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Replacement keyboard

Can anyone recommend a great replacement keyboard from the stock samsung keyboard.. i dont use Swype at all.. My main issue with the keys is that its too tightly put together and making LOTS of typos.. been using the phone for close to 2 months already.

EarlZ said:
Can anyone recommend a great replacement keyboard from the stock samsung keyboard.. i dont use Swype at all.. My main issue with the keys is that its too tightly put together and making LOTS of typos.. been using the phone for close to 2 months already.
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Try Smart Keyboard: http://www.appbrain.com/app/smart-keyboard-lite/net.cdeguet.smartkeyboard

[email protected] said:
Try Smart Keyboard: http://www.appbrain.com/app/smart-keyboard-lite/net.cdeguet.smartkeyboard
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Why didn't I try this before! Works great, much better then Samsungs! Thanks man

Try searching the forum for HTC IME mod, imo its the best android keyboard available, made even better by jonas
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Even I am looking for a replacement keyboard. The issue with Swype is that the keys are small leading to lots of errors and since my native language is not supported I can't swype all the words.
Samsung is good as far as keys are concerned but only issue with it is that if you have to input numbers or some symbol you have to go to a different screen whereas on other keyboards you can long press a certain key and the corrosponding no or symbol is displayed.
If samsung had that option it would have been great.
I have downloaded smart keyboard and it does look good. Lets try it for sometime and see how it goes.

Tried smart keyboard for a few days and i dont really see any improvements... the "." is just placed to close on the space key

The HTC mod keyboard does not work after an upgrade to froyo. Any way of making that work?
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Do you need the Droid X Multitouch Keyboard? Will make a TUT.. ;D

Borky_16 said:
Do you need the Droid X Multitouch Keyboard? Will make a TUT.. ;D
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Ill give it a try if you can make an app/automated installer for it

Any keyboard out there with the same layout / distancing as the Iphone keyboard but retains the stock SGS or andriod look... I find texting on an ip3Gs / ip4 about 2x better compared to my SGS.

Swiftkey is the best keyboard I have found by far

Swiftkey looks nice, but it has very limited set of keyboard layouts.
For example, it is very funny that is supports Swedish language prediction, but not the Swedish keyboard layout.
Not very speedy to input Swedish words, when you are missing å, ä and ö keys

I always keep going back to the black droidx keyboard.. love how the keys are alittle bigger
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existz said:
I always keep going back to the black droidx keyboard.. love how the keys are alittle bigger
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Could you link us to that ?

HTC IME MOD Keyboard
Hi All,
I am using HTC IME Mod ported from HTC bu some XDA developers (not by me) and works great on SGS Froyo.
Just install both .apk files using file manager and then select the HTC Keyboard from the Locale and text...thats it...

Hey Guys opened a thread months ago.. D All Keyboards and so there
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8722365#post8722365

Check out 8pen if you have froyo.
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Starting to stick to Droid x keypad as well.. Easy for quick typing

All of the keyboards around basically have the same spacing in them.. the distance on the iphone keyboard seems to be perfect.. for about 5 months with the samsung keyboard i still get a lot of typos

I actually use Smart Keyboard Pro and find it great.

Htc sense like keyboard for CM7 (Q)

I have seached every where to find a keyboard like the sense one that comes stock for evo to run on CM7. I have found the htc_ime kitchen which is pretty close but they dont have the arrow buttons to move the cursor.
Anyone have any idea where i can get a keyboard with arrow buttons to move the cursor for CM7?

The arrows are Sense only, I think. Some of the 3rd party keyboards may have the arrows, though.
However, I use the HTC_IME keyboard in CM7/MIUI with no issues. You can set the volume rocker keys to move the cursor back and forth.

serdna75 said:
The arrows are Sense only, I think. Some of the 3rd party keyboards may have the arrows, though.
However, I use the HTC_IME keyboard in CM7/MIUI with no issues. You can set the volume rocker keys to move the cursor back and forth.
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I will dig this, because there's no still any IME mod with cursor keys, and I believe it can be done, we just need gingerbread base for this one, not the foryo's, and maybe more, I don't know, but it should be possible. There are much more ppl who will use it.
By the way, "swipe" actions allow to move a word back and forth. It's not the same, but may ease your life.

