Keyboard Issues on G-NEX - Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Hey guys -
I'm absolutely in love with my Galaxy Nexus. The one and only issue I am having with it is that my stock keyboard is sometimes unresponsive. I will literally be typing in the text box and nothing will come up in the text area. I usually have press back and restart the keyboard.
I have tried clearing data and it works for a bit but stops working again shortly after. Is my device defective? What else should I try?
Thanks in advance.
- Mike

I just read that turning off spelling correction helps.
Settings > Language > spelling correction.
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I used the stock keyboard for one day just to try it out. I ended up going back to SwiftKey X. Its an amazing keyboard option. If you can't find a solution to your problem or if you want to just try something else out I HIGHLY recommend it..
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Hmm... interesting, guys. I actually already have Swiftkey X but I haven't tried it out on this phone yet. Will definitely do.
Do you guys think it's a software related issue?
Thanks for the swift (no pun intended) replies!

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Galaxy nexus keyboard

Hey guys, my galaxy nexus seems to have a small technical issue. Whenever I use the keyboard and press the home soft key, the keyboard remains on the screen for a couple of seconds.
I am running the AOKP Milestone 3 from with the apex kernel (happened with other kernels as well)
I have a screenshot but it refuses to let me upload, but if anyone wants to know what it looks like please let me know.
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They all do this. Only thing to do is just deal with it unfortunately.
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well thats sucks. Thanks for replying, but if anybody else has any other information it is greatly appreciated
Its about 0.5 seconds before it retracts. Someone posted a video already. Didnt bother me at all though its so brief...
Unfortunately it's just how it is. I definitely share your frustration though, I usually lower the keyboard prior to closing whatever app is using it to avoid this. It's not just stock keyboard either, Swype does it as well.
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Its really annoying. Although it is nothing that makes me angry, its just a bother...
It stays up just a touch longer than the closing of the app using it. I'd say < .5 seconds. If its up any longer then that's not normal.

Best Keyboards for S3?

I'm not really feeling the stock Samsung keyboard and I've been searching for a successful port of the HTC/Sense keyboard for the S3 with no luck.
It seems as if I'll have to find a comparable or better replacement. Any suggestions?
(BTW, my phone is rooted so there are no issues with flashing anything.)
Try SwiftKey 3! That's epic keyboard with best word reach speed.
It's radicolous in GPlay and probably best keyboard with international support.
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^yuuuuup one of the first things I did was install SwiftKey 3 and change it to its holo them, of course! Like it says the more you use it the better it gets
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iforgot618 said:
^yuuuuup one of the first things I did was install SwiftKey 3 and change it to its holo them, of course! Like it says the more you use it the better it gets
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+1 here too...
Another +1 for SwiftKey3. I switched over to it about six months ago and haven't even thought about looking for another one.
Tried a bunch, keep coming back to swiftkey
I downloaded original stock ICS keyboard works the best no problems
There's something wrong with swiftkey 3 for me.
I could start typing a sentence and it would end up looking like this : The quick brown fox jumped over the fefefefefefefefefefefefefefefefefefefefefefe.
And once I'm in that lock, pressing backspace will just add more. Doesn't happen often but it's annoying.
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There's something wrong with swiftkey 3 for me.
I could start typing a sentence and it would end up looking like this : The quick brown fox jumped over the fefefefefefefefefefefefefefefefefefefefefefe.
And once I'm in that lock, pressing backspace will just add more. Doesn't happen often but it's annoying.
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Happens to me too contacted swiftkey via Twitter no reply
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Quick SwiftKey tip go into advanced settings and lower the time needed for long hold to around 200 milliseconds... Much better. Kinda like a 2 stage button
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I prefer Swype
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I used to be a Swiftkey fan until I tried Perfect Keyboard.
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I personally use the Gingerbread keyboard. I find it to be very accuate and the autocorrect is spot on for me.
+1 Swype
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Swype beta
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This happens to me too! Very aggravating, I have to switch input types and that sometimes alleviates the problem.
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Jelly bean jelly bean keyboard is my favorite...
SwiftKey is the choice for me, using it for a few months and I really can't see myself using anther, I can type super sloppy and still write perfectly.
I can sometimes type without even looking, for short texts or things like that
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ScruffyDuffles said:
I'm not really feeling the stock Samsung keyboard and I've been searching for a successful port of the HTC/Sense keyboard for the S3 with no luck.
It seems as if I'll have to find a comparable or better replacement. Any suggestions?
(BTW, my phone is rooted so there are no issues with flashing anything.)
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i use smart keyboard for my sgh t999
+1 on SwiftKey

Thumb keyboard problems.

