This same setup also works on the Titan Slim

Wondering the same thing... The Sym key no longer does anything for me, and I'm not sure how to access those symbols at all...

Hmm, the Sym key is no longer functioning at all for me, despite being programmed to Symbol in the Intelligence Assist settings. (Fn is programmed as Ctrl and works fine.) Any suggestions?

Yeah the symbol issue does suck if you need to access them frequently. However with the Titan Pocket if you press fn and sym it will give you the keyboard selector pop-up, so it is quick to switch back to Kika when you do need that elusive symbol. Not ideal but it helps to use that shortcut. It would be nice if Unihertz could update the sym key to work with Swiftkey, but I don't know if that would involve some sort of licensing thing with Microsoft.

Also I will be getting the Astro Slide 5G phone this year too, that looks very promising as a physical keyboard phone but the form factor is very different from Unihertz so I'll compare what they are like in daily use once I get it. The Titan phones are not perfect but it's the best we can get at the moment. There is also the F(x) tec Pro 1 X landscape keyboard phone, but they have had a lot of delays with production so that's up in the air at the moment. People have said the original F(x) tec keyboard was mushy, but boy the hinge mechanism on it looks satisfying to pop open 😂

@@huge_balls Also waiting for the AstroSlide here, could check it once and have to say that it will not fit in your shirt`s pocket. However, it might be best as a mini-computer. The Titan Pocket portability is really good, I think the weak point might be the software support side (security updates, etc.) as I have not seen much response in the Unihertz forums regarding such topics.

OldSchool Editor

@@huge_balls dude the editor is so sick. Thanks for the reply!

Yes, it depends on how frequently you need to access those few symbols that are not able to be accessed with the alt key. Using the sym-fn key combo to quickly switch back to Kika is the way to do it. Which characters do you need often that swiftkey does not offer?

Also-- - This functionality only appears to work in certain apps -- KZfaq yes, Gmail no, Messenger yes, Keep Notes no. Is there a setting in these other apps that can be changed so that the on-screen special characters selector displays correctly / at all? - So far I have not been able to find an ampersand. Anyone know what key this might be hiding under? - Long-pressing Alt and then holding the backspace key quickly mass-deletes text. Fun!

Alt key works for me when I have keyboard layout set to default and using SwiftKey. The problem is the symbols that were in the virtual symbol board

The alt key works for me in Swiftkey in both my Titan and Titan Pocket. Hm I am not sure why that would not work.

Hm that's a good question. In the settings it appears that option is only for the onscreen keyboard. I always turned double space period off on other phones because I don't care for it, so I didn't even think about it. But yes it would be nice if the option was available for people who want that.

Hindi ko alam... Maybe try ebay? There must be a way. There are services I know where you rent a postal box in a country where the item can be shipped to, and then for a fee they ship it to your country.

@@huge_balls thanks sir. Yan din ung idea ko. 2nd thought ko sir if gagana ba si titan pocket sa Pinas? Kasi may mga foreign cellphones na di gumagana sa pinas.. need pa galawin internals para gumana signal natin.

Nevermind. Found it. For anybody interested, it's called: OldSchool Editor

@@Viking2dk Yup sorry for late reply, that's the one. Very cozy text editor.

@@huge_balls Yeah it's really cool. Love the style. A different question: how do you like the phone in general? Are you happy with it?

@@Viking2dk I much prefer the other 2 Titan models. The Titan Pocket screen is both square and too small. My main phone is the Titan Slim and I love it as much as I do the original Titan, although they feel different to use. Titan Slim has better keys, they are raised.

@@huge_balls thanks mate. Appreciate the insight.

If I remember correctly, I don't think you need to make an account to use Swiftkey unless you want it to save your autocorrect stuff. You can use it without but yeah I agree, I hate that everything is tied to accounts and personal data these days. There is an app in f Droid called key mapper, and then you can download the key mapper gui keyboard as well. I was able to map the side key to be a ctrl key and I was able to get normal ctrl shortcuts working. Then you can set it so the alt key hides the keyboard. But it's kind of finicky to use. If you find a better alternative, let me know!

Also worth mentioning is that the key mapper app from f droid can probably force remap your side key to the ctrl key in any keyboard including swiftkey, but you'll need to root the phone first.

@@huge_balls Personally i've found that settings -> intelligent assistance -> shortcut keys -> FN key -> programmable key -> ctrl key works good enough. All shortcuts A X C V Z Y are located on left side of keyboard, FN on the right. As for keyboard - goole for "Blackberry Keyboard crackberry". There's thread on forum pointing to OG Blackberry keyboard app, which suits best in my opinion. You have your sticky keys (one press to modify next key), callable symbol table on SYM press, ability to remove predictions and leave only 20px tall bar with keyboard's functions (you event have on screen cursor keys). Srsly, try this one, some folk on Reddit pointed me there and it was just what UTP needed form the beginning.

I would think yes because swiftkey is Microsoft, so there is probably support for other languages. I have not tested that myself however.

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