The patch hide the soft input by default. diff -ru connectbot.orig/AndroidManifest.xml connectbot/AndroidManifest.xml --- connectbot.orig/AndroidManifest.xml 2011-01-07 16:10:40.000000000 +0100 +++ connectbot/AndroidManifest.xml 2010-12-22 12:06:08.000000000 +0100 @@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ android:description="@string/service_desc" />