On Screen Keyboard
 

Hello How to enable N900 on Screen Keyboard??

I went to settings ->Text input -> "check" virtual keyboard -> Saved

then i restart my N900 but i still cant get the on screen keyboard.
Or there is no on screen keyboard?

Re: On Screen Keyboard
 

the physical keyboard has to be closed. click on a text-entry box

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physical keyboard is Closed.
also clicked on a text-entry box but dont see the On Screen Keyboard.

Re: On Screen Keyboard
 

When you're typing, close the physical keyboard and tap there where you're writing.

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then there is a problem. it doesnt work in any text box? Not even in sms? What firmware are you using? Did you install any keyboard apps that might have messed it up somehow?

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version: 2.2009.51-1.002
no keyboard apps install.

and just tested on:
Web Browser (fail
SMS (Fail
Notes (Fail

QStarDict (WORK

anyway will they fix this problem on the next version?

Re: On Screen Keyboard
 

well your the only person I know with this problem, so theres no way of knowing how or when it will be fixed. if you can get it to open in Qstardict, i dont understand why it wont open anywhere else...seems like it wont open with the native nokia apps, but opens wit 3rd party apps. interesting. install abiword or leafpad and see it works there. Also try in the x-terminal.

Also, what country is your n900 from?

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Abiword (unable to install
Leafpad (Fail
x-terminal (Fail

I order my N900 from newegg.com, dont know what country they go it from.

My Language and region setting are English (US)

Re: On Screen Keyboard
 

I guess the only solution left would be to reflash your n900.

Re: On Screen Keyboard
 

I guess so, thanks

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before reflash, try reboot first.

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he tried that..its in the first post

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man did u download the on screen keyboard app ? from the maemo repositories ?

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theres a potential solution

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I didnt re-Flash yet. cuz downloading Debian (GNU/Linux

anyway
I went and download ukeyboard. dont look good. (Fail
then I uninstalled.

did a Reboot
then download again. still dont look good (Fail

thank you again for helping.

Re: On Screen Keyboard
 

Have a look at this:

http://discussions.europe.nokia.com/...1ECE4DF649DD15


There's a test to see whether the keyboard sensor works. Also the last post on that thread offers a possible solution that might be worth trying:

Hey guys, had the same problem. Turned out the solution for me was the following:

-> Turn off virtual keyboard
-> Turn off the phone
-> Turn on the phone again
-> Turn on virtual keyboard

...and it worked. Good luck!

Scigi

Re: On Screen Keyboard
 

I'm sorry for your problems, but I must thank you for the general info. I had no idea that the way to activate the vkeyboard was to click a textbox with the phone closed. I thought for sure there was some keyboard combination that I simply hadn't learned yet (btw, isn't there some kind of vkb you CAN call up with keypress combinations?)

Anyway I had pretty much resigned myself to not using the VKB. Thanks to you for letting me know how easy it really is!

So, about your problem, you did click SAVE after you checked off the VKB checkbox, yes? Just asking.

Re: On Screen Keyboard
 

I had the same problem. I uninstall Scim and Googlepinyin, problem solved.

bun

Re: On Screen Keyboard
 

i c, what the prob is now.
i have to uninstall scim and google pinyin.
But nah, im ok and not gona uninstall those 2.

and thank you very much bun

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How are you going to get around without uninstall the 2 programs?
I would install the 2 programs when I travel....cant handle without virtual keyboard, especially the specail characters, <>*&^%, even your hardware keyboard 'Symb' does NOT work.

bun

Re: On Screen Keyboard
 

Do you mean you have (m)scim and google pinyin installed? If yes you have mscim then you will never see virtual kb. mscim will take over the input interface from the default hildon input method. This is explicitly stated by the maintainer and you can only have either one not both.

If you have scim installed instead, good luck.... I installed scim and something else earlier and it ruined my virtual kb. The vkb became an empty box with only the minimize button. I tried many things but end up re-flashing my phone to bring back virtual kb.

Re: On Screen Keyboard
 

This worked for me. I have same problem like CCD has mentioned. My virtual keyboard was not operative at all. I have tried the above one and it worked. Thanks a lot..!!!:)