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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.

p0rkguy said:
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

SwiftKey users?

I love SwiftKey because of the amazing auto correct, arrow keys, and swiping to delete a word. I type very well on my phone thanks to the program.
However, since I am not using the stock keyboard, I don't think I can do cool stuff with my pen like write a handwritten text message.
Anyone else sticking to SwiftKey or are folks using the stock keyboard?
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I alternate between both. I love SwiftKey but I can't do one handed typing. That's why I also still use the Samsung keyboard. If only it had auto correct. Oh well.
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I'm a Swype fan, but I'm currently giving the Android 4.2 keyboard a chance. It has a swipe feature..... So far I'm thinking I'll switch back to the Swype keyboard. It gets the words correct more often it seems...
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For me it's SwiftKey all the way no other program catches and fixes as many words as SwiftKey does
- Bobo

AviatorBobo said:
For me it's SwiftKey all the way no other program catches and fixes as many words as SwiftKey does
- Bobo
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Can you edit the dictionary for your own words or delete words you don't use?
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I used to use Switftkey, but since I have a Note 2, I use the samsung keyboard, because it can learn my often used words same like switftkey.
If you see the options in "Predictive Text" in Samsung keyboard is almost the same with the "Personalization" menu in Swiftkey.
The only thing I miss is the cursor key option in Switfkey is not available in Samsung keyboard

Used to, but moved to stock
chuhsi said:
I love SwiftKey because of the amazing auto correct, arrow keys, and swiping to delete a word. I type very well on my phone thanks to the program.
However, since I am not using the stock keyboard, I don't think I can do cool stuff with my pen like write a handwritten text message.
Anyone else sticking to SwiftKey or are folks using the stock keyboard?
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When i had my s2, i used swiftkey, but since i got my note 2 Ive been using the stock keyboard because it has swipe and swiftkey features built in.

Always used swype in the past but when I got the gn2 I loved the stock keyboard too much to change. ..
Great swype function and number pad. Tried SwiftKey but wasn't that impressed.
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I emailed swift about this today hopefully they can make something for us until then I am stuck with stock
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I emailed swift about this today hopefully they can make something for us until then I am stuck with stock
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Swype Beta time!
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I agree. The JB keyboard is good, but missing the cursor keys. Swiftkey is still better in that sense.
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I use SwiftKey in the day and swype after 10pm at night. Reason being at night I normally like to spend some time playing with the phone, reading forums while lying in bed b4 sleeping. Swype is better for this case.
I have a tasker profile that automatically changes input to SwiftKey in the morning and swype at night.

Seifer1975 said:
I use SwiftKey in the day and swype after 10pm at night. Reason being at night I normally like to spend some time playing with the phone, reading forums while lying in bed b4 sleeping. Swype is better for this case.
I have a tasker profile that automatically changes input to SwiftKey in the morning and swype at night.
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And how is SwiftKey better during the day? You lost me, I'm afraid...
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I used to swap between Swiftkey and the Swype beta on my Galaxy S and Note 1.
But I've just been using the stock keyboard on the Note 2 because it is almost like Swiftkey and Swype combined.
I just hate that the Samsung keyboard is so big. I occasionally still switch to Swiftkey when I want to see more of the screen.
The Swiftkey and Swype keyboard take up a lot less screen space. I can't wait for Swiftkey flow.

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And how is SwiftKey better during the day? You lost me, I'm afraid...
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Lol. cause at night I'll be lying on the bed, holding the phone up using one hand. so it's easier to Swype with the other. It's not possible to type using 2 hands in this manner.

Seifer1975 said:
Lol. cause at night I'll be lying on the bed, holding the phone up using one hand. so it's easier to Swype with the other. It's not possible to type using 2 hands in this manner.
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Read my question again. I'm not asking about the REASON to SWYPE at NIGHT.....
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I use swiftkey. The lack of auto correct in samsung's keyboard kills it for me. I can type 5x times faster with swift with its (still) unparalleled auto correction.

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Read my question again. I'm not asking about the REASON to SWYPE at NIGHT.....
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Sorry cause I usually like to type using both hands. Swype is not very conducive for that. Only reason I use Swype at night is because I cannot type with both hands while lying down and holding the phone above me.

SwiftKey. For clarification, Samsung calls it's version of Swype "Swiftkey", so that camelcasing is more important than ever in this thread.
SwiftKey is the only app I've ever purchased. I used the trial and could not go back to any other keyboard after that. I do wish it had the option for a row of numbers, like the Samsung keyboard does. That's really convenient, and on a phone this size not a hindrance.

