Nokia N9 User Dictionary - maemo.org

keshavprasad | # 1 | 2012-07-19, 04:19 | Report

Hi therer. I have this problem on my N9 since PR 1.0. Even after i updated it to PR 1.1 , 1.2 , 1.3, the problem still exists.

Problem:
Whatever words i add to the user dictionary using the normal keyboard (not swype keyboard) is erased after i reboot the device. The user dictionary doesn't seem to store the words i add after the reboot.

But in swype keyboard it works fine. Any words i add using swype is not erased after a reboot. The words added in swype is available only when i use swype and not the normal keyboard.

Please somebody help me with this issue.

I am using no mods on my OS and it is stock.

Thank you

Vromoth | # 2 | 2012-07-19, 04:37 | Report

Reflash would be my solution. Backup everything and reflash. Or a system reset might fix the settings.

thedead1440 | # 3 | 2012-07-19, 04:50 | Report

you don't need to reflash this is a bug in the OS. Its been discussed here before...

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keshavprasad | # 4 | 2012-07-19, 07:14 | Report

I read through the discussion and they have mentioned its a bug. But some users have reported they have no problems as such. Is it specific to a particular region firmware. Will the problem be solved if i flash a different variant? If so which variant would you suggest? My firmware is malaysia n9 16gb.

isfr21 | # 5 | 2012-07-19, 07:34 | Report

I have no problem and if it was a common problem then you'd see a lot more action on this thread and it would've been brought up ages ago.

I'm no expert but maybe the dictionary database is corrupt? My guess would be to locate the database and delete it and reboot. Most probably it will recreate the dictionary database and then you should be fine. BUT don't forget to backup!

specc | # 6 | 2012-07-19, 08:05 | Report

This problem have been there from day one, has never been fixed. I guess they "forgot" it when Swype became available.

keshavprasad | # 7 | 2012-07-19, 11:38 | Report

But then how is that some users dont have any such problem? I feel it is dependent on the country variant and also may be the language in which you are typing.

@isfr21 could you plese tell me which country variant is your firmware or the product code and also which language you are using to type?

I will flash with the same firmware which you are using and try my luck. If it solves the issue, then we can be at peace..

thedead1440 | # 8 | 2012-07-19, 12:03 | Report

I've used north europe, Malaysia and MEA firmwares and this issue was common in all the 3 variants...

Nad | # 9 | 2013-01-25, 01:05 | Report

Was not sure if I should bump such an old thread or make a new one about this issue but here goes:

Does anyone know if the N9's custom dictionary is stored in a file anywhere that we could possible backup and use a shell script on boot to restore it (seeing as the custom dictionary is lost on reboot)?

I have tried to add a new word in the dictionary and scan for modified files in the last minute (assuming the new word is written to a file somewhere) using terminal but have had no joy.

The VKB on the N9 is great but the fact that the custom dictionary is lost on reboot and it always suggests ridiculous words ("abducting" when making a typo on "and" for example) really knocks it down. I'm not a fan of swype as I find it too slow.

As such, is there any way to get it like Swype and WP/Android where suggested words appear above the VKB. This occurs when you try to write in Chinese for example - the Hanzi are selectable when you start to type in Pinyin.

Thanks.

Edit: /usr/share/tracker/languages/ has some stopwords.xx file
No idea what its for

/usr/share/xt9/6.2/
This directory seems to contain all the keyboards and languages and it also looks like android uses it. Maybe this is what should be written to but is not?

Have tried to reinstall xt9 meego-imengine-xt9, meego-keyboard, libxt6, lixtst6, xt-9* but still no luck.

$ gconftool -R /meegotouch/inputmethods gives the following:

Code:

 correctionengine = MeegoXt9
 accessoryenabled = false
 /meegotouch/inputmethods/virtualkeyboard:
  correctwithspace = true
  layouts = [en_gb.xml]
  fuzzyselected = false
  chinesetransliteration = off
  correctionenabled = true
  wordpredictionenabled = true
  /meegotouch/inputmethods/virtualkeyboard/layouts:
   default = en_gb.xml
   /meegotouch/inputmethods/virtualkeyboard/layouts/handwriting:
    default = zh_hw_gb.xml
 /meegotouch/inputmethods/multitouch:
  enabled = true
 /meegotouch/inputmethods/correctionengine:
  zh = MeegoSogou
 /meegotouch/inputmethods/onscreen:
  active = [libmeego-keyboard.so,en_gb.xml]
  enabled = [libmeego-keyboard.so,en_gb.xml]
 /meegotouch/inputmethods/hwkeyboard:
  model = nokiarm680
  layout = us
 /meegotouch/inputmethods/plugins:
  hardware = libmeego-keyboard.so
  /meegotouch/inputmethods/plugins/chinese:
   handwritinglightcolorbackground = false
   handwritingSpeed = 500
   handwritingcharset = Hans
   languages = [zh_hw_gb.xml]
   defaultlanguage = zh_hw_gb.xml
   handwritingNextCharPrediction = true

