Droid X keyboard on Eris

[mrw5641]

works awesome , on the droid eris, less delay on key touching, very smooth

 

[v941726]

i went back to shapewriter. got used to it. if i want to peck and hope, this is a good keyboard

 

[nnoble83]

thank you Nestor works great.

 

[BlueDC2]

Does it look any different than a standard vanilla keyboard? Screencaps?

 

[Alriightyman]

Um, the download doesn't work anymore. Anyone have a mirror?

 

[AdrianC14]

Does it look any different than a standard vanilla keyboard? Screencaps?

Yea, can anyone post pictures? I want to see if the keys are bigger.

 

[scary alien]

Yea, can anyone post pictures? I want to see if the keys are bigger.

Here you go:

Droid X keyboard:



Stock keyboard:



Swype keyboard:

 

[cornbreadfarts]

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[scary alien]

screenshot?

??? ??? I'm confused...(not an atypical condition...).

Were the ones I posted not appropriate? (click and they get bigger)

 

[scary alien]

Guys, here's a Q&D snapshot of the three keyboards I posted above with just the keyboards showing. I also included a snippet of the left portion of each keyboard to compare the relative heights of each. Enjoy!

Click to view them in a larger window :

 

[cornbreadfarts]

Is it true that it doesn't have compact querty???

??

 

[thenestor]

Is it true that it doesn't have compact querty???

Yes.

 

[thenestor]

Hang on, adjusting new haptic version to work on non-root...

 

[jpzsports]

Yes.

Sorry I was confused and thought compact Qwerty was the name for portrait keyboard.

Portrait keyboard is what's important.

 

[v941726]

Sorry I was confused and thought compact Qwerty was the name for portrait keyboard.

Portrait keyboard is what's important.

i saw a compact qwerty option when i used it. went back to shapewriter but im quite certain there was that option

 

[thenestor]

Anyone who wants haptic feedback, try this version instead. (If you can't install it over the old version, just uninstall and reboot first.)

DroidXIME-haptic.apk

Credit to zach.xtr for fixing the haptic feedback. Credit to itmustbejj for original keyboard.

 

[SJFlowerHorn]

great job getting it to work for everybody. . . too bad the eris's multitouch gets too confused when crossing its mid points. but aside from HTC dropping the ball on that one, awesome job getting it to work so fast.

 

[ECU_Snare]

Anyone want to try this version and tell me if it works?

DroidXIME-nonroot.apk

I tried just putting the required libraries inside the APK itself, so even non-root users will be able to install it. But since I already ran my own flashable ZIP, I can't test this.

UPDATE: Seems to be working! Just download this onto your phone and click to install it. Or put it on your SD card and use a file manager to find it and click it.

Credit to itmustbejj for original keyboard.

Ive downloaded this .apk but it won't install like other .apks (you know, how the installation automatically starts when your phoneis plugged up). any ideas?

 

[CrazyKnight128]

Awesome theNestor i love haptic feedback.

 

[eristocrat]

works perfectly

Speech to text really does work great and is pretty accurate. This is the feature that is keeping me using this over the stock keyboard. I like swype too but I find myself getting a bit frustrated and tapping away anyway. Thanks again Nestor!

 

[thenestor]

Awesome theNestor i love haptic feedback.

Might want to re-download it, though; it had a bug on the numbers screen (showing & instead of &). Link in this post is fixed:
http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/109592-droid-x-keyboard-eris-2.html#post1026734

 

[cornbreadfarts]

so does is this compact qwerty ready or no?

 

[thenestor]

so does is this compact qwerty ready or no?

AFAIK, compact qwerty only exists in htc keyboards. This keyboard is from google and motorola, so no. Sorry!

 

[Dustintendo]

Might want to re-download it, though; it had a bug on the numbers screen (showing & instead of &). Link in this post is fixed:
http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/109592-droid-x-keyboard-eris-2.html#post1026734

just links back to the thread

 

[refthemc]

When does the actual multitouch aspect of this actually kick in? I tried holding shift and another letter but nothing happened.

Either way though, I've seem to have gotten used to HTC's hide keyboard button. Dang you HTC lol