Here is a cab which installs the greek HTC keyboard in Jade (& Iolite) and has support for 160 characters in SMS.
After installing, you will get only two available languages in your keyboard/keypad (English/Greek).
Version History
v0.2
1) Included kdb files to fix SMS160 issue
2) Removed some registry entries which were irrelevant
v0.1
Initial Release
Installation Instructions
1) If this is your first installation please use only the latest version (HTC_Greek_Keyboard_v0_2.cab).
2) If you have already installed a previous version DO NOT UNINSTALL. Just install the newer version on top. Otherwise I cannot guarantee the results.
3) If you want to upgrade from v0.1 to v0.2 you could just extract the contents of kdb_files.zip to \Windows directory of your Jade.
4) After installing perform a soft reset.
Attention!
Use this cab at your own risk! But if you do use it, please post the results here
Great job but no support for 160 characters in SMS. Is there a trick that I have to do for this?
Did you try to soft-reset after installing? If you did and it still doesn't work, then I will have to include the kdb files into the cab.
I just tested the cab on HTC Iolite (Touch Cruise 2009) and works great!
atzoum said:
Did you try to soft-reset after installing? If you did and it still doesn't work, then I will have to include the kdb files into the cab.
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Yes I did but 160 does not work...
spikou said:
Yes I did but 160 does not work...
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Try installing v0.2, or extract contents of kdb_files.zip to \Windows path of your Jade. I have tried it on 2 phones so far and it worked.
Note that the way SMS 160 works, when you start typing you see that you have 70 characters left, but once you stop the counter shows 160.
Hello
This is support full QWERTY keyboard?
Also is it possible to use the files for VGA keyboard execpt *.png file
hi all, i just tested it on my new htc touch pro2 device and the qwerty works nice. I couldnt use small letter on message part only capitals. My keyboard though doesnt type in greece, i think i have to find out how to do that...
Of course the contact filtering letters are still in english...
cheers 2 all
Thanks for the release.
on the HTC touch diamond 2 is works fine everywhere except SMS.
When writing SMS all letters are capitalised regardless of how you type them. Only happens in actual text portion.
Do you know what could be causing this and if its easily fixed? I'm a noobie to windows mobiles.
If you want to sent an SMS with greek characters you have to choose either 160 and all capital letters or 70 and whatever kind of letters you want. This is because lower greek letters are Unicode and Unicode uses more bits per letter so you get 70 characters instead of 160. This is a common problem with greek phones and that's why Greek-SMS Keyboard layouts exist.
i have the same problem with my new htc touch pro 2 when i wright in capitals sms doesnt allow my 160 but only 70 characters...i also wand to ask if the is any cab for greek luanguage support for the slide keyboard
atzoum, you are a small God
Thank you so very much, was trying to find this for a couple of days after my last ROM update...
Installed on Touch Cruise 09 (Iolite) and works like a charm, with T9 support as well.
Konstantinos
could someone upload a screenshot so that we can see which keyboard(s) this thread is about?
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I was disappointed to see that the HTC Diamond Keyboard CABs found here on XDA-DEVS were all for QVGA. I wanted to test it out on my Dell x51v, but the keyboard would not display correctly.
So what I did was extract the image files from the CAB, resize them to double their resolution, and recompile them into these two CAB files for ease of installation. All the CABS do is overwrite the image files installed by HTC Diamond keyboard to VGA equivalents.You must fully install the keyborad and languages from another CAB file BEFORE installing this CAB file to work.
Note: I admit, resizing images is not the best method of converting QVGA to VGA. Some images may appear blurry. How good this displays for you depends on how sharp is the screen on your device. This will at least allow you to try the keyboard on a VGA device.
I installed the Gullum Diamond Keys CAB found here. I prefer it over P1Tater's version found here because it seems to work well on my device. The images were extracted from P1Tater's because it has all languages in one cab.
The "ENG" Cab file contains the images needed for the english keyboard.
The "OTHER" Cab file contains the images for ESN, RUS, WWE, FRE, PTG, NORDIC, GRK, GER, and ARA.
