Can't use any third party keyboard software

[PaulusUK]

I've tried to use several third party keyboard applications, but none of them will work.

The software installs OK, and the option to select the keyboard is in the dropdown box next to the keyboard icon on the screen, but I can not select the third party keyboard. I can select any of the other input options no problem.

I've tried five different third party keyboard programs now, and none of them work. Any ideas why?

Thanks

[jobah]

Maybe you are low on memory? Try to remove homescreen plugins, reset device and try again. Also you could find Default_IM_WM5.CAB on this forum in order to set default SIP (keyboard) automaticaly at startup.

[TourisT]

I have exactly the same problem,
I tried resco keyboard and calligrapher, but impossible to use them (they apear y keyboard select and can select, but do not open)

it's not memory, as I use a XDA flame (2Gb rom /128Mb ram)

and Default_IM_WM5.CAB did't work

I removed spb pocketplus with no results

any other solution?
maybe some registry modification?

thanks

[bbiederm]

Same here.
Tried pmkeyboard, Spb Full Screen Keyboard and Zoomboard.

[flyguy74]

I've installed the spb fullscreen keyboard, resco, HTC softkey, and one other and I am having the same problem. I thing the registry is corrupted from all the adding and removing of kb's. Are you guys experiencing a very slow response when you hit the triangle to choose an alternate input method.

[ww2250]

1. try upgrade to wm6
2. disable as many today items as you can
3. disable unused services in the registry
4. clean up unused startup programs
5. finally, if all the above won't work, backup and hard reset.

[TourisT]

Yes, very slow response in the keyboard triangle selector,
but the rest of functions and applications go fast,
so it's not a memory problem

one more key:
if I choose resco keyboard with IMselector, and then uninstall IMselector, after next soft-reset I'm able to use resco keyboard (not callygrapher).
but in next soft-reset again the problem of impossible use of any third party keyboard ....

it's really extrange....

[TourisT]

Finally I discovered the cause of the problem:

all the SPB products (pocket plus, phone suite, weather,...)

hope SPB fix this bug soon, as they are good products...

[ww2250]

actually its more of a ms design bug than any particular product. the driver memory is quite limited by design - if too many service or dlls loaded, sip don't have the needed memory to run.

[TourisT]

that has more sense....

[moritur]

I had same problem. After I updatet to WM6 moste SIP worked just fine. I strongly recomend to upgrade to WM6, the phone works a lot better since then (memory problems etc).

[PaulusUK]

Finally I discovered the cause of the problem:

all the SPB products (pocket plus, phone suite, weather,...)

hope SPB fix this bug soon, as they are good products...

Yes, these are great apps, but I too have had quite a few problems with them - once requiring a hard reset after I tried their finance software.

[Jenningsville]

The problem occurs because some AKU2 based service or process is changing the SIP back to the keyboard. This happens 4-8 seconds after startup programs run. As such, SIPChange is a workaround of sorts because when it runs at startup it waits 10 seconds before changing the SIP to your selected default.

This fixed it for me...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=271008