Seifer1975 said:
Sorry cause I usually like to type using both hands. Swype is not very conducive for that. Only reason I use Swype at night is because I cannot type with both hands while lying down and holding the phone above me.
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I understand now! Makes perfect sense!
Well, i tried the Samsung Keyboard with swipe feature and it sucked. Punctuation was difficult to say the least. However, i did like the number keys always up there.
Back to giving Android Keyboard another go now...
Overall, Swype Beta seems the easiest when trying to type really fast, but formats funky on the screen sometimes.
I'm hoping the next version of Android Keyboard is improved. It also won't show you word suggestions for previous words, which is just stupid..
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What are you using for a keyboard?

Just curious to see if people are using stock for all the s pen features or switching to something else?
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I was trying to use the samsung stock keyboard but the swype portion of it isnt working so i went back to my old flext9 app, it has a mode where you can use the spen(havent tested it but pretty sure it'll work, it worked with my finger).

SwiftKey 3, and hoping eventually they get stylus support

Advex said:
SwiftKey 3, and hoping eventually they get stylus support
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Yap. Swift key is best hands down.
Do you mean actual write understanding? Haven't tried it but I saw a video of writing with the built in one. Although off course it lacked the swiftkey word predictions.

Ive tried the stock keyboard, touchpal and swype.... Im back with Swype.....Im used to it and when you activate it... it backs up your library.
JJ

TouchPal Dumped SwiftKey 3

Nexus 4.2 keyboard
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I use the Gingerbread keyboard from the market. I have Swift Key 3 but I never have liked it because of where the punctuation and symbols are located. I don't care for the stock Sammy keyboard because it doesn't fix my typos without me tapping them. Don't care for Swype because I end up having to tap in passwords, email addresses and URLs anyway.

The stock Swype. I've been a huge fan of it since its inception.
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SwiftKey 3.

I've tried everything and time and time again I've gone back to SwiftKey 3.

Alaris said:
Just curious to see if people are using stock for all the s pen features or switching to something else?
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I'm using the samsung keyboard with the continuous swipe input. I have no issues with it and coming from the Iphone it is a plus.

tbong777 said:
TouchPal Dumped SwiftKey 3
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I am currently using the 4.2 keyboard. Much better than the stock one. :good:

I'm using Swype.
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SwiftKey 3. I hate that the stock keyboard will not auto correct typing, but I like the other features it offers :'(

thumb keyboard. been using it for a couple of phones now and love the landscape split keyboard with numbers in the middle and arrow keys.

I'm using ICS keyboard from the market. If the auto correct on the Samsung one gets fixed I'll use that one. I like the number row. The ICS keyboard has the punctuation row that I use a lot.
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I like the Samsung keyboard only because it has the number keys on all the time and I use them a lot and I don't have to keep switching. If anyone else has a recommendation of a keyboard that has a row for the number keys I would like to try it.

Advex said:
SwiftKey 3, and hoping eventually they get stylus support
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Swiftkey and Swype had a one night stand, and now this is on the way...
http://www.swiftkey.net/introducing-swiftkey-flow
Looks pretty amazing, imho.

SwiftKey Flow vs stock keyboard

I'm sure this topic has been discussed before but I want to know which keyboard you guys like more? I like the fact you can use the Samsung keyboard in one handed mode, but the flow through space function is neat on SwiftKey Flow. I also think that the prediction is a bit better than the stock keyboard.
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The stock keyboard doesn't auto replace. That alone makes it completely unusable for me. Swiftkey is what I use, and flow makes it easier to use with one hand...

Yeah I have to agree with you, and the predictions that SwiftKey does is top notch. I am also a fan of the number pad.
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UCLAKoolman said:
The stock keyboard doesn't auto replace. That alone makes it completely unusable for me. Swiftkey is what I use, and flow makes it easier to use with one hand...
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Same here, if the stock keyboard had a auto correct, i wouldn't need to look around for an alternative keyboard. It's just a shame that swiftkey doesn't work in all text boxes (ie. play store searching)

Which version of SwiftKey BETA are you guys using? I downloaded the standard version, but there is also a tablet version. I have SwiftKey X Tablet version, as I think it's better than the regular one for the Note.

I tried both the regular and tablet version of SwiftKey a couple of weeks ago and both looked pretty much the same, apparently the tablet functions are not enabled on the Note II. I decided against them at the time because they did not have swipe.
Installed SwiftKey Flow Beta yesterday morning (standard, not tablet, based on past experience and it was stated that landscape does not work yet in tablet beta version) and LOVE IT, it's definitely a keeper. Have been using it extensively and have not run into any apparent issues yet (including in Google Play search box, it works fine for me).