(Please post if a true VGA version of Diamond Touch Keyboard surfaces)
Someone sorta beat you to it, I think.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2204377&postcount=73
Hope that helps.
wow this is stupid. the original manila keyboard files aka diamond keyboard files are vga and have been resized to qvga. get the vga files and they will look like they should and be original vga.
Yeah, the original VGA graphics would be much better, but without them the only alternative is to upscale the QVGA graphics or redrawing from scratch.
Since I know the true VGA graphics are out there somewhere, redrawing is unnecessary and a waste of time. This was quickly done. I described this as a temporary fix in the OP. Some people may not care about the fuzziness. Once the true VGA CAB is release, this will gladly become obsolete. LennySH from HTCGeeks says he has the VGA graphics and should be releasing a better fix. Use this if you want to try the keyboard now and use the better version when it comes out.
Note, this overlays the graphics for all three keyboard, not just the QWERTY like the other post.
nonpaq said:
Yeah, the original VGA graphics would be much better, but without them the only alternative is to upscale the QVGA graphics or redrawing from scratch.
Since I know the true VGA graphics are out there somewhere, redrawing is unnecessary and a waste of time. This was quickly done. I described this as a temporary fix in the OP. Some people may not care about the fuzziness. Once the true VGA CAB is release, this will gladly become obsolete. LennySH from HTCGeeks says he has the VGA graphics and should be releasing a better fix. Use this if you want to try the keyboard now and use the better version when it comes out.
Note, this overlays the graphics for all three keyboard, not just the QWERTY like the other post.
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Will this also fix the problem of numbers showing instead of the letters in the keypad mode?
Thanks in advance.
cheers mate
ariel0103 said:
Will this also fix the problem of numbers showing instead of the letters in the keypad mode?
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All I can say is that I dont have that problem using the Gullum CAB with English Keys. See first post images.
Edit: I just realized you may be refering to numbers being typed instead of letters in keypad. I experienced this once, when switching to another program while the keypad was up, only numbers would be entered. I found the only way to reset back to text entry was to hit the "options" key, then close down the settings panel. Letter entry would be restored.
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All I can say is that I dont have that problem using the Gullum CAB with English Keys. See first post images.
Edit: I just realized you may be refering to numbers being typed instead of letters in keypad. I experienced this once, when switching to another program while the keypad was up, only numbers would be entered. I found the only way to reset back to text entry was to hit the "options" key, then close down the settings panel. Letter entry would be restored.
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Thank you for your reply. Yes, I noticed that as well that in order to reset back to text entry is to go to the options but this is such a pain.
Hope that there will be a fix for this soon.
Thanks again.
Diamond keyboard VGA overlay working great
nonpaq said:
I was disappointed to see that the HTC Diamond Keyboard CABs found here on XDA-DEVS were all for QVGA. I wanted to test it out on my Dell x51v, but the keyboard would not display correctly.
So what I did was extract the image files from the CAB, resize them to double their resolution, and recompile them into these two CAB files for ease of installation. All the CABS do is overwrite the image files installed by HTC Diamond keyboard to VGA equivalents.You must fully install the keyborad and languages from another CAB file BEFORE installing this CAB file to work.
Note: I admit, resizing images is not the best method of converting QVGA to VGA. Some images may appear blurry. How good this displays for you depends on how sharp is the screen on your device. This will at least allow you to try the keyboard on a VGA device. . . .
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Well, I think you did a fantastic job!! It installed fine on my x51v, and looks great! Now thumb typing is easy! I love using the 20-key Diamond keyboard!
Props and thanks for doing this!
will this keypad work in Opera Mobile 9.5?
I found that the QVGA ones didn't produce any letters in, say the google searchbar
I have a problem with your keyboard - I've installed it and it appear as keyboard but I can't use it, I can't write any letters. Must I first install gullum's program?
thanks!
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Hello! I have the english version of the X1, but until now, I have been able to use the àü-button, to make the danish special-letters; æ, ø, å...
But now, nothing happens when I try.. Have anyone an idea why..? It would be a great help, because I use the three letters a lot..
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Hello! I have the english version of the X1, but until now, I have been able to use the àü-button, to make the danish special-letters; æ, ø, å...
But now, nothing happens when I try.. Have anyone an idea why..? It would be a great help, because I use the three letters a lot..
