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Cant my new Gimpsta keyboard on....

do you have astro file manager?
if not, download it from the market, its one of the most useful tools to have
also get barcode scanner for using the QR codes

heres what i did...
assuming you already have the HTC_IME keyboard installed

1. create the keyboard
2. download onto the phone using the generated QR code
3. open the file using astro file manager
4. click Open App Manager
5. click uninstall
6. click install
7. go back into your sms app and long press the text editor and select 'Input Method'
8. select HTC_IME mod

done
 
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You don't install apps on the pc you do it with a file manager on your phone. So mount your sd when you connect to the computer and transfer the app to it, then with a file manager on your phone install it.


Didnt realise...:eek:


do you have astro file manager?
if not, download it from the market, its one of the most useful tools to have
also get barcode scanner for using the QR codes

heres what i did...
assuming you already have the HTC_IME keyboard installed

1. create the keyboard
2. download onto the phone using the generated QR code
3. open the file using astro file manager
4. click Open App Manager
5. click uninstall
6. click install
7. go back into your sms app and long press the text editor and select 'Input Method'
8. select HTC_IME mod

done


Yea Ive got it..

Where's the barrcode scanner in astro?

Also go to language and keyboard settings and enable it.

Yea did that too

First follow this:
http://androidforums.com/sony-ericsson-xperia-x10/195479-how-install-htc-keyboard-step-step.html

To use the keyboard you made you will need to uninstall the one that you previously used in that thread. Install your new keyboard the same way. You can only have one theme of keyboard installed at one time AFAIK.

So i need to uninstall the traditional one first....bummer :(



Just to ask though.......if I put the Gimpsta keyboard on, will it be the qwerty layout or traditional ?

Because if it reverts it back to a qwerty I'm not doing it as I cant stand it on a phone
 
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theres no barcode scanner in astro, you need to search 'barcode scanner' on the market.

also once installed you will have to alter the settings again, if you want a different layout..

goto settings>language & keyboard>HTC_IME mod settings>keyboard types
then change it a type you prefer.

oh and what i meant with the barcode scanner, once you create a keyboard, you get a QR code like this:

qr-code-justinsomnia.png


you use barcode scanner to scan that image, not the one i posted but the one you get after you create the keyboard so its easier to download the file to your phone.

or just find the file you out on your sd card with astro and go from there

but barcode scanner is great for using these QR codes to get apps quickly :)
 
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