How-to: Bring auto-complete back to your HTC Touch Pro2

In-line auto-completion can be a godsend when you’re tapping out a long-winded email. Unfortunately for all you HTC Touch Pro2 owners, HTC decided to disable the feature in favor of you using the trick slide-and-tilt QWERTY keyboard. Auto-completion is still available through the Touch Pro2’s Windows Mobile Professional OS, but it takes a little fiddling to get it back up and running. According to XDA user k99w, all it takes is a couple registry changes to re-enable auto-completion.

First off, be aware that editing your Windows Mobile registry can potentially leave you with an expensive paperweight. That’s the worst-case scenario. Second, always make sure to backup your data – you never know what could happen. Third, you do this at your own risk.

Here’s how:

1. You’ll need a Windows Mobile registry editor. PHM Registry Editor is a good editor – especially since it’s free.
2. Search your registry for “HKLM\Software\Tegic\eT9\XT9SupportMSSi” and make sure it has a value of 0
3. Search for “HKLM\system\currentcontrolset\control\layouts\e0010409″ and change:

• Ime File: \windows\et9ime.dll to Ime File: \windows\compime.dll
• Layout Text : ET9 IME to Layout Text : COMP IME

4. Reboot your phone.
5. Enjoy auto-completion!

For more Pro2 customization tips, check this out.

[Via: WMExperts]