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Did you install any keybord app, or anything prior to this happening?
sounds like an issue of keybord no being able to find the dictionary.
smaberg said:
Did you install any keybord app, or anything prior to this happening?
sounds like an issue of keybord no being able to find the dictionary.
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more like a case of installing a keyboard app that overrides the DLL registry that points to the DLL that provide such key functions.
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more like a case of installing a keyboard app that overrides the DLL registry that points to the DLL that provide such key functions.
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that is what i meant, cause the regestry dosn't find the da.. things
i have the same issue.
dont know if it ever worked.
but i did install the blackstone VKeyboad.
could this be the problem?
Yes it could. I've tried to find a usable keypad to use for onehanded sms but each time I installed one, I lost my easy access to my special letters (æøå). I have a english version bought in Norway.
osmano said:
Yes it could. I've tried to find a usable keypad to use for onehanded sms but each time I installed one, I lost my easy access to my special letters (æøå). I have a english version bought in Norway.
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try my raphael keyboard
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=450021
Thanks, but i wasn't looking for a qwerty-keyboard. I was looking for a simple phone-keypad for use in portrait for quick sms. Whenever I found one and installed I lost my letters.
Uninstall Touch HD keyboard
Hi,
Had the exact same problem with my danish bought (english version) x1, but i uninstalled the touch HD keyboard, restarted X1, and it was back to normal. Its caused by an overwrite of the original keyboard dll. Explained in detail in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=447989&page=2
I hope someone is able to figure out a way for us to keep our au-key functionality in combination with the Touch HD keyboard, as it would be nice to have a one handed option.
regards
is it posible to copy the .dll
then install the hd keyboard.
then place the copy's .dll back
???
anheuer said:
is it posible to copy the .dll
then install the hd keyboard.
then place the copy's .dll back
???
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this won't work.
first of all, the DLL, is defined in the registry (I could have mispelled the registry path because this is off my memory)
ImeFile in \hklm\system\currentcontrolset\controlpanel\layouts\e0010409 (or a locale based on your ROM language)
So the default value of the registry is "Compime.dll"
when you install the HD keyboard CAB, it's the registry that gets overwritten ("T9ime.dll"), not the file. So keeping a copy of the DLL and recopy wouldn't help, since practically no files has been replaced except the registry.
You can retain the ascent key, etc though by reverting the registry to "CompIme.dll" after the HD cab installation. However, doing so is at the expense of HTC HD's own implementation of word completion and T9 function (so it renders T9 phone pad and compact qwerty SIP useless)
so if i would like to use the compact keypad of the HD without the T9 and word completion.
then i could change this and i would have this keypad and the au key funtioning?
thjensen said:
Hi,
Had the exact same problem with my danish bought (english version) x1, but i uninstalled the touch HD keyboard, restarted X1, and it was back to normal. Its caused by an overwrite of the original keyboard dll. Explained in detail in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=447989&page=2
I hope someone is able to figure out a way for us to keep our au-key functionality in combination with the Touch HD keyboard, as it would be nice to have a one handed option.
regards
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well my raphael keyboard should not (i'm not sure as my x1 is at repair) but other stated this. and there is a keypad for portrait and sms with t9 support in it, and if im not wrong the hardware keyboard should have autocomplete in it. and as aplus the letters are bigger than the touch hd's
I have just installed the Touch Pro peypad-package, and it works very fine.. But again - I can not use the danish letters..
Is it not possible to get such a keypad-package and still be able to use special letters..? That would be really great..
danish-x1 said:
I have just installed the Touch Pro peypad-package, and it works very fine.. But again - I can not use the danish letters..
Is it not possible to get such a keypad-package and still be able to use special letters..? That would be really great..
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hmmm.... can you choose danish from the language in system settings sip?
what keys aint working, im using it in swedish and its working great, explain the bugs, and i'll try fixing them. that is if you are using my cab.
smaberg said:
hmmm.... can you choose danish from the language in system settings sip?
what keys aint working, im using it in swedish and its working great, explain the bugs, and i'll try fixing them. that is if you are using my cab.
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When I install the CAP-file, the au-button for special letters is disabeled.. how come..?
When you activate T9-keypad, how do you change from english to danish..?
sorry for my many questions...
danish-x1 said:
When I install the CAP-file, the au-button for special letters is disabeled.. how come..?
