


If Opera recognizes and officially supports your phone it should deliver a modified version of Opera Mini that has code telling your phone to remove the keypad. By using an official version of Mini customized for your phone to remove the virtual keypad. If your phone doesn’t have a menu option to remove the keypad continue reading to see if Opera Mini has a fix for your phone. Now launch Opera Mini and the virtual keypad should be gone On the next screen tap the check mark next to Opera Mini (image below, right) to remove it and then tap the Save button.In the Options menu (image below, center) look for and tap a button labeled “ Use virtual keypad“.On the Wave it’s the middle button with the three dots in the left hand screenshot below. Look for and tap a button named “ Options“, “ Menu” or something similar or has an icon that looks like a menu, stack of papers or three dots.On my Samsung Wave it’s called “ Games and more“. Open the folder or menu where you launch Opera Mini.I’ve only seen it on Samsungs but it may be an option on other brands as well. Some phones have a menu option for getting rid of the keypad. There are several ways to get rid of the virtual keypad so your Opera Mini looks like the right hand image above. It’s something your phone adds because it doesn’t recognize that Opera Mini is optimized for touch. The keypad wastes space, looks ugly and isn’t needed with touch aware apps like Opera Mini. When the Java ME version of the Opera Mini Browser is running on many touch screen phones, an unnecessary virtual keypad appears at the bottom of the screen (image above left).