I love this keyboard because of the auto correct feature and the amount of options you can choose. For some reason while I'm typing sometimes it will do double letters and it's at random. Sometimes it will look like this "HHey what aree you doing?" Am I the only one with this issue. Using it on my completely stock AT&T galaxy s3.
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I haven't experienced that issue but it will ocasionally say I hit a letter than I didnt
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It's my favourite keyboard, I use it every day in the past 10 months or so, didn't have this problem either. (Used it on atrix, vivid and hox). Maybe the screen is a little too sensitive?
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There is no way of adjusting the sensitivity of the screen from my understanding. I just am curious if I'm the only one to have this problem or if someone else has experienced it at all doing the same thing. I don't know I'll try not typing so light and see if that makes a difference. If someone has had this problem and they fixed it please let me know how.
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Has anyone seen if maybe it's the speed at which you're typing. If I type slow its not so bad. If I start typing faster it starts putting the double letters. Just trying to figure this out. Thanks for the information in advance.
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I have the same issue. I type pretty fast and it always has that double letter issue and even sometimes has double words even though I only enter it once. I decided to stick with the stock ics keyboard from the play store which works great without any typos with my quick typing
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Who is the developer of the keyboard you're using?
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Naldonnis said:
I love this keyboard because of the auto correct feature and the amount of options you can choose. For some reason while I'm typing sometimes it will do double letters and it's at random. Sometimes it will look like this "HHey what aree you doing?" Am I the only one with this issue. Using it on my completely stock AT&T galaxy s3.
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I definitely have this issue, and am using 4.6.00.147 version of the app (the most recent I believe) as I don't see any update in the Play Store. I love this keyboard, but this part of it is very frustrating. So much to the point that I went back to the stock AOSP keyboard, but I want this to be fixed.
EDITED: I've reached out to the developer to see if there is any idea on what's causing/how to fix. I will post any updates if I get any that are constructive.

Samsung keyboard auto correct not working....