When you activate T9-keypad, how do you change from english to danish..?
sorry for my many questions...
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in system, settings, input, advanced choose danish layout, then T9 should be right.
au key, let me work on it, seems like making a cab for x1 special letter should be worked on.
smaberg said:
in system, settings, input, advanced choose danish layout, then T9 should be right.
au key, let me work on it, seems like making a cab for x1 special letter should be worked on.
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if you can make it work, I salute you!
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if you can make it work, I salute you!
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try this cab, its the symbolpad for X1 eng. rename o4o0....mui files to you lang. code ex swedish is 041D
smaberg said:
try this cab, its the symbolpad for X1 eng. rename o4o0....mui files to you lang. code ex swedish is 041D
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dude, we talking about the ascent key, not the symbol key... I don't have problem with symbol key if I installed the Touchstone QWERTY keyboard SIP.
I don't think you can fix this problem (it's a side effect of trying to install another device's keyboard IME) but I would be more than happy to eat humble pie and be proven wrong
The keyboard (virtual) on my Wing is the one that I use and like. I want the 4 rows of keys like a normal keyboard. Meaning, 123.... top row, then qwerty next 3 rows. I don't like the ones that are ABC or 123. I also like the way my words are saved and stored for quick recognition. Where is this keyboard located in the Wing? I would like to copy it and the Dictionary to another phone.
I have tried all the other keyboards such as SPB, Rescoe, Interkey, etc., and do not like them.
Thank you!
I dont know how or where to get the stock htc keyboard you are looking for but I did want to make a recomendation, have you tried "BJK HTC EzInput Full Keyboard?" if i am not mistaken its what the latest htc models are rolling out with. Search this forum for it and give it a try all you do is download and install the cab for the keyboard and then the language cab and your set to go.
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I dont know how or where to get the stock htc keyboard you are looking for but I did want to make a recomendation, have you tried "BJK HTC EzInput Full Keyboard?" if i am not mistaken its what the latest htc models are rolling out with. Search this forum for it and give it a try all you do is download and install the cab for the keyboard and then the language cab and your set to go.
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Thank you. I will try it out.
Hi,
I have a UK English HD2. Unfortunately, this ROM version doesn't have a Russian keyboard on it, and I need it very much. Is it possible to install it on my device and can anybody share it with me?
Thanks very much!
Sure, here you go.
Resco Keyboard can do Cyrillic
Best check the trial version first though to ensure stable...
Thanks very much, vangrieg - it works!
Vangrieg, thank you very much!
I had the same problem; have a UK ROM but I do need a russian keyboard sometimes..have been looking for something like the cab you posted for quite a long time.
Thanks.
Doesn't work for me It does install, and there is an option Russian/English available through the keyboard menu (though no appropriate button), but nothing changes when I click Russian.
What about FingerKeyboard?
One of the most versatile keyboard programs I have used and is the very best keyboard for typing on in my experience, Blackstone or Leo.
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Sure, here you go.
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Hi,
My HD2 is in english and I have installed the keyboard.
The keyboard works fine however when i send email in russian, the text is transform to question marks like '??????????? ??????? ????????????'.
any idea about how i can get around this and have my recipients seeing the email in russian?
thanks
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awillys said:
Hi,
My HD2 is in english and I have installed the keyboard.
The keyboard works fine however when i send email in russian, the text is transform to question marks like '??????????? ??????? ????????????'.
any idea about how i can get around this and have my recipients seeing the email in russian?
thanks
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hi,
hehe, I used to have the same problem!
you'll need to activate Unicode for sending messages in russian.
when you write an email in russian, go to "menu" in the right bottom of your screen. the list will appear, choose something like "message options" (I have a french version so.... ) than you'll have another list where you'll be able to choose a language from the list. pick "Unicode (UTF-8)" this one is more common I think.
same for the SMS messages - if you what you recipient to recieve a something in russian you'll have to activate Unicode.
please let me know if it worked.
cheers,
innelle said:
hi,
hehe, I used to have the same problem!
you'll need to activate Unicode for sending messages in russian.
when you write an email in russian, go to "menu" in the right bottom of your screen. the list will appear, choose something like "message options" (I have a french version so.... ) than you'll have another list where you'll be able to choose a language from the list. pick "Unicode (UTF-8)" this one is more common I think.
same for the SMS messages - if you what you recipient to recieve a something in russian you'll have to activate Unicode.
please let me know if it worked.
cheers,
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Hi,
I've tried to change options to UTF-7 and UTF-8, the only two options for unicode i have, but to no avail. This seems only affect my emails, when i text in russian, it works even without changing to unicode.
