Alright so i have been looking for a way to rearrange the buttons the the stock keyboard for the EVO. I am running 2.2 not rooted, but will consider if I am able to rearrange the key. I am always hitting the DAMN . for a space. I have tried swype which isn't a bad keyboard but not for me. Is there a way to rearrange the keys or perhaps get rid of the arrows. Any help is appreciated but trolling however is not...
Thanks in advance
I used to use the Droid X keyboard before Froyo and now run w/ Smart Keyboard paid edition, awesome keyboard IMO, gets rid of the arrows at the bottom, stupid voice button isn't right there next to the space bar anymore, much better keyboard. I think they have a free edition you can check out, otherwise it's like $2.50
There's a version of the stock keyboard w/o the arrows. I can't remember which version it is though. I wanna say mod v27 but I'm not sure. I'll see if I still have it in my computer.
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Droid x keyboard is awesome and free.
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Here ya go. Stock keyboard minus the arrows. Install the keyboard first then the clicker apk. Hope this helps
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Here ya go. Stock keyboard minus the arrows. Install the keyboard first then the clicker apk. Hope this helps
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appreciate this man. i will check it out. how did you get the arrows off as well as is there a way to move the period to the left. i use my right thumb to hit spacebar.
Jewish_DOctor said:
I used to use the Droid X keyboard before Froyo and now run w/ Smart Keyboard paid edition, awesome keyboard IMO, gets rid of the arrows at the bottom, stupid voice button isn't right there next to the space bar anymore, much better keyboard. I think they have a free edition you can check out, otherwise it's like $2.50
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haven't tried the droid x but i will since everyone is saying its pretty good. thanks
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appreciate this man. i will check it out. how did you get the arrows off as well as is there a way to move the period to the left. i use my right thumb to hit spacebar.
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No prob. Just had the app saved to my computer. Not sure how to modify the keyboard. I wouldnt mind being able to move a few things around though.
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Devs/XDA buddies,
I have tried looking with no success(Forgive me if I have overlooked). I am looking for a custom keyboard (like GB's) with swipe but with the English/Spanish button removed and the swipe tutorial removed. With these two buttons removed it would make an awesome space bar. It seems like I am all the time hitting the period or comma in error. I have tried some other keyboards from the market and they are a little odd for me.
Thanks in advance for your help!!
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not really sure but i use better keyboard when i do use my screen as a keyboard bought it a while ago but dont know if it has swipe functions like swype does. have you tried to look in the settings menu to remove these languages? i dont use swype nor do i really like the default layout but i am sure there is a fix for your discomfort. there are other keyboards in the market that offer some sort of swype-like functions!
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not really sure but i use better keyboard when i do use my screen as a keyboard bought it a while ago but dont know if it has swipe functions like swype does. have you tried to look in the settings menu to remove these languages? i dont use swype nor do i really like the default layout but i am sure there is a fix for your discomfort. there are other keyboards in the market that offer some sort of swype-like functions!
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Thanks for your help.. I have went through all the settings.. There is a setting that even ask you what you want for your primary language.. If you chose that option it still has the button enabled. Usually to get to the keyboard settings you can long press the English/Spanish button to get to your lang settings..same with the tutorial button. There is a setting to disable it but it still works. hehe.. But yeah i am still in search for a decent keyboard even if i have to sacrifice swype..
gb keyboard is nice although i dont know if it has a swipe function but yeah, np, check out the market and have fun experimenting! If you're like me i just download all that i think might be the one and definitely delete the ones that prove no purpose or have memory leak bugs or any bugs i prefer not to work around!
Go keyboard has swype and a nice sized spacebar. That might suit your needs.
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Go keyboard has swype and a nice sized spacebar. That might suit your needs.
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Thanks for your advise.. Been trying to use the Go keyboard for a couple days. The interface is lovely. Tried using the swype and its terrible. I am still looking though for a nice new keyboard..
Sent quite a few text messages and emails today and closed both the applications a few times in error as the homepage button is right under the space bar and very sensitive!
I suppose I will get use to it however with time.
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This is what I fear the most when I first heard about the software button. Hopefully my fingers will get used to it.
It's not too different from having a capacitive button right below the screen. Just need to type a little slower I'd say
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTMpctKxY3E&sns=em
He agrees with you.
Type in landscape mode
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_hyperdude said:
It's not too different from having a capacitive button right below the screen. Just need to type a little slower I'd say
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Yeah, I'd say having software buttons and having capacitive buttons are both equally bad for this reason. This is why I prefer real physical buttons.