This is with en-gb (English UK) input method enabled. When I changed correctionengine from "MeegoXt9" to "none", auto-correct (obviously) stopped working. As such, I wonder if it is possible to change the auto-correct engine.... possibly to the swype one?

Last edited by Nad; 2013-02-03 at 08:08.

Nad | # 10 | 2013-02-08, 01:16 | Report

Sorry if double posting is not allowed. Wanted to bump this as I am thinking of maybe trying to put the PR 1.1/1.2 Xt9/KB files into 1.3 and giving that a shot to see if it fixes the dictionary. (At worse it'll be brick right?).

Could someone with a working custom dictionary please upload a copy of theirs?

It can be found in /home/user/.meego-im-engines/xt9/6.2/

Not 100% sure of the legality of the following so could someone check the following:

/usr/share/xt9/6.2/

Code:

RM696-21-3_PR_001:/usr/share/xt9/6.2# ls -rlh
total 7536
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       13.0K Aug 10  2011 xt9-vi.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      252.3K Aug 10  2011 xt9-uk.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      427.2K Aug 10  2011 xt9-tr.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       83.3K Aug 10  2011 xt9-tl.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       60.2K Aug 10  2011 xt9-th.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      142.5K Aug 10  2011 xt9-sv.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      241.7K Aug 10  2011 xt9-sk.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      306.6K Aug 10  2011 xt9-ru.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      165.3K Aug 10  2011 xt9-ro.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      384.6K Aug 10  2011 xt9-pt.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      254.0K Aug 10  2011 xt9-pl.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      160.0K Aug 10  2011 xt9-no.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      589.6K Aug 10  2011 xt9-nl.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       87.0K Aug 10  2011 xt9-ms.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      236.9K Aug 10  2011 xt9-lv.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      149.0K Aug 10  2011 xt9-kk.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      249.0K Aug 10  2011 xt9-it.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      123.0K Aug 10  2011 xt9-id.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      297.1K Aug 10  2011 xt9-hu.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      159.2K Aug 10  2011 xt9-he.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      334.5K Aug 10  2011 xt9-fr.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      529.7K Aug 10  2011 xt9-fi.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      158.8K Aug 10  2011 xt9-fa.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      359.1K Aug 10  2011 xt9-et.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      200.7K Aug 10  2011 xt9-es.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      297.1K Aug 10  2011 xt9-en.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      515.6K Aug 10  2011 xt9-de.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      153.5K Aug 10  2011 xt9-da.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      276.4K Aug 10  2011 xt9-cs.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       67.8K Aug 10  2011 xt9-ca.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      185.4K Aug 10  2011 xt9-ar.ldb
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          48 Feb  7  2012 libxt9oem.dat
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root        4.0K May 26  2012 keyboard-layouts

/usr/lib/meego-im-plugins

Code:

RM696-21-3_PR_001:/usr/lib/meego-im-plugins# ls -rlh
total 5920
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        2.6M Mar 26  2012 libswype-keyboard.so
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        1.5M Feb  7  2012 libmeego-keyboard.so
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        1.7M Mar 28  2012 libmeego-handwriting-zh.so

/usr/lib/meego-imengines/drivers/words/

Code:

RM696-21-3_PR_001:/usr/lib/meego-imengines/drivers/words# ls -lrh
total 4372
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root      483.9K Feb  7  2012 libmeegoxt9.so
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        3.8M Feb 23  2012 libmeegosogou.so

/usr/lib/

Code:

RM696-21-3_PR_001:/usr/lib# ls libXt* -lrh
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       18.4K Nov 29  2010 libXtst.so.6.1.0
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root          16 May 26  2012 libXtst.so.6 -> libXtst.so.6.1.0

Alternatively, can the firmware files be extracted so I could have a gander myself?

Thanks.

Last edited by Nad; 2013-02-09 at 00:49.