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

By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 at 6:09 PM

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]

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  • Alex G

    Does this enable auto complete on the slide out keyboard or just on the touch screen one?

  • Jke

    Ok so all I really want this hack for is to spell check, like add apostrophes in words like dont and wont and stuff. So i did the hack and went into the settings and disabled the autocomplete there, but left spell corrections enabled. On my omnia this technique worked, but now on my TP2 it still autocompletes and auto corrects. Is there any way to just enable the spell correction?

  • MGK

    Thanks a lot!!! I was looking for this feature… downloaded different types of keyboards thinking they might reactivate this feature…. i kept regretting the fact i dumped my old windows phone 6.0… but finally bec of u i m now happy as this feature is now working on my wm6.5…. thanks!!!
    there is one problem the auto correction has been deactivated… well its ok with me but if both were there it would make things wonderful!!