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Type in landscape mode
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YT guy also agrees with you. Win. Win.
Try a keyboard on which you can set the height of the bottom row. Thumb keyboard for example or smart keyboard. Btw as the developer of thumb keyboard I plan to add an option to add extra space under the bottom row of the keyboard so it floats a bit above the keys.
They just need to make the softbuttons hide when the keyboard is open. Not hide completely but minimize so it would require 2 taps. One to maximize the buttons and one tap to go. Or shuffle them around. Or add a forth softbutton (search?) So the alignment isn't directly below it.
It happens even on my G2x. I think its just growing pains when moving into a larger screen. Going from a Nexus One to a G2x (3.7" to 4") messed up my typing until I got used to it.
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They just need to make the softbuttons hide when the keyboard is open. Not hide completely but minimize so it would require 2 taps. One to maximize the buttons and one tap to go. Or shuffle them around. Or add a forth softbutton (search?) So the alignment isn't directly below it.
It happens even on my G2x. I think its just growing pains when moving into a larger screen. Going from a Nexus One to a G2x (3.7" to 4") messed up my typing until I got used to it.
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I think Google just needs to figure out that having a virtual home button is a really ****ing dumb idea. Apple figured this out with the iPhone 1. Why the **** can't Google get a clue already?
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I think Google just needs to figure out that having a virtual home button is a really ****ing dumb idea. Apple figured this out with the iPhone 1. Why the **** can't Google get a clue already?
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Take a pill and chill on the language.
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Try a keyboard on which you can set the height of the bottom row. Thumb keyboard for example or smart keyboard. Btw as the developer of thumb keyboard I plan to add an option to add extra space under the bottom row of the keyboard so it floats a bit above the keys.
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You're the fellow behind Thumb Keyboard? I love TB Keyboard! I've emailed you a few times about custom auto-corrections. Please implement them soon! It's the only one single thing missing from TB Keyboard.
Edit: And yes, I can vouch. Thumb keyboard is excellent and allows you to adjust the space bar line.
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You're the fellow behind Thumb Keyboard? I love TB Keyboard! I've emailed you a few times about custom auto-corrections. Please implement them soon! It's the only one single thing missing from TB Keyboard.
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I'm working on a update in which I want to include the new spellchecking options offered by Ice cream sandwich. When working on it I also want to look at some options to customize the suggestion model. For now I'm planning to add the new ICS suggestion model as an option. For me it isn't as useful as the current suggestion model used, but I'm sure for others it will fit their typing style better.
Chirality said:
I think Google just needs to figure out that having a virtual home button is a really ****ing dumb idea. Apple figured this out with the iPhone 1. Why the **** can't Google get a clue already?
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Settle it down a little bit man...
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I'm working on a update in which I want to include the new spellchecking options offered by Ice cream sandwich. When working on it I also want to look at some options to customize the suggestion model. For now I'm planning to add the new ICS suggestion model as an option. For me it isn't as useful as the current suggestion model used, but I'm sure for others it will fit their typing style better.
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That sounds terrific.
Will custom auto corrections be in an update after that? I think since everyone types a little differently and thus makes their own mistakes, custom auto corrections will go a long way in helping everyone's typing. For example, I know I constantly hit "km" instead of "I'm". It'd be great if I could set up a custom correction where every single "km" typed will correct to "I'm."
landscape ftw tbh
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I think Google just needs to figure out that having a virtual home button is a really ****ing dumb idea. Apple figured this out with the iPhone 1. Why the **** can't Google get a clue already?
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Virtual buttons are awesome. They just need tweaks. Perhaps just reordered. Or perhaps make the icons further down on the screen and make the hit area smaller while the keyboard is up. There are lots of solutions.
Just needs tweaked.
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player911 said:
Virtual buttons are awesome. They just need tweaks. Perhaps just reordered. Or perhaps make the icons further down on the screen and make the hit area smaller while the keyboard is up. There are lots of solutions.
Just needs tweaked.
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What's good about virtual buttons?
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What's good about virtual buttons?
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They are virtual? (I had to guys.)
For starters? No physical buttons = bigger screens for the same real estate since you don't have to have the space for actual physical buttons and as an added bonus less complexity and chance of something physical breaking or going wrong in the device since it's all screen. You could argue that costs come down do to less hardware and time to actually make a device that's all screen. I'd also say if you wanted to add something down the line with the virtual buttons it's easy: software tweak.
You can do a lot more with software than you can with hardware.