SwiftKey X has Cursor arrows

Edit: nvermind lost
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HipKat said:
SwiftKey X has Cursor arrows
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I know, but it's worse than IME. That;s why I look for IME with arrows

HipKat said:
SwiftKey X has Cursor arrows
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I was going to say that but try Swiftkey beta 3.its pretty awesomer and i think u can add the arrows as a add-on

AwesomeEvo said:
I was going to say that but try Swiftkey beta 3.its pretty awesomer and i think u can add the arrows as a add-on
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Again, Swiftkey X is worse. I see no other Swiftkeys in the market. By the way, Swiftkey is not free. Sense is... I had it on my phone as a factory default, so not discussing the licensing too deeply, it's like it would be free ;>. I just would like HTC DHD IME ported to CM7, or something very, very similar in the layout and features.

krzych said:
Again, Swiftkey X is worse. I see no other Swiftkeys in the market. By the way, Swiftkey is not free. Sense is... I had it on my phone as a factory default, so not discussing the licensing too deeply, it's like it would be free ;>. I just would like HTC DHD IME ported to CM7, or something very, very similar in the layout and features.
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Just out of curiosity, what don't you like about swiftkey? I've tried out just about every keyboard there is over the last few years and I keep coming back to swiftkey x. The customizations, themes and predictions are top notch imo.

Dannyman23 said:
Just out of curiosity, what don't you like about swiftkey? I've tried out just about every keyboard there is over the last few years and I keep coming back to swiftkey x. The customizations, themes and predictions are top notch imo.
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Layout is worse. Some functions are not present (don't remember which ones, tested quite a few weeks ago). It's not free, it's a trial only which will stop working at some point leaving a user which used to it with a choice of paying or getting used to another - not worth of the time if you won't like it, if you will, then it's just a luck. It would be much better to make featureless free version than time limited trial (called "free" in the market by the way - not very polite to lie...)

krzych said:
Layout is worse. Some functions are not present (don't remember which ones, tested quite a few weeks ago). It's not free, it's a trial only which will stop working at some point leaving a user which used to it with a choice of paying or getting used to another - not worth of the time if you won't like it, if you will, then it's just a luck. It would be much better to make featureless free version than time limited trial (called "free" in the market by the way - not very polite to lie...)
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To each their own, I suppose. I find that the location of the comma and period on the main screen (without having to long press or go to a page 2) makes this one of the best layouts out there.
happy hunting!

Dannyman23 said:
To each their own, I suppose. I find that the location of the comma and period on the main screen (without having to long press or go to a page 2) makes this one of the best layouts out there.
happy hunting!
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Yep, I maybe just used to it too much, but it's too late now ;P. Thanks, but I do not know honestly I will stay with CM, so maybe I will just switch back to Sense... CM is buggy .

krzych said:
Yep, I maybe just used to it too much, but it's too late now ;P. Thanks, but I do not know honestly I will stay with CM, so maybe I will just switch back to Sense... CM is buggy .
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If you are looking for another option outside of sense, I've been running Decks reloaded for a few weeks now and it is awesome. I've had trouble with CM being buggy in the past, and I get bored on sense roms but this sucker is slick and FAST. I've been flashing roms on this baby for nearly 2 years now and this is by far the fastest and most stable rom I have ever run:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661605
Of course, this doesn't help your keyboard issue

Dannyman23 said:
If you are looking for another option outside of sense, I've been running Decks reloaded for a few weeks now and it is awesome. I've had trouble with CM being buggy in the past, and I get bored on sense roms but this sucker is slick and FAST. I've been flashing roms on this baby for nearly 2 years now and this is by far the fastest and most stable rom I have ever run:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661605
Of course, this doesn't help your keyboard issue
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Heheh, thanks, but it seems it doesn't help at all - I have HTC Desire HD, and there's nothing about Decks working on my phone

Best keyboard app for SGSII?

Hey,
Whats the Best keyboard app for SGSII?
What do you guys use for faster typing?
Thanks.

