This on-screen keyboard you speak of [LWN.net]

This on-screen keyboard you speak of

Posted May 7, 2009 15:20 UTC (Thu) by felixfix (subscriber, #242)
Parent article: Updating and rebuilding Android

I have the non-ADP version of this phone. How does one get the 1.5 version -- is this still in development and not for release to customers? If I already have it, how does one activate the on-screen keyboard? I haven't seen any difference in apps which need a keyboard -- they still stare dumbly at me until I slide the keyboard open.

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This on-screen keyboard you speak of

Posted May 7, 2009 15:23 UTC (Thu) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link]

Tap on a text-entry widget with your finger with the device closed to get the on-screen keyboard.

I'm not sure about 1.5 for G1 handsets. I thought that T-Mobile was rolling it out in the US, but I'm far from certain of that.

This on-screen keyboard you speak of

Posted May 7, 2009 16:19 UTC (Thu) by felixfix (subscriber, #242) [Link]

I tried both the contacts program and an independent program, neither of which did much other than move the cursor when I tapped.

Which of the various settings values corresponds to the 1.5 build? There are firmware (1.1), baseband (long weird string), kernel (2.6.25-01845), and build number (kila-user 1.1 plat-rc33 ...).

This on-screen keyboard you speak of

Posted May 7, 2009 16:22 UTC (Thu) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link]

"firmware (1.1)" means that you're running version 1.1 of the firmware.

This on-screen keyboard you speak of

Posted May 7, 2009 19:02 UTC (Thu) by fb (subscriber, #53265) [Link]

US Cupcake upgrade announcement http://forums.t-mobile.com/tmbl/board/message?board.id=An...

"End of the next week"

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England should be getting it already http://www.t3.com/news/android-1-5-update-available-today...

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FWIW, At the XDA forums there are (relatively) simple recipes to turn a G1 into a ADP.

This on-screen keyboard you speak of

Posted May 9, 2009 8:52 UTC (Sat) by erwbgy (subscriber, #4104) [Link]

T-Mobile UK sent out the update yesterday and using Jon's tip I now have an on-screen keyboard.