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I received my Dinc2 and it came preloaded with GB 2.3.3, the only keyboard available is the qwerty and it sucks hard!! Is it possible to install swype or any other keyboards for this phone? I tried the Better Keyboard but it doesn't even work and keep defaulting back to the lame Qwerty
I like Swiftkey x a lot. Shapewriter is awesome and I'm glad I saved that APK before it was deleted off the market.
I notice Swiftkey X has a lag in it some times when typing fast. It pauses for about two seconds then inputs all letters pressed in that pause very quickly to catch up. Not sure why it does that.
Smart keyboard pro
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My personal favorite is the Gingerbread keyboard by Steven Lin on market. Good contrast and easy to work. 2ยข of course.
cool i'll give those a try, isn't Gingerbread keyboard by Steven Lin also came with most custom ROM for the Fascinate? it looks very familiar...i just tried it now and love it, feel like home. (that's what i used in Fascinate) LOL
Using swype beta on a dinc2 to type this! Goto web browser and search for swype beta. download the apk and be sure you have checked the box to allow non market apps to be installed.
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Check www.droid-life.com. Article on a site that has free apps. Just got SwiftKey x for free. Works like a charm... Almost 2 yrs with a droid... This is by far best I've used on any phones
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I actually like stock keyboard. I used swiftkey for a couple of days but i kept getting annoyed when the wrong letter or button was pressed. It seemed alot easier to tap one of the direction keys and mess up my typing. There was also the annoying predictions it tried to do which were kinda off and how I couldn't type without it trying to predict words instead of just letting me type the face out. Pretty fast keyboard though maybe I just had a bad experience.
And what's wrong with a qwerty keyboard? I think that's the best one.
Smart keyboard pro is the best I've used. Very configurable and easy to use - especially for someone like me with big fingers.
ben805 said:
I received my Dinc2 and it came preloaded with GB 2.3.3, the only keyboard available is the qwerty and it sucks hard!! Is it possible to install swype or any other keyboards for this phone? I tried the Better Keyboard but it doesn't even work and keep defaulting back to the lame Qwerty
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I've tried the stock GB, Swiftkey X, and Swype. Each one has +/- but I keep coming back to Swype. It's fast and easy to type one handed. It picks up really well.
Smart Keyboard Pro. I've tried TouchPal, Swype, Swiftkey X, Flext9, but I love smart keyboard.
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I use flex t9.....swiftkey is pretty good too.
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joshlane4 said:
I've tried the stock GB, Swiftkey X, and Swype. Each one has +/- but I keep coming back to Swype. It's fast and easy to type one handed. It picks up really well.
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I did the same thing. Swype is Number 1 for me. #2 would be SwiftkeyX.
Was running better keyboard for the longest time, but recently switched to SwiftKeyX and I doubt I'll ever go to anything else. Usually I hate dealing with predictions, however SwiftKey is by far the best at predictions in my opinion. Gave it a couple days to learn, and it rarely messes up now.
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wookie847 said:
Smart keyboard pro is the best I've used. Very configurable and easy to use - especially for someone like me with big fingers.
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I have to agree. I've tried several market keyboards, and always seem to come back to this one.
Smart Keyboard Pro for me. It just feels right and has what I need.
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flex T9 has by far the best voice to text period. their algorithm is near flawless. it also has the swype feature that seems to be as good as swype. i love the stock Sense keyboard for the directional arrows, very nice touch. i mainly bounce between T9 and stock. Did swype ever get a speaker button on their keyboard? that is why i quit using it. Also, is that not the longest Beta ever for software?!?! Its been in beta for at least 2 yrs.
The stock keyboard has a swype like feature that works pretty well. Just have to turn on trace in the settings.
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Funny that anyone who doesn't own an HTC wants our keyboard and all HTC owners want something different I personally like the HTC_ime_mod by Gimpsta. Themeable HTC keyboard
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I hate the HTC keyboard with the arrows... Garbage lol
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I just got ICS on my Nexus S a few days ago and it absolutely RULES!!!! I'm surprised to see the massive difference it makes to have no TW and not use Swype.
On the SGS2, I uninstalled Swype long ago because a) I don't swype and b) it was too messy for me. BUT now with no Swype there is also no dictionary, no auto-correct. All or nothing sucks. I cannot wait for ICS and I REALLY hope we get a MIUI and not ICS with TW overlaid.
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I just got ICS on my Nexus S a few days ago and it absolutely RULES!!!! I'm surprised to see the massive difference it makes to have no TW and not use Swype.
On the SGS2, I uninstalled Swype long ago because a) I don't swype and b) it was too messy for me. BUT now with no Swype there is also no dictionary, no auto-correct. All or nothing sucks. I cannot wait for ICS and I REALLY hope we get a MIUI and not ICS with TW overlaid.
