I did some web research and finally came to a conclusion that I can make use of some DLL files that I believe originated from Microsoft. Packaged them with proper registry settings, I can now finally type both Chinese and English text using my qwerty keyboard. The only issue is the symbol input button has become invalid, at least for now, but that’s not a big deal for me.

with a click of a button, the qwerty input is changed to Chinese mode.

also it comes with an interesting pin yin SIP, but I prefer using my qwerty keyboard.

For folks whose phones do not come with physical qwerty keyboard, you don’t need this since you can easily install those SIP software made available by the likes of PlumSIP, ZTA4, etc.

The above is tested well on i780, you are welcome to test on your non-i780 but qwerty phone. Do let me know if this can be installed/used properly on your qwerty phone.

You can download the CAB file from here

Update on 4th July: Found some problem the moment my i780 changes the resolution from 128dpi to 96dpi. Had managed to fix that, so if you encountered some error while trying to activate the PinYin SIP, you can try re-applying the latest fix from here

2nd Update on 4th July: For folks who don’t really need SIP (who needs SIP with a qwerty keyboard? ), I have re-packaged a separate CAB to take away the SIP portion. You can download this PinYin “Lite” version from here

 Wrote in to Motorola customer service department before, and as expected, I was given excuses like “We do not support third party software” or “None of our Q9h comes with chinese IME”, etc.

Hello? You mean Motorola is not interested at all in the North Asia Market? Plus, I was told that in Hong Kong, they do sell Q9h that supports chinese input. So the official reply, like all other official replies I get elsewhere, is just crap.

Recently, I “come across” a Q9h, which evidently dismiss the claim by Motorola that there isn’t a Q9h that supports chinese IME out of the box. Let’s just say I am 100% sure that the Q9h that I come across, is 100% stock and has no additional software installed.

Incidentally, the software is developed by GuoBi (国笔科技有限公司), the same company that partners with various phone manufacturers in the world for chinese input function, and the same software can be found in Q9h predecessor, Q8.

Here are some of the screenshots taken off from the “exhibit” itself. Don’t ask me for the software, because it’s “cooked” as part of the Q9h ROM.