I figured out how to disable HTC KeyBoard/KeyPad

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See http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/htc-t...-keyboard.html

[kellybrf]

why would you want to do this?

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Because I hate it. And some others do too.

[apicarro]

Where exactly is it in the registry? I cant find it and search with total commander does find the entries either.

[divxrippimp]

FTA:
I don't run any other third party keyboard. I just want the default Windows Mobile Keyboard and I'm tired of having to switch it.

WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!
WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!

Thanks for the tip BTW, lol...

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Originally Posted by divxrippimp

FTA:

WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!
WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!WTF!

What did you use to type that response? the lame HTC KeyPad lol...

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Originally Posted by apicarro

Where exactly is it in the registry? I cant find it and search with total commander does find the entries either.

I attached Registry scripts to the original post on Pdaphonehome.com

http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/htc-t...-keyboard.html

[boe]

Maybe I can't follow what you have done. I don't follow what the goal of this is - disabling the text and dialpad. I understand why many of us have installed alternative text pads but I've never wanted to disable it altogether.

After you've disabled both, do you use telepathy to type e-mails and text messages? If you dial a number not already in your phone book using voice command and you hit and IVR saying press 1 to reach sales, 2 to reach tech support or dial an employee extension do you just wait to see if an operator picks up?

Is your next goal to disable the touchscreen completely? JK

You may have done something useful but I'm confused about what you've done from what you've described. If you elaborate what has improved, it might be something more of us would be interested in since you've taken the time to post that you've accomplished something and want to share it with others.

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Some of us like the stock Windows Mobile popup KeyBoard. As opposed to HTC's ones that were added. On soft reboot it always defaulted to the HTC KeyBoard. The buttons are still too small to use with your finger (especially in portrait mode) so I end up pulling out the stylus anyway. HTC KeyBoard has a less standard layout (like the tiny space key way off to the lower right) while the standard Windows Mobile KeyBoard does a fairly good job on layout and I'm used to it.

You can choose what ever keyboard you want. But for some applications it flips back to the HTC KeyBoard or the HTC T9 Keyboard. It's very slow to switch the KeyBoards and I only use the stock Windows KeyBoard.

So now with this change, it will, on boot, default to the stock Windows KeyBoard and never has a mind of it's own and switches to T9 or the bigger button (poor layout still too small to be useful with phat fingers) HTC KeyBoard. The ADDED HTC SIPs is effectively uninstalled.

I can type fastest and most accurate with the stylus on the stock popup keyboard. The same one that has existed since before slide out keyboards were the in thing. Now that the slide out keyboards are out, I'm back to the orginal popup keyboard I never had trouble with in the first place.

IMHO, no soft keyboard especially in portrait mode works better than the stock windows mobile popup keyboard that requires the stylus.

I even owned an iPhone for a while (which has a larger better touch screen) was a joke in portrait mode (Touch is worse and requires the stylus). With stylus it's fine and I can live with that just fine. So I optimized the phone for that mode of input.

Other folks seem to want the same thing see for example http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.p...19&postcount=3 but I was not able to reply to that thread because it was locked.

[boe]

THanks for clarifying - some might find that useful indeed. I use the PocketCM keyboard but it isn't perfect - sometimes it will lock up which can be very frustrating.