One of my oldest pieces of hardware is a trusty Nokia SU-8W Bluetooth Keyboard. I have tried to revive it on an Android 1.6 & 2.0 device with not much luck. However I got it working successfully on a Gingerbread (2.3.4) Google Nexus S.
Pre-requisites
- SU-8W Manual (http://nds1.nokia.com/phones/files/guides/Nokia_SU-8W_Wireless_Keyboard_UG_en.pdf)
- BlueKeyboard JP (https://market.android.com/details?id=elbrain.bluekeyboard.ime)
Steps
- Install the BlueKeyboard JP from the Android Market
- Go to Settings > Wireless & Networks > Bluetooth Settings
- Scan for devices and click to pair the Nokia SU-8W
- Enter a passcode (I used the highly inventive 0000 combinaton) on the phone and click ‘OK’
- Enter the same on the SU-8W (need to use green ‘fn’ keys for numbers) and hit enter
- The phone should show the Nokia SU-8W as paired but not connected
- Go to Settings > Language & keyboard > BlueKeyboard JP Settings
- Select the Nokia SU-8W as the keyboard and make any other changes you might need
- Click the ‘Back’ symbol and tick the option box to enable the ‘BlueKeyboard JP’ keyboard
- In any data entry field (i.e. GMail) hold the finger on the input box and click ‘Input method’ and select BlueKeyboard JP
- Wait for the keyboard to connect.
Enjoy !
it did connected indeed, but not working seamlessly – the keyboard layout for the English Qwerty is not working and other layouts don’t match either – pressing the Fn or Alt or Alt+Grp and special chars, don’t display the proper char, but a different one – so it became quickly useless for at least my Xperia Ray with Android 2.3.4
I bought the keyboard for my good old Nokia E71 and was pairing/working seamless – maybe I will sell the keyboard on EBay ;)
@Zaf: it’s not 100% but works fairly reasonably on a Nexus S. there are some combinations that are not there but it’s workable for me. But you are certainly right – it’s not like it used to be with a Nokia. Bluetooth support was very nice on good old Symbian. If only they did not totally loose the plot …… [I still miss Nokia’s hardware and cameras]
Hello,
I have an E71. I want to use it as a bluetooth keyboard to type into my android phone (H7000). Any idea how i can do that? Surely i need some symbian app that would ‘transmit’ the bluetooth keyboard profile.
I am not aware of any app that emulates a bluetooth keyboard from phone to phone. Specially not cross-platform from Symbian to Android. I doubt that there would be much of a need for it. You’d be better off getting a cheap BT keyboard.
Hey,
Thanks for this!
My Galaxy S Advance I9070, Android 2.3.6, is now connected to Nokia SU-8W.
Thanks!
It work fine with android 4.1.2 jelly bean…..you should try it….
I also still have this old piece of hw. It is working even with sony z1c on android 5. But now i am trying to connect it with samsung galaxy S7 with android 7 and no luck. Phone is unable to see keyboard in bluetooth settings. :( That is really strange and kind of sad….
I am taking it back. I just wasn’t able to put keyboard to proper pairing setup, maybe the power button is starting to be bit tired after those years.. So this post is written on SU-8W and Samsung S7. :) Ugh, I forgot that even that the keyboard is really good it require some practise to write on it quickly… But I am faster even while I write this… ;)