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The Samsung keyboard has auto correct and everything. It is very aggressive. You need to enable it. In the settings.
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you can also install the GB keyboard from market
it is full featured
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I just got ICS on my Nexus S a few days ago and it absolutely RULES!!!! I'm surprised to see the massive difference it makes to have no TW and not use Swype.
On the SGS2, I uninstalled Swype long ago because a) I don't swype and b) it was too messy for me. BUT now with no Swype there is also no dictionary, no auto-correct. All or nothing sucks. I cannot wait for ICS and I REALLY hope we get a MIUI and not ICS with TW overlaid.
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So when you uninstalled swipe which keyboard did you use and did you like it?
I was reading your post and got confussed because you bashed swipe and uninstalled it..then you mentioned u like having no tw, which i thought was just a interface and nothing to do with the keyboard but i could be wrong as this is my first android...
Personally i dont like the swipe keyboard..but the auto correct and dictionary can be turned off in the swipe settings..i prefer the samsung keyboard because the keys are bigger and more spaced out.
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Sorry to be unclear. I don't really know what TW does other than 2-finger zoom. That is why I said (or is it TW?). Swype made the keyboard unusable to me. And yes Samsung's keyboard which remains allows auto-correct but it tries to out-think me MUCH more than the regular Gingerbread and ICS keyboards do. The Samsung one (mentioned above is aggressive) replaces whole words and sentence sections with ones I do not intend at all, so I had to turn it off.
I guess my gripe is with Swype that it fills the keyboard with too much stuff and with Samsung keyboard because it causes me to send messages I never typed.
I am running with no Swype and no spelling / syntax correction as a result. I find I miss auto-capitalisation and auto-correct a bit, but it is a LOT better than the other 2 options.
There are a couple of ICS keyboards on the market, that can be installed on GB devices, and i find their prediction and auto-correct to be more intuitive than stock Gb or swype.
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Sorry to be unclear. I don't really know what TW does other than 2-finger zoom. That is why I said (or is it TW?). Swype made the keyboard unusable to me. And yes Samsung's keyboard which remains allows auto-correct but it tries to out-think me MUCH more than the regular Gingerbread and ICS keyboards do. The Samsung one (mentioned above is aggressive) replaces whole words and sentence sections with ones I do not intend at all, so I had to turn it off.
I guess my gripe is with Swype that it fills the keyboard with too much stuff and with Samsung keyboard because it causes me to send messages I never typed.
I am running with no Swype and no spelling / syntax correction as a result. I find I miss auto-capitalisation and auto-correct a bit, but it is a LOT better than the other 2 options.
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TouchWiz is more than just the keyboard, it is the stock launcher. I personally love Swype, but I agree that the TW keyboard's autocorrect is too aggressive. If you aren't Swyping on Swype, it is probably a terrible keyboard - it isn't made to work with traditional typing. If you want to try a different autocorrect, you could try out swiftkey x, which learns how you type by looking at your past texts/emails/tweets and monitoring how you type, and autocorrects accordingly. If you'd rather a more standard keyboard, I would recommend Perfect Keyboard. It can be customized to a huge variety of layouts (iOS, GB, ICS), and has a lot of themes. It has autocorrect, too, but I did not find it to be as intrusive as TW's.
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Re read your original post...realized that you clearly know what TouchWiz is. Oops...
Still try out those keyboards, though.
heinrich said:
Sorry to be unclear. I don't really know what TW does other than 2-finger zoom. That is why I said (or is it TW?). Swype made the keyboard unusable to me. And yes Samsung's keyboard which remains allows auto-correct but it tries to out-think me MUCH more than the regular Gingerbread and ICS keyboards do. The Samsung one (mentioned above is aggressive) replaces whole words and sentence sections with ones I do not intend at all, so I had to turn it off.
I guess my gripe is with Swype that it fills the keyboard with too much stuff and with Samsung keyboard because it causes me to send messages I never typed.
I am running with no Swype and no spelling / syntax correction as a result. I find I miss auto-capitalisation and auto-correct a bit, but it is a LOT better than the other 2 options.
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So your actually wanting a keyboard that has auto-correct and the word predict, but you just dont like the options you currently have?
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You should try the latest Swype beta. It's a huge improvement over the version that came on the phone. But if you don't ever type by Swyping, then maybe you should check out Swiftkey X.
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Swiftkey X is amazing. I can type spanish and english words in the same sentence and it will predict in both languages.
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Swiftkey X is amazing. I can type spanish and english words in the same sentence and it will predict in both languages.
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I tried the free version and liked it, but Go keyboard is my favorite.
Go keyboard is free, very customizable, and much, much better than the stock swype or samsung keyboard.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jb.gokeyboard&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5qYi5nb2tleWJvYXJkIl0.
