How to get the HTC Hero Keyboard (Android)



If you are tired of the keyboard on the left and want something a little more useable like the keyboard on the right then keep reading.

Note: If you have Astro installed you could do all this from your Android device without the need of a computer or AppInstaller.

Search the Android Market for ‘app install’ and install AppInstaller.
Download this file **LINK REMOVED**
Extract the .apk file from the .zip file
Copy the .apk file to your G1 or myTouch’s microSD card
Go to Settings > Applications and check the box for ‘Unknown Sources’



Run AppInstaller and click to install HTC_IME.apk



From your home screen, go to Settings > Locale and Text > and check the box ‘Touch Input’
Bring up the browser or messaging and long press the text input field
Select ‘Touch Input’ from the popup menu.


The new keyboard should now work. Pressing on the gear button will allow you to choose one of the other two keyboards available. For those of you that are used to a 12 Key pad for texting there is a similar keyboard. For 20 key or Shadow enthusiasts there is a very similar keyboard layout called ‘Compact Qwerty’ available as well.



If you need more control over a specific key, long pressing will bring up additional options as in the image above. Enjoy!

Also, if you would like to calibrate your keyboard go**LINK REMOVED**

Sources: **LINK REMOVED**

MOD EDIT: Linking to illegal software is forbidden on this forum. The HTC keyboard is property of HTC, and redistributing is a violation of copyright law

 

i hope this thread become large with lots of tips and tricks

 

maybe I didn't read the manuel like everyone else but I found if you long press the home key it brings up a quick list of last used apps and if you long press the menu key it brings up the keyboard..

 

I believe this is true for any android device.

 

I found that using the voice dialer you can access some of the hidden menus by saying "Open Location" for Security and Location. "Open Status" to get the About Phone info.

 

nice find!

 

I'm gonna sticky this and make it official

 

lol sandroid claus ^

 

Could someone post the "print screen" trick

 

I googled this a little and found this comment from flak0

"Oh 1 last thing it seems I may have found an exploit with the device management.apk. It has the option to run a bootloader/bootstrap test, could this be exploited to install customer recovery? Its just a thought"

Considering the size it is probably a backup of the OS in order to do a recovery. I don't know why they would allow you to clear the data though if it was important. Either way I cleared it and am very happy to have tons of space free.


Also I just rebooted my phone and whatever was in there came back. I wonder what the phone would do if it didn't have enough space to put that content back.

 

Hey y'all,

I don't know if anyone else has been experiencing this problem, so I thought I'd post it on this sticky. I've noticed that whenever I plug the 3.5mm jack into my phone, it automatically starts playing music. When I go to stop it by pausing the track, it silences it for a moment, then I hear a faint click or two, and then the music resumes. This happens over and over again, unless I drag down the notifications tray and click on the Media Player icon, and then hit pause. Anyway, it's pretty annoying. It stopped doing all this nonsense once I deleted the Media Player Widget.

That fixed it for me--I just wanted to post this in case anyone else was experiencing something similar,

Murf

 

I know some people do not mind the TouchWiz interface. There is a way to keep the TouchWiz and be able to access the default android menu.

1.Go to the AppMarket and download the free AnyCut
2. Run Anycut and press "New Shortcut"
3. Click "Activity"
4. Choose the 1st Settings you find.
5. Go to Home Screen and Voila Shortcut to default Android Settings!!

** I found out about this while trying to figure out how I can force the phone to 3G... which can be done with anycut**

 

Mastermind thank you very much. Im one of the people that actually isnt bothered by the touchwiz interface, up until now i just had a copy of open home lite i kept on my phone so that i could access stock menu options but your way is so much easier.

 

so this will remove the TouchWiz interface? and what do you mean by Choose the 1st Settings you find?

 

never mind i kinda get what you're saying now... thanks

 

It does not remove TouchWiz, it just allows for the user to be able to access the STOCK android Settings menu, since the Touchwiz Settings is totally redesigned and missing many important options that should be available.

 

Has anyone gotten the HTC keyboard to work. I tried but i keep getting this error message ... Sorry The application Touch Input (process com.htc.android.htcime) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. Force close

Where should I download the (htc_ime.apk) file from

 

check the post above for the link

 

I installed it and selected touch input but the samsung keyboard stiull comes up, wasn't giver a choice of which one to use. No f/c's though.

 

So, what's your point. I know there is a hack to get the htc_ime to work on the Behold II, does anyone have a link, I'm not asking for apk link I already have that. Unil there is root, a recovery image and a custom rom this phone isn't going any where. Both of my G1's run circles around thhis phone. Got some good features but the touch wiz is a real loser.

 

Sorry I got off on the wrong foot, I was using a donut version. I ripped one off of Cyan 4.0.4 and it works. I'm just not used to a phone you can't run custom roms and themes. Do you know if there is a screen shot app that works with the Behold II, all the ones I have are for root. I tried using adb but can't find a driver for the Behold II. Again sorry for appearing arrogant but this phone takes a little getting used to. I am a mod at the A/C and we don't have anything on the Behold II. Thanks again.