Gingerbread Keyboard For Rooted Devices

[krasenk]

For all who might be interested to try... Following the instructions in this article will help you to install Gingerbread keyboard:

http://www.droid-life.com/2010/12/06/download-gingerbread-keyboard-for-rooted-devices/

Cheers

 

[Rapier]

Confirm, it's working. It is better though to have the language set for English...if one would choose another language, it may have some missing characters. For example, I had also Romanian selected. When I switch to it, the first row displays only some of the numbers (the ones that are typed when you long press on the key). 1,2,4, 5 and 9 are shown (if I remember exactly) the rest of them being inaccessible. If you switch to English, everything looks just fine.

Keyboard seems (and looks) better than the standard Froyo keyboard (and this is how it's advertised too), has some new functionality, but I still prefer Better Keyboard. For those using English layout and don't have Better Keyboard installed, this Gingerbread ported keyboard will be a better option than the standard one (and best thing...it's free)

 

[JonasDroid]

it works but that's about it.
The dictionary doesn't know some of the basic words even though it supports dutch. :s

And I don't think its made for hdpi, it looks pretty small.

EDIT: fixed after flashing CM6.1 stable

new -->

<-- old

 

[civicvx94]

I'm using a HTC mt4g (rooted and s-off), installed this and have only English selected, yet as soon as I touch a key it FC for 'android.process.inputmethod.latin
Also, my phone has the same resolution as the legend (480x800) and the keyboard seems to be sized correctly.
Anyone else with this FC issue?

 

[Ravrahn]

The Legend is 480*320, not 800*480.

When I tried, the installation failed because it couldn't verify the zip file.

 

[civicvx94]

Ah gotcha. I'm just using the xda app and thought the legend was the incredible..
It seems like a lot of people are having issues with this keyboard currently

Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App

 

[jaStrom]

I got it to work by downloading the keyboard zip made by fabulous. Google it. If you have a problem with the keys being to small, you need to download the LCD Density app, set it to 240 and restart, then set it back to the default of 160 and restart.

They keyboard should be fine after that. I've been using it for a while and prefer it to Swype, HTC, and Android 2.2.

One last note. Restarting the phone may cause the keyboard to revert to a small state so be prepared to do the LCD fix again.

 

[gwon]

I got it to work by downloading the keyboard zip made by fabulous. Google it. If you have a problem with the keys being to small, you need to download the LCD Density app, set it to 240 and restart, then set it back to the default of 160 and restart.

They keyboard should be fine after that. I've been using it for a while and prefer it to Swype, HTC, and Android 2.2.

One last note. Restarting the phone may cause the keyboard to revert to a small state so be prepared to do the LCD fix again.

This did the trick for me! Thanks for the tip.

Sent from my Legend using XDA App

 

[Tommebaas]

I got it to work by downloading the keyboard zip made by fabulous. Google it. If you have a problem with the keys being to small, you need to download the LCD Density app, set it to 240 and restart, then set it back to the default of 160 and restart.

They keyboard should be fine after that. I've been using it for a while and prefer it to Swype, HTC, and Android 2.2.

One last note. Restarting the phone may cause the keyboard to revert to a small state so be prepared to do the LCD fix again.

This did not work for me, when i change the density to 240 the phone reboots.
Then it says density is 160, so the denisty won't change!
Can someone help me?

 

[Asovse1]

The .zip download link had been taken down. Could anyone please upload it for me again? I'd appreciate it.

Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App

 

[bijouu]

I can't find a working link either. Can someone please provide that file???
Thanksssssss

 

[Roy_Drage]

You can download this for free from the Market.

Just type in 'Keyboard from android 2.3'.

 

[bonesy]

Search "steven Lin" on the market,he has both sense kb and aosp one BOTH for free and error free

 

[Asovse1]

Search "steven Lin" on the market,he has both sense kb and aosp one BOTH for free and error free

Wow, I was a bit skeptical before getting this off of the Market in terms of quality and functionality, but this thing performs very well! Thanks!



Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App

 

[seattleboy1st]

thank u very much