I type with Swype all the time and it works fine. Vanilla Android is just as fast as tweaked touchwiz on this phone. Even with ics the nexus s is slow.
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Where can I find a flashable ICS keyboard?
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Where can I find a flashable ICS keyboard?
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There's one in the market that works quite well.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vllwp.inputmethod.latin
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This is also an ICS keyboard but it has better ratings than the one above and has a paid version with more features should you decide you like it. I have been using this keyboard since it was first posted in this section on XDA and can attest that it works wonderfully, has an auto correct appropriate for my typing style, and looks bomb. Has more features than Samsung keyboard for sure. If you want to swypr though, wrong keyboard. I prefer typing =]
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This is also an ICS keyboard but it has better ratings than the one above and has a paid version with more features should you decide you like it. I have been using this keyboard since it was first posted in this section on XDA and can attest that it works wonderfully, has an auto correct appropriate for my typing style, and looks bomb. Has more features than Samsung keyboard for sure. If you want to swypr though, wrong keyboard. I prefer typing =]
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I was not aware of this! Just picked up the paid version, definitely does work better. Thanks.
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So, I'm an avid fan of SwiftKey. I think it even trumps Swype (although a combination of the two that allowed swipes and key taps would be roxorz!). But my question is:
Do you think ICS keyboard (with supposed blindtype infrastructure) is better than SwiftKey?
i used the stock keys for 3 days. .
i switch back to swiftkey x.
i dont like the stock keys. they respond to slow if you type fast.
I loved swiftkey on my Inspire 4g, but I think the ics keyboard is better. I can type faster and the auto correct is more accurate.
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i got Swiftkey during the 10 days of 10p apps - i think its an improvement on the stock keyboard..
I like swiftkey but cannot stand the auto space after punctuation. I cannot count the number of times it has messed me up when entering form data.
http://support.swiftkey.net/forums/...n-to-disable-auto-space-after-punctuation-and
love swift key. only thing I really like about stock is the dedicated..com key
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i installed swiftkey X right away. the only problem is that no prediction on 90% of the web site I go to.
I love SwiftKey. Has anyone else had problems getting it to learn from Facebook/Gmail/Twitter on ICS?
Edit: N/M, it finally went through
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i installed swiftkey X right away. the only problem is that no prediction on 90% of the web site I go to.
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Yeah, they say some nonsense about not wanting to interfere with predictions inherent on other sites, but 1. Other site predictions suck, and 2. They often aren't even there!
Let me have SwiftKey predictions always that are based on my history and I'll be just fine...
SwiftKey for sure.
I've been using swiftkey since I got my nexus and I like it a lot. I used swype on my previous phone and I can't decide if I want to go back to swype or not now.
Stock Keyboard. The ICS keyboard has much better prediction. Plus, the stock Switftkey themes just don't cut it for me.
Yeah I've been using stock since I got the phone. I heard so many brags about it, but I think it's time to reload Swiftkey X. Been using that since it came out of beta, I bought it the first day. My only beef are the skins as well.
Used only swift key on my droid Eris, and I haven't even loaded it onto my nexus .the thing I miss the most is the swipe to delete a word ...I do that frequently lol
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I used swift key on my transformer for the split keyboard... and it worked awesome EXCEPT I hated the fact that once it auto corrects, its done.
With stock android and thumb keyboard, if auto correct changes a word, you can hit backspace and it'll return to its unaltered form. This is great when I use an abbreviation and it tries to guess my word and screw me up, I just hit back and boom.
Swift key wouldn't do that. I also love the prediction of the ICS keyboard. I love how it underlines misspelled words in red (which may just be ICS).
I only own the tablet version, which makes me mad. 2 different versions which means I have to buy it twice? Lame. Thumb Keyboard replaced it. It feels like stock but had tablet split keyboard options... and themes.
-Galaxy Nexus
-Asus Transformer
Stock, I managed to type faster when I use the stock key. better correction, better prediction, better UI...
Stock is great in all regards for me. Accuracy, speed, prediction, corrections. Not to mention voice typing and aesthetics.
Stock with autocorrection turned up to very aggressive is awesome.
The voice diction on stock is awesome (how did this not get more publicity with 4.0???) but I miss having quick access to long press symbols and the gestures, mostly swipe to delete word. I also like that I can just restore the app in between ROM flashes and have my dictionary remain intact.
Stock here. I bought SwiftKey when it was 10c just so that if I ever changed my mind it was there, but I haven't even installed it on my Nexus yet!
This phone is so awesome, but I'm about to lose my mind with the landscape keyboard. Does anyone know of something to help that ISNT skype or the paid ones on the market? Maybe a mod to make the stock keyboard bigger? Moto multitouch keyboard?
swiftkey and go keyboard are the best third party keyboards, in my experience.
they're larger than the stock ICS keyboard. though IMO the stock keyboard is the best one
You may buy the external connected key broad, is potable. Usually under 20 dollars. Good Luck.