I'm a swiftkey user but hadn't been using it as I wanted to see if I could get used to the handwriting recognition on the stock keyboard. That didn't work too well for me so I started using flow. I'm on the international rom in the dev section and it has the 4.2 keyboard. The flow works very well, the autospacing took a little while to get used, I found myself running words together. I was surprised how good the word recognition was and the predictions were pretty good too. I just installed the Swiftkey beta and the spacing is much better as you just glide over the space bar. I like the keyboard layout better with the long press for the symbols. SwiftKey is the winner for me but the stock 4.2 keyboard is not bad at all.

is it possible to use something like Tasker to automate the switch from swiftkey to stock Samsung keyboard when you activate multiview?
I mainly use swiftkey as my default but i switch to the samsung keyboard in multiview since I can move it around. it'd be awesome if this process could be automated.

Does any one know how to turn on the flow function one in the keyboard? Because it seems when you just type the letters it turns off.
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Swift key for s3 ...stock foe note
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Swift Key Flow

jow350 said:
I tried both the regular and tablet version of SwiftKey a couple of weeks ago and both looked pretty much the same, apparently the tablet functions are not enabled on the Note II. I decided against them at the time because they did not have swipe.
Installed SwiftKey Flow Beta yesterday morning (standard, not tablet, based on past experience and it was stated that landscape does not work yet in tablet beta version) and LOVE IT, it's definitely a keeper. Have been using it extensively and have not run into any apparent issues yet (including in Google Play search box, it works fine for me).
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Thanks. Pretty much my experience, too. I current have both versions installed. Didn't see a difference, so based on what you stated, I guess I'll uninstall the tablet version.
Flow seems really good... it's just that I don't know how to be very fluid with it. There's a bit of a learning curve — at least for me. I love the fact that you don't really ever have to lift your finger off of the keypad, but I find that doesn't seem very practical in most situations. Sometimes it gets a complete sentence right ... other times it will start to get it right, but at the last second change up into something totally different ... and other times it doesn't come close. So until I get figure out how to get it right most of the time, that edge over Swype isn't really there in that regard, but I find the auto-prediction and spelling corrections much better than anything Swype has to offer.

When someone release a rom for our phone with the Android 4.2 keyboard then I'll be sticking with that.

androidaddict23 said:
Does any one know how to turn on the flow function one in the keyboard? Because it seems when you just type the letters it turns off.
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You don't have to turn it on and off for SwiftKey Flow
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You don't have to turn it on and off for SwiftKey Flow
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Noticed your OMEGA tag Wookie. Do you got the ATT / Rogers variant of the Note 2? If so how'd you get the Omega rom running on the phone? Tried earlier today and almost bricked my phone

Starksas said:
Noticed your OMEGA tag Wookie. Do you got the ATT / Rogers variant of the Note 2? If so how'd you get the Omega rom running on the phone? Tried earlier today and almost bricked my phone
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Ported it
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The more I use this keyboard the more I am enjoying it, now only if they included one handed operation then I would be set!
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Oh and they need to let the keyboard work in all text fields, I know that swiftkey didn't work in all the fields bit it's about time to change that!
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SwiftKey Flow gets my vote for sure. With the feedback from beta it can only get better.

honestly I dont like swiftkey nor samsung keyboard. I fell in love with the modded 4.2 keyboard
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autocorrect keyboard

Does anyone have suggestion for a keyboard that autocorrects? (maybe the stock android keyboard?) I'm running Jedi but the autocorrect doesn't automatically replace the mis-spelled words I have to manually click on the suggestion, and it doesn't come with the stock keyboard.

Jelly bean keyboard pro. Working good for me. With auto correct.
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Stock aosp keyboard is the way to go. Google android 4.2 keyboard apk and just install it like any other app.
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Another option would be SwiftKey 3 which is on sale right now. I was a little bit hesitant to buy a keyboard when the stock one was so good. However, the auto correct was a big deal for me. You're right in that the others have to be manually selected. Even more so, if you accidentally start the word with a number, it then has no idea. However, with SwiftKey, everything is good to go. I am actually able to type without even looking. Part of this is due to skill at typing in general but the rest of it is how amazingly accurate the correction is. Just my two cents.
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SwiftKey is a great keyboard and time saver. Been using it since the original beta.
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Swiftkey is great and its prediction is near telepathic once you've used it a while and it learns from you. I have been using Swiftkey Flow lately and I like having the option to "swype". The only gripe I have is that there is no separate line for numbers. Having to long-press or change the layout to numerical really slows things down, especially at work.

4.2 keyboard.