Any ideas what else to try?
Thanks
Hey, I installed the keyboard. It might be good to note that you have to soft reset the phone after installing. It functions but the problem is that the bottom row (the one with the space bar) doesn't render right. It's shifted down and to the right. Is there a newer version perhaps?
Who see ??????? signs? Recipient? That cam meat, that reciepient device (phone, PC, PDA or other) not support/don't have installed cyrylic support. This is only my suspections.
I suggest chceck SunnySoft site for localization pack. Inside is InterWrite keyboard and other stuff, so this should help. If you have this allready instaled, so go to Settings and find InterWrite icon, and look around settings. There are keyboards for your country.
Sorry for my bad English. I hope this is understandable and helpfull.
Russian xT9 is already installed. All I need is a Russian Keyboard layout to use it. The SunnySoft interWrite software is not what I'm looking for. What I'd like is the OEM Russian keyboard layout.
qBot said:
Doesn't work for me It does install, and there is an option Russian/English available through the keyboard menu (though no appropriate button), but nothing changes when I click Russian.
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I have the same problem as qBot.
Installed with no problem. Menu (for selecting keyboard) in Russian, but never changes, when I select Russian, stays in English.
a_oltar said:
I have the same problem as qBot.
Installed with no problem. Menu (for selecting keyboard) in Russian, but never changes, when I select Russian, stays in English.
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I have the same problem. Anyone knows why is it like that? Thanks
Another russian keyboard cab. But no guaranties of course. It worked for me with some old WWE rom.
Thanks! It works.
Hi,
I installed resco keyboard, and it's great beautiful app.
but I've problem with it now about language, I used this before I upgrade my rom to latest one.
& Now I see the character (for example persian or arabic) alphabet shows, but when I tap it, it will only write by eng alphabet, and only the English Words will write!
I also tried change the settings; primary, secondary... but none of them!
I also tried another keyboards like SPB and it's works.
But I wish if this resco could write another langs (it's include)
So is that my problem or yours also? or how can it work?
Thanks so much
in the same site where you got the arabizer (3 file insides) ww.ir-tci.org the 3rd file is a Farsi Resco keyboard.
look in the main page and filter for Winodws mobile softwares.
Could you please tell me the exactly page? I cant read this site!
I just want write with resco keyboard & many languages on htc HD mini, is your htc HD mini works with resco keyboard?
iPlasm said:
Could you please tell me the exactly page? I cant read this site!
I just want write with resco keyboard & many languages on htc HD mini, is your htc HD mini works with resco keyboard?
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www.ir-tci.org/archives/software/pocket_pc/mersad_persian_language_pack/
in this post there is 3 download mirrors.
the green flesh down
get the file from the 1st flesh (2 & 3 are mirrors)
the zip file has a password:
www.ir-tci.org
there are 3 files inside:
the 1 AND 2 install the arabizer/persianizer.
the 3rd is Resco with Persian layout. Should work for Arabian too. (letters are the same and the program is based for these two languages.)
good luck and post here if it worked plz.
I'm using English & French with original keyboard but I use the arabizer for reading Persian sms and texts
I see it's beautiful, the english writes good.
but at Farsi some words writes wrong like I tap on (س) it will write number (4)!? thats problem.
and the Options i cant understand anything it's russian, i want off the vibrate.
This isn't Resco Keyboard, it's FingerKeyboard.
sorry... because I don't use farsi keyboard I didn't test it. but thanks for testing it.
it will be usefull for others to have these information maybe!
Thanks
I wish if I could use Resco or FingerKeyboard for Write Arabic, Persian!
It's include, but don't why doesn't write correctly in this htc HD mini!
any idea?
Thank you
in some iraninan forum there is a Resco Farsi keyboard.. i'll try to find it for you