For free, I would try Go Keyboard (has typing and swype abilities), also try the swype beta (google it, not on the market).
Paid, I love swift key.
Personally, I bounce between stock, swype, and swift key.
IMO, the best of them all is the stock keyboard. If you like swype you like swype. As far as regular keyboards go, you cannot beat the responsiveness of the stock ICS keyboard.
I believe the ics keyboard on the market allows you to adjust the key height. It also has gestures. There a few out there so pm me if you can't find it and I'll dig up the link.
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As others have said the Go keyboard is probably the best free. I am a fan of the FlexT9 keyboard. It is kind of a mix of swype and swiftkey. Got it for free on the amazon app store. It has issues typing email address in the Gmail app for some reason.
Thanks all. I ended up buying swiftkey. Its great and all, but in the end I decided to just force myself to get used to the stock keyboard. I was spoiled by the eclipse rom keyboard on the bionic...
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Just trying to see what people who've used both keyboards think of the two.
Google's implementation seems to be good for a first iteration, but it lacks the convenience features that Swype has such adding punctuation by swiping from the punctuation mark to the space bar. Also accessing a numeric keyboard in Swype by swiping from the Swype key to the number 5 on the keyboard.
Still going to try the 4.2 keyboard for awhile, but I hope Google can add a bit more polish to the built-in keyboard
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4.2 keyboard. It's a charm.. <3
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i personally like the swype keyboard a lot more.
the google keyboard doesn't have the ability to "swype" punctuation, like periods, commas, exclamation marks. instead, you need to hold down the "period" button to bring up the other punctuation marks.
also, if i "swype" "I <space bar>" it shows up as "in". it doesn't recognize the spacebar.
the swype keyboard also looks more cleaner.
i tried using the google keyboard for a day. i gave up on it.
Love the new swype keyboard. Took some time to fully adjust but finding much easier when using one hand.
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Neither. SwiftKey x for me still. Way too many mistakes using 4.2/swype
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SwiftKey 3 for me. Works great.
I've been a huge fan of Swype since it's arrival, but I'm going with the 4.2 gesture keyboard from here. I feel like it's a lot smoother. Even on my GN running CM10 Swype can get hung up sometimes. I do miss how Swype handles punctuation, but I assume Google will work that in soon. I also prefer the stock look.
Swype is better !
Been using Swype for quite a while, but I'm impressed by how good the 4.2 keyboard is. I find it more accurate than Swype and quicker than the swift key I was using previously.
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I agree. I never really got used to swipe but 4.2 works well enough I think I could get used to it pretty quickly.
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Swype is the only keyboard for me I tried every single keyboard but I keep coming back to Swype.
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I do miss the way that Swype handles punctuation. I actually do it using the 4.2 keyboard and I end up making different words in my sentences.
Hope Google finds a way to make punctuation more seamless with this new keyboard.
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Swype because it has more languagr support
swype because you can tap on a word to fix it afterwards (like if you ntice it ater typing a big paragraph), with 4.2 keyboard you have to delete the word and retype it.
I like 4.2 a lot more than swype, but I'll probably end back up and swiftkey. It has a lot of extra features that are hard to live without .
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The auto-spacing on Swype seems to be quite messed up for some time now, which is utterly annoying. I find autospace fails to work in many browser windows, but works fine with SMS, e-mail, etc.
So I switched to the Google 4.2 keyboard, but the downside there is I find it makes lots of errors the faster I go using gestures, which is also annoying.
I've used the google gesture keyboard for about 4-5 days straight now and I can definitively say Swype is more accurate. Also Swype picks up names from your contact list which can be really nice if you have a large contact list. In general, using the google keyboard you need to be much more precise. Punctuations are easier for swype and correcting a word is easier in swype as well. Good first try for Google but I'm switching back for now.
Tried the 4.2 gesture keyboard, but I prefer Swype for now. Like others have said, you can easily put in punctuation with Swype. It also seems a bit more accurate in its predictions.
Swype for me is more accurate . But the auto spacing is messed up in the browser. Sticking with the stock keyboard for now.
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I had been using Tasker to change my keyboard depending on orientation. Swype was just easier to do one handed portrait mode typing with, but I never liked using it for two handed landscape.
I still find myself occasionally trying to use Swype style commands, but I'm losing those habits quickly. While it's a bit of a nuisance to use some punctuation, periods are just a double tapped spacebar away. I never memorized where they were on Swype, so having them all in one place is pretty convenient for me.
Swype's system for correction was pretty nice, but I almost always found when it got it wrong the first time, all the corrections it offered were still off anyway. I was already retyping most things anyway, so it wasn't a big loss
All in all, I like both. However, Swype doesn't offer me enough of a reason to install it when Google's offering covers my needs.