Hello everyone,
I absolutely cannot STAND the stock ICS MMS.apk anymore with that stupid smiley on the bottom right corner where the newline or return key used to be on 2.3.
Example:
http://i.imgur.com/UekTk.jpg
I can't be the only one absolutely fed up with this. Does anyone know of any good replacement MMS APKs? Bonus points if you can integrate it into the Black MMS APK I'm using right now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1490910
I'm running AOKP Milestone 5 btw which is a build of ICS 4.0.4.
advocat3 said:
Hello everyone,
I absolutely cannot STAND the stock ICS MMS.apk anymore with that stupid smiley on the bottom right corner where the newline or return key used to be on 2.3.
Example:
http://i.imgur.com/UekTk.jpg
I can't be the only one absolutely fed up with this. Does anyone know of any good replacement MMS APKs? Bonus points if you can integrate it into the Black MMS APK I'm using right now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1490910
I'm running AOKP Milestone 5 btw which is a build of ICS 4.0.4.
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you can try using a different keyboard from the market...tons of those. i use thumb keyboard, has themes and very customizable.
jase33 said:
you can try using a different keyboard from the market...tons of those.
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This actually didn't cross my mind sadly as I'm so used to getting everything from XDA or google and not the store!
I'm wondering if there's any lightweight keyboards that look / feel like ICS then? Because a reskin won't be enough, the actual button itself would need to have its icon and mapping changed.
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This actually didn't cross my mind sadly as I'm so used to getting everything from XDA or google and not the store!
I'm wondering if there's any lightweight keyboards that look / feel like ICS then? Because a reskin won't be enough, the actual button itself would need to have its icon and mapping changed.
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with thumb keyboard i have a custom layout similar to stock but works better for me. it also allows you to bind functions to keys so that what you use most is right there. or look and see what else is available in the market... play... google store... place... thing
jase33 said:
with thumb keyboard i have a custom layout similar to stock but works better for me. it also allows you to bind functions to keys so that what you use most is right there. or look and see what else is available in the market... play... google store... place... thing
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Got it, thanks! I guess if anyone else has any recommendations for a keyboard they like to use then I'm all ears! I'll take a look at a couple when I'm on my lunch break.
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Got it, thanks! I guess if anyone else has any recommendations for a keyboard they like to use then I'm all ears! I'll take a look at a couple when I'm on my lunch break.
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I've been a huge fan of the swiftkey 3 beta (link). Love the layout and the prediction engine. I'm using it with the holo theme which gels nicely with the ics feel. In this particular case, using the stock mms app has the return key in that corner, with smileys as the long press behavior for it.
That said it is a free beta that will eventually expire and the paid version is $3, I believe.
JoeSyr said:
I've been a huge fan of the swiftkey 3 beta (link). Love the layout and the prediction engine. I'm using it with the holo theme which gels nicely with the ics feel. In this particular case, using the stock mms app has the return key in that corner, with smileys as the long press behavior for it.
That said it is a free beta that will eventually expire and the paid version is $3, I believe.
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Just installed it, seems like a really cool app. If I long press the smiley in the bottom right corner I can get to the newline button but do you know how to make it the default action? I never use those stupid smiley faces.
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Just installed it, seems like a really cool app. If I long press the smiley in the bottom right corner I can get to the newline button but do you know how to make it the default action? I never use those stupid smiley faces.
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try replacing your mms.apk with this one. it is blacked out stock ICS and has replaced the smiley with newline button. just use root explorer and rename yours as mms.apk.bak and copy this one to system/app and set permissions and reboot. may be just what you were looking for.
Keypurr is the best and fastest keyboard in my opinion. You should definitely give it a try
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advocat3 said:
Hello everyone,
I absolutely cannot STAND the stock ICS MMS.apk anymore with that stupid smiley on the bottom right corner where the newline or return key used to be on 2.3.
Example:
http://i.imgur.com/UekTk.jpg
I can't be the only one absolutely fed up with this. Does anyone know of any good replacement MMS APKs? Bonus points if you can integrate it into the Black MMS APK I'm using right now:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1490910
I'm running AOKP Milestone 5 btw which is a build of ICS 4.0.4.
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I absolutely can't stand that there is no new line button in SMS and MMS. How do you banish such an integral part of writing? Lol
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I was wondering, what are your guys favorite keyboards?
I really like the Sense keyboard, but the arrows are quite annoying, so the best for me would be the stock ICS keyboard, as it is pretty simple and very responsive and snappy.
