Samsung Omnia

FingerKeyBoard 2 on Omnia

FingerKeyBoard 2 is out and it works on the Omnia. It has the same effects as iPhone keyboard. The key will enlarge upon pressing the key. 

FEATURES: 

- one of the most (if not the most) touch screen finger-friendly keyboards out there 
- great looking
- supports both portrait and landscape modes
- supports WVGA & WQVGA / QVGA cab and VGA layouts available in post #2!
- supports different language layouts - has a numeric layout for fast typing of numbers
- supports selectable color schemes
- supports Windows Mobile Contact name suggestions
- supports Windows Mobile Word suggestions (DOES NOT SUPPORT T9!)
- has excellent layout of buttons in both portrait and landscape
- many cool functions: text selection, cut+copy+paste, home, end, single word deletion, single line deletion, whole text deletion etc.
- preset emoticons for fast typing of smile-faces
- preset web browsing shortcuts for fast typing of web and e-mail addresses
- highly customizable (requires editing txt files, tough)
- supports click sounds when typing
- has a configuration utility that allows selecting lanuages and color schemes
- now comes in a .cab file for easier installation

  

INSTALLATION

1. Download the .cab file to Omnia
2. Install the .cab file(best to install o device memory)
3. The keyboard will install into /Program files/FingerKeyb
4. After Installation, configuration window will open
5. Select lanuguage u want to use and the color scheme and click Apply
6. Click on OK and soft reset the device 

Open up the standard keyboard in SMS, clcik on the small up arrow next to the middle keyboard icon on the bottom of your screen. FingerKeyb should be inside and select it and you can use it.

HOW TO UNINSTALL

Go into Settings > System > Remove programs. It is listed as "Exidler FingerKeyb".
Click on Exidler FingerKeyb and then the Remove Button

Download FingerKeyb-2.0-WQVGA Cab

Find out more at XDA Developers>>>

Disable Keypad Lock during Calls

Omnia will automatically enabled the Key Lock during call. Samsung Technical Support is unwilling to tell customer how to disable this fuction. But they have hint to Omnia Commuity on what to do and not to do in the registry. There are two methods to work around, one is in a Mortscript and another an exe file.

The registry key involved is HKLM\System\State\Touchlock .
Set to 0 -> screen enabled, set to 1 -> screen locked
Editing the registry do not help as it will automatically set to 1 after a call is connected. They have built the function in SECDialer.dll unless you hack this dll file. 
The program will set it to 1 to lock when you are making a call and set it to 0 when you press the Action Key to ulock.

Installing a MorScript File
You can install a morscript file to get around this Key Lock. The morscript will check when the phone program is running and resets the registry value to 0 after the phone program sets it to 1.
The morscript will continue to run until the next soft reset or when you power off your phone. I am not sure how this will affect the battery life on your Omnia. You may try and see whether it have an big impact on your battery life.

Using the MorScript File
1. Extract the MorScript.exe and No_screenlock.mscr to your Omina. 
2. Run the Morscript.exe
3. Run the No_screenlock.mscr

Download NoScreenLock>>> 

Installing a EXE File
Another way to overcome this is to install a EXE File. it will disable the screen lock every time it turns ON. You just need to extract the EXE file and put it on your Omnia. Run the EXE file and if you do not want it just delete the EXE file from your Omnia.

Download OmniaNOLOCK>>> 

TouchPal Virtual Keyboard for Windows Mobile

There’s a new iPhone-like virtual keyboard for Windows Mobile devices called TouchPal. However, the main difference from the iPhone’s keyboard is that CooTek — the company that developed TouchPal — uses ROKR-style two-letter-keys for their solution. That being said, I find TouchPal being something in between iPhone’s virtual and BlackBerry’s or Sony Ericsson’s two-letter-keys keypad. In addition, TouchPal also uses the predictive text technology for faster typing.

You can use the Virtual Keyboard for free in Standard Mode but you have to paid if you want the Professional Mode. This keyboard is larger than the one provided by Windows Mobile. Try it for free.
Click here to CooTek to Download>>>