Themed Sense virtual keyboards
A lot of you probably caught the news yesterday that gIMpSTa over at xda-developers released themed versions of the HTC IME (virtual QWERTY) for root users that can be flashed, as a zip, from recovery mode or be applied via the MetaMorph app (free and $1.00 donation versions available), which allows you to cherry pick elements from various themes and apply them individually. The first method installs an already themed app, while the second themes the one you have installed.
For the MetaMorph method to work, the keyboard must be installed in /system/app. Although this is the location of HTC_IME in MoDaCo ROMs, I consistently ran into problems. I got messages that the IME theme had been successfully applied, but the option to select it as an input simply disappeared. I thought flashing one via recovery would situate everything so I could then swap themes in MetaMorph, but that wasn’t the case. If you run into problems, go with the zip flashing technique, and all should be well. Remember to back everything up! Enter at your own risk.
EDIT: I’m told that non-rooted users can simply unzip the file for flashing and install HTC_IME.apk and Clicker.apk, as you would any other app but I havent’ tested it. Thank you, DannyDarko.
BTW, glance around that image to the right. Do you see black dots between the keys? Cool optical illusion, eh?
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I was going to say something about the black dot thing, but weird – sweet keyboard
Just to let you all know these keyboard mods work on NON_ROOTED phones as well. I have them all and switch them up everyday on my Droid running 2.1.1 .
I was going to say something about the black dot thing, but weird – sweet keyboard
Just to let you all know these keyboard mods work on NON_ROOTED phones as well. I have them all and switch them up everyday on my Droid running 2.1.1 .
you sent me a link for this keyboard and it is the same but black/grey fade keys surrounded by black background. I like it a lot, and I'm not complaining, i just wonder if that's my droid talking or just a different theme.
scratch that, i figured out that i just dl'd a diff apk. thanks for the link
I'm really a big fan of the black on black with white letters. Looks cool to have keys without outlines. nokeys_whitetext check it out.
you sent me a link for this keyboard and it is the same but black/grey fade keys surrounded by black background. I like it a lot, and I'm not complaining, i just wonder if that's my droid talking or just a different theme.
scratch that, i figured out that i just dl'd a diff apk. thanks for the link
I'm really a big fan of the black on black with white letters. Looks cool to have keys without outlines. nokeys_whitetext check it out.
I was going to say something about the black dot thing, but weird – sweet keyboard
Just to let you all know these keyboard mods work on NON_ROOTED phones as well. I have them all and switch them up everyday on my Droid running 2.1.1 .
you sent me a link for this keyboard and it is the same but black/grey fade keys surrounded by black background. I like it a lot, and I'm not complaining, i just wonder if that's my droid talking or just a different theme.
scratch that, i figured out that i just dl'd a diff apk. thanks for the link
I'm really a big fan of the black on black with white letters. Looks cool to have keys without outlines. nokeys_whitetext check it out.