I see the suggestions but when I press the space bar it wont insert the suggested word. I have looked everywhere to turn this on. Any ideas? This is the Sprint version.
It doesn't work on any Note 2 at the moment, not your fault or any config that you can change.
kersh said:
It doesn't work on any Note 2 at the moment, not your fault or any config that you can change.
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Wow, that is pretty bad. I tried to use just a stock Jellybean kb and had issues with enter key on the email app.
What other keyboards are you guys using? I hate swype... thanks!
I use SwiftKey 3.
Samsung keyboard seems broken to me.
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It's a bit painful, that, since so many good things are tied to the Samsung keyboard (Handwriting recognition, floating keyboard in multiscreen, one-handed mode, and parts of Swiftkey for that matter).
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I recommend swift key 3 until Samsung gets it out. In fact I recommend it over the Samsung keyboard. But from what I read the new Samsung keyboards are based on swift key. Is that right?
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This is annoying... I hope their is a fix for this
The more I use the keyboard, the more I like it. There are pros and cons to having the spacebar auto correct. I do agree that they should make it an option though but after a couple of days with the Note 2 keyboard I find that I have less errors and am almost typing just as fast as SwiftKey. If you stick with the Samsung keyboard, you will get better at it.
Plus the numbers at the top and the pen input is too hard to give up. The pros outweigh the cons in my opinion.
mhoepfin said:
I see the suggestions but when I press the space bar it wont insert the suggested word. I have looked everywhere to turn this on. Any ideas? This is the Sprint version.
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TouchPal is a good keyboard too. And it's free!
Samsung has purposefully left it out. Your keyboard is fine. Although it would have been nice if Samsung had actually included the option to enable or disable auto correct. I use the Jelly Bean Pro keyboard from the Play Store. But I switch to the Samsung one if I am using Multi Window functionality.
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I use the xperia keyboard! Very good!
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I am the same problem, but before root i have no problem auto correct function very correctly
i m come back in offical rom but i have always problem
(sorry for my english im french)
volcomjerk said:
Plus the numbers at the top and the pen input is too hard to give up. The pros outweigh the cons in my opinion.
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^this^
Handwritten from my Galaxy Note II
The Hong Kong stock firmware keyboard I loaded a couple weeks back did perform autocorrect but the performance was so iffy (guessing the same incorrect word over and over rather than learning from prior corrections being the biggest issue) that I moved back to SwiftKey. I'm bummed about losing easy handwriting and the number row but as a whole I'm happier with the Swiftkey.
Some others stated that they got used to the stock keyboard without autocorrect but after a week+ on the English keyboard I decided it wasn't worth it.
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Well mine worked fine until yesterday. It corrects its to it's automatically. But it doesnt work anymore.
I dont know why it worked at first place then not working anymore..
Btw I updated language as soon as I booted phone up for the first time..
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volcomjerk said:
The more I use the keyboard, the more I like it. There are pros and cons to having the spacebar auto correct. I do agree that they should make it an option though but after a couple of days with the Note 2 keyboard I find that I have less errors and am almost typing just as fast as SwiftKey. If you stick with the Samsung keyboard, you will get better at it.
Plus the numbers at the top and the pen input is too hard to give up. The pros outweigh the cons in my opinion.
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Totally agree with this!!
It might be worth everyone giving Ultra Keyboard a try from the play store. It does Google voice typing, better swiping than the stock keyboard and allows a permanent number row. Also has long press secondary characters. The only thing you give up is the handwriting but for me that is infrequent enough that I'm prepared to switch keyboards just for when I need it.
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Im finding using the Pen a lot of fun at the moment. Except for some spaces being Missed out its good and just as quick as typing
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silversurfers25 said:
Im finding using the Pen a lot of fun at the moment. Except for some spaces being Missed out its good and just as quick as typing
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I agree
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technonerd92 said:
Samsung has purposefully left it out. Your keyboard is fine. Although it would have been nice if Samsung had actually included the option to enable or disable auto correct. I use the Jelly Bean Pro keyboard from the Play Store. But I switch to the Samsung one if I am using Multi Window functionality.
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Does anyone think we will get the autocorrect back?

Keyboard glitchy?

Is anyone else having issues with the native LG keyboard being glitchy? There are times it just quits being responsive for me. I had to switch to Swype for now. Let me know of your guys' experiences.
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pandacookie said:
Is anyone else having issues with the native LG keyboard being glitchy? There are times it just quits being responsive for me. I had to switch to Swype for now. Let me know of your guys' experiences.
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I think it was a fluke for me as it only happened once..but i was trying to fill out an online form and suddenly the kb freaked and touches registered everywhere. An L would type an E, etc. I rebooted and it resolved but I went ahead and d/l google kb to try it for a while.
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wideasleep1 said:
I think it was a fluke for me as it only happened once..but i was trying to fill out an online form and suddenly the kb freaked and touches registered everywhere. An L would type an E, etc. I rebooted and it resolved but I went ahead and d/l google kb to try it for a while.
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Yeah. It'll just stop working. I'll back out of what I was typing and try again. Same thing. Since I starting using Swype, no problems. It's just the native keyboard that's the issue.
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ya i used to be a huge fan of the keyboard when i first got the phone...but it seem the more they update, the more it get screw up went back to google keyboard...
After the last two updates, my keyboard has spiralled out of control.
Making it almost impossible to use.
It always picks the second word to what you type. And I usually hit each letter versus swyping.
And anytime I try to put a period after a word, it autocorrects to an acronym...
I love this keyboard because of appearance and the emoji shortcut. But all this glitchiness is getting so bad.
Has anyone else had the same issues? I'm wondering if it's my phone
pandacookie said:
Is anyone else having issues with the native LG keyboard being glitchy? There are times it just quits being responsive for me. I had to switch to Swype for now. Let me know of your guys' experiences.
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It definitely is an issue with keyboard. No issue with google or swift keyboards
Switxhing to ART made the keyboard a lot snappier for me.
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