Latest Swype, it's amazing.
Trying the TouchPal V5.1 now, it's amazing too so far, lets see with which one I fix at last.
There were already some threads regarding this too.

Smart Keyboard pro!
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SwiftKey X
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+ 1 swiftkey looks the best imo too

ithehappy said:
Trying the TouchPal V5.1 now, it's amazing too so far, lets see with which one I fix at last.
There were already some threads regarding this too.
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5.1? Where did you find it please? It's not on market and maybe I've missed some twit from cootek. It's my main keyboard for month!

I prefer the standard Gingerbread keyboard. You can download it from the Android Market. Once you use it for a good period of time, you get used to it.

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5.1? Where did you find it please? It's not on market and maybe I've missed some twit from cootek. It's my main keyboard for month!
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Best of luck,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261750

SwiftKey X is excellent! Definitely worth the money. Go and download the one month trial.

ive tried a lot of them but keep going back to the htc mod someone made for it. Still the best one in my opinion

Swype
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I would be interested in new keyboard .. but I don't want any prediction. I want nice layout portrait and landscape, perfect reaction time. Customizable layout would be sweet, as so far, nothing really fits my needs.
Edit: looks like Smart Keyboard is going to cut it for me ! Lots of customization .. and some neat Czech options ..

Swiftkey X. My typing is TERRIBLE but it has fantastic auto-correction, so now I never have to worry about typos.

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Swiftkey X. My typing is TERRIBLE but it has fantastic auto-correction, so now I never have to worry about typos.
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+1 for SwiftKey X
and also this is what I like about this keyboard:
- great prediction and auto completion,
- simultaneous use of different languages so don't have to remember to change language like in swype
- It can even predict little town names (at least in UK) and start them with capital letters.
- when you want to come back to previous words, you can still use dictionary, it doesn't treat them as a bunch of single letters but as a word.
It was my best buy from the market.

michal_alton said:
- simultaneous use of different languages so don't have to remember to change language like in swype
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Well... That's very nice. I'll have to give that keyboard a try.
Edit: Predictions are excellent, I've got to say. Very nice keyboard.
And having two languages at the same time is killer

I'm using Swype. Couldn't stand Swiftkey because it kept predicting the wrong words for me.
That said, I do love the latest Swype with prediction.

Swiftkey
Its by far the best, and gets better the longer you use it.

Smart keyboard pro... most accurate...
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mr.sev said:
I'm using Swype. Couldn't stand Swiftkey because it kept predicting the wrong words for me.
That said, I do love the latest Swype with prediction.
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The latest beta 3.26 is the best one yet. Get's my vote by far, and I've bought other keyboards. Excellent multi-language support and editable dictionary, gestures, etc. It's getting to be amazing.

nothing beats gingerbread keybard or latest swype is good

[APP] SwiftKey Flow BETA APK

Finally here! Swifykey Flow - swype style typing with much better prediction, more function, beauty and intuition.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jy192v5qrj7hqfg/com.touchtype.swiftkey.phone.flow.obeta_4.0.0.54.apk
Enjoy!

I love the fact that you can swype entire sentences now.. you just have to swype down to the space bar in order to go to the next word. VERY cool. The only gripe I have at the moment is the animation for typing single letters at a time. It doesn't really show the entire pop up animation, and when it does it's a little quirky. The whole point of flow is the gestures, so not really a big deal!

Yeah, it's got a few quirks. I also found it will only allow tap typing in certain fields. So far I'm loving it.

I try everything passible and can't get to pass downloading linguage (english US). Any idea?
Edit: never mind.. i uninstall and reinstall app and everything is good..

Seems pretty good so far. I've been using Swype for years, as long as I've had Android phones. Recently tried Swiftkey because I was curious about the next-word prediction, but I couldn't NOT be able to swype. So this is the best of both worlds.
Just waiting for them to enable it in all fields (hopefully) and also hope they improve the editing of predicted words (click anywhere in a word to get other options, more than 2 alternatives would be nice as well).

Been waiting for this for a while now. Using it to type this right now! I love swype and SwiftKey and I'm hoping this is the best of both worlds. It's definitely not prefect yet, they need to work out how to edit the predictions instead just predicting the next right away. But I guess that's kind of the best part of SwiftKey so they need to figure that out!
Thanks alot fit for posting this though!
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Anyone have issues with voice recognition not working?

I'm in love with this keyboard. Thanks for sharing!! ^_^

SwiftKey Flow Beta Update
Hey all. I saw that SwiftKey Flow Beta got an update. Any chance anyone can post the APK? thanks!

DigiDave said:
Hey all. I saw that SwiftKey Flow Beta got an update. Any chance anyone can post the APK? thanks!
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Right here in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2032449

thanks for that link david, good to see a fellow canadian giving a helping hand

Lg g3 Keyboard just unusable

Is it just me or does everyone else agree that the stock keyboard is unusable. Simple texts or emails take 5 times longer then just using the android keyboard. Its horrible. Horrible prediction and does actions I never even ask it to do. Haven't even got to the lag!!! I know there is a mod to fix the lag but I don't think it does much. Anyone else dealing with this?? Anything I can do?

I can't say I agree. The keyboard on the LG G3 has to be one of the best I have ever used. Very close to the one on the iPhone in terms of responsivenss, pretty much no lag and the predictions are quite good.
Have you tried the advanced settings for the keyboard?

The only issue I have with it is not inserting spaces as I'm swiping.

Tbh i love it. Its really great.
What lag are you talking about thats because of the LG keyboard?

For me the keyboard is very fast and the prediction is perfect. It looks good aswell and is very customizable.

It's just you the stock key board is one of the first I have not had or wanted to change soon at I turned the phone on

First stock keyboard that hasn't made me switch to swiftkey... Yet anyway

Glad I noticed this post. I had automatically installed swiftkey and turned it off for a while to see if I liked the LG keyboard. It seams very responsive and easy to use. I love the way you can increase the size of the keyboard.

Yeah the keyboard is pretty bad.
I used it for 1 month straight and was too tired of its errors. I didn't see any lag with it but things like swiping to "is" and getting "it's" drove me nuts and wasted a ton of time correcting. Far too many of these types of errors.
Back to Swype and it works perfect as always.

I like it at first but now reverted back to the Google Keyboard. I find the predictive not that good, say you wanted totype "Ship" it would automatically correct it to "Shop". Any word typed that is not in the dictionary it replaces with one that is, its trying to be too clever.
But the biggest problem is I get this bug where I can only type numbers.
There are good things about this keyboard, numbers shown on top row and excellent spacing of keys.

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The only issue I have with it is not inserting spaces as I'm swiping.
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I'm having this same problem. There has got to be a fix for it, I've tried everything I can think of.

Ok, so switch to another keyboard. Seriously, these types of threads are out of control here. Are we getting all the rejects from the rest of XDA? Are all the smart folks buying other phones? What is going on here.

That was a little harsh. Last I checked this was a discussion board.

bigkevbosky said:
Ok, so switch to another keyboard. Seriously, these types of threads are out of control here. Are we getting all the rejects from the rest of XDA? Are all the smart folks buying other phones? What is going on here.
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You know, you can easily ignore threads with titles that don't interest you instead of complaining... This is a thread about a feature on the phone that this forum is for - it is perfectly on topic.

I agree with the OP its one of the worst I've used because of how tiny the buttons are, I just switched to stock Google and am typing much faster because of it.

Just use Swiftkey, it's free !
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey&hl=fr

xlxcrossing said:
I agree with the OP its one of the worst I've used because of how tiny the buttons are, I just switched to stock Google and am typing much faster because of it.
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You k ow You can change the size of the keyboard right

CheesyNutz said:
You k ow You can change the size of the keyboard right
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No i didnt although opening it again after reading your post and i have noticed that the keyboard updated to a more modern ios type look which is nicer than the bubbly one it shipped with.

Install the Google keyboard, it's fantastic.

Well, kinda agree on this...i stopped using it too, try the google L keyboard... I found it easier to type and use as well. Is available on xda, just search for L keyboard... Comes as apk, can be aplied on non rooted device
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