I don't use any of that auto-correct crap either, what other keyboards can you guys suggest me? I've tried SmartKeyboard but I didn't really like the look of all their themes.
SwiftKey 3, nothing else gets even close to it.
Install that and forget about the others, believe me
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SwiftKey 3, nothing else gets even close to it.
Install that and forget about the others, believe me
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Like I said, I don't use auto-correction, and I didn't find a way to disable it on SwiftKey at all.
Ok, thanks SwiftKey isn't the right for you because it's all about auto correct and word predictions.
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I like the stock one and prefer to use it but if I had to change keyboards ( happened for some reason before ) I generally use Go Keyboard
Smart keyboard pro is quite good imo
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nimrodity said:
SwiftKey 3, nothing else gets even close to it.
Install that and forget about the others, believe me
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True that!
Swiftkey 3 is the best keyboard I've used so far. Damn thing somehow gets inside your mind and ends up typing whole sentences for you :good:
Swype, unfiortunately its not awailable in the play store, but yiou can get it from here
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Like I said, I don't use auto-correction, and I didn't find a way to disable it on SwiftKey at all.
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Sorry for the old thread bump. Auto correct can be disabled (on the current version 3 i think) by going to advanced and selecting what space does. Change it to "always inserts space".
Also you can change your user profile to precision.
I use sense keyboard, and swiftkey 3. They are the best...for my fingers
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I used swiftkey,now i am using go keyboard.
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I used to use swype, got bored and came back to SwiftKey keyboard
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If you are Running a deodexed ROM, you can use this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1612558
I installed it recently (on InsertCoin 9.6.2) and it works wonderfully!
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would you please help me find Arabic Sense Keyboard the official one (deodexed) that works with ARHD??
thanks in advance...
I use Swiftkey but it's a PITA that it doesn't allow you to set the height of the keyboard by numerical or slider values as I use a custom DPI.
A.I. Keyboard has a great implementation of this, you can slide the keyboard to any height you want.
I think at the moment though Swiftkey still beats it in auto correction accuracy, but I keep my eye on it each update.
I used almost every keyboard, but honestly I still think the stock Android keyboard is the best (Especially when I ran on Jelly Bean), and I hate the Sense keyboard, I don't know why.
go keyboard ! only beacuse the great themes
In Go Keyboard, is there a way to completely disable auto correct and hide the suggestions and language selection bar over the keyboard?
I love the themes for Go Keyboard but I also like my keyboard to be compact and since I don't use auto correct, I don't like to have any thing over my keyboard.
Last time I tried it, there was no way to remove that bar from the top of the keyboard. Is it there now?
Stock Jellybean Keyboard is my favorite, it's really fast.
Hey! If you like the Sense keyboard but without the arrows theres a theme you can install on top (HTC_IME) and you can choose your own colours too!
Right now im using bai du keyboard which actually is quite good theres a small row on top with numbers and you can do the swipe up and down for the alternative characters.
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Please check this screenshot and notice this little text next to the letter "a"! Its making my a key not allign properly, and it NEVER goes away.. its really hard to see but i think it says "6LX". Please help me,wth is this and how do i get rid of it?
P.s. im using android revolution sense rom. Latest build. Also,im not interested in "just changing keyboard" as i like HTC keyboard and im used to it.
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It says XT9. It is telling you your keyboard is in T9 predictive text mode
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That is no bug...
That is supposed to be that way and it does not miss-align the keyboard.
That is the exactly as it is on EVERY HTC phone and it should be that way...
If you look at your PC's keyboard you'll see that the a is slightly offset relative to the q...
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It says XT9. It is telling you your keyboard is in T9 predictive text mode
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i see, thanks for the info, any way to turn that thing off? I was in keyboard settings, nothing about t9 found :/
You would have to turn off all references to prediction in the keyboard settings. Or just install another keyboard from the play store
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eh,did it all and it was still there -.-
i love this keyboard but looks like ill have to install google keyboard
ty for help
loop4444 said:
eh,did it all and it was still there -.-
i love this keyboard but looks like ill have to install google keyboard
ty for help
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I'd download either:
SwiftKey - Best for rapid typing with great auto correct
Swype Keyboard - Great for those who enjoy using the swype/flow features in Android (not having to lift finger off to type)
Kii Keyboard (Has multipurpose keys and has a number pad which I liked) above the keyboard [BEST FOR TABLETS]
They are my 3 favorite, in that order.
Bro chill... My keyboard does to... It says ViperX+ cuz that's the Rom I'm running but its nothing
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