn't anyone missing the swipe function of stock? I neva used to type, just slide around on screen, so it's a big blow forme. Currently using SwiftKey keyboard.
moezaka said:
Sony is releasing some drivers to help FXP for 2012 series but not for 2011 :/
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any news about these drivers and xperia mini pro stock hardware keyboard?
This has been already released somewhere here.
Here's the link for a working keyboard with xmp.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39516551
Envoyé depuis mon SK17i
nori971 said:
This has been already released somewhere here.
Here's the link for a working keyboard with xmp.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39516551
Envoyé depuis mon SK17i
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It still not support the hardware keyboard, i gave the "Thanks" to fast...
moezaka said:
Sony is releasing some drivers to help FXP for 2012 series but not for 2011 :/
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So F**K Sony!
shyam4ever said:
Check my thread buddy. Xperia flavour on CM10. I include the Xperia S keyboard for Cyanogenmod. But auto correction for physical keyboard still not working and m working on it otherwise everything is working fine.
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any news for auto correction and globe, blu and caps keys?
xperiaminipro86 said:
any news for auto correction and globe, blu and caps keys?
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No :crying: