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Replacement for stock MMS.apk with smiley removed?

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.

advocat3 said:
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.

advocat3 said:
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.

advocat3 said:
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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Keyboards.

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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nimrodity said:
SwiftKey 3, nothing else gets even close to it.
Install that and forget about the others, believe me
Sent from HTC One X
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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
Sent from HTC One X
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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

D3VICE said:
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
ViperX Goodness

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!

Arabic Sense Keyboard
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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Other launchers and keyboards?

So I'd like to use apex launcher instead of the stock TW jedi launcher. I tried, and I end up having spen difficulties. When pulling it out, I don't get a shortcut pop up like I'm used to. Any way to fix that?
Also, I hate the keyboard. I'm so used to SwiftKey that I don't want to switch over, but I really do make use of the handwriting recognition.
Halp!
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The stock keyboard *is* Swiftkey. Turn on "Predictive text" in the keyboard settings, and then click on the words "Predictive text" to get to the Swiftkey learning screen (learn from Gmail, FB, Twitter - it always learns from SMS). Kinda hard to find, but the stock keyboard works as Swiftkey for word prediction afterwards.
Also, if you use handwriting recognition a lot, from the keyboard setings, press on the word to "Handwriting" and try changing the "Recognition type" setting from the default "Stroke recognition" to "Complete recognition." You may find the "Complete" recognition much easier to use; I did.

The problem is, the stock keyboard isn't autocorrecting words. It'll provide suggestions of correct words, but it won't do anything if I'm off by even one letter. I can't seem to find a setting for this either. That's really the only thing preventing me from using it.

Ah, true, sorry. I can't find it either. I always had that option disabled in SwiftKey so I didn't notice that the option was missing.

I'm pretty quick to type so I always get typos lol. I don't even know why Samsung would even implement a keyboard without auto correction...
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I use Nova and Swiftkey...so no issues for me
Mac

silentecho13 said:
So I'd like to use apex launcher instead of the stock TW jedi launcher. I tried, and I end up having spen difficulties. When pulling it out, I don't get a shortcut pop up like I'm used to. Any way to fix that?
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I assume your refering to Page Buddy. It a feature of TW and won't come up if your running another launcher.
You can go into settings>S Pen and click "Open Popup Note" it note will pop up when the S Pen is removed.
Hope that helps.

Yes I figured out the pagebuddy dilemma, guess I'll just add the widget if I really needed it.
As far as keyboards go, I still want to be able to use handwriting recognition, but that option isn't available in the standard SwiftKey as a toggle/button on the bottom like it is in the Samsung keyboard. I wish the Samsung keyboard would just have auto correction like all the others out there..
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silentecho13 said:
Yes I figured out the pagebuddy dilemma, guess I'll just add the widget if I really needed it.
As far as keyboards go, I still want to be able to use handwriting recognition, but that option isn't available in the standard SwiftKey as a toggle/button on the bottom like it is in the Samsung keyboard. I wish the Samsung keyboard would just have auto correction like all the others out there..
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I'm in the same boat. I like SwiftKey, but it takes a lot of the functionality out of the S-pen. The stock keyboard isn't horrible, and the predictive type is actually pretty good, but it's not SwiftKey. The other negative is that SwiftKey predictions don't show up in notes, which ends up making it worse than stock.
What I would love is some kind of version of SwiftKey that allows for handwriting recognition.

I just wish I could make a space bar insert the correction on the stock keyboard. I like the number row, but am used to just pounding through typos.
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I feel so antiquated. I still opt for t9 input over almost anything else.
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Haha, I can't even type with t9 anymore, I just tried lol.
I wish we could just get a keyboard with handwriting recognition...Samsung, what the hell were you thinking by not having simple autocorrect?

Samsung Keyboard IS Swiftkey???

Look in the settings. You can enable Swiftkey Flow. The predictive text and learning are there too. I think they just skinned it. Also, as pointed out in another thread here, Installing swiftkey seems to cause stuttering lag. Could it be a conflict?

I believe you can enable swype, which is similar to swiftkey flow, but not quite the same thing.

CSRobe02 said:
I believe you can enable swype, which is similar to swiftkey flow, but not quite the same thing.
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It is SwiftKey Flow. It's in the settings of the default keyboard. But not completely SwiftKey as in the full keyboard just swype
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kevinrubio1 said:
It is SwiftKey Flow. It's in the settings of the default keyboard. But not completely SwiftKey as in the full keyboard just swype
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Interesting, I dont see that option. I see the option for 'continuous flow' but nothing referring to SwiftKey.

CSRobe02 said:
Interesting, I dont see that option. I see the option for 'continuous flow' but nothing referring to SwiftKey.
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Really? Hrmmm Lemme get a screenie...

Samsung worked with swiftkey for their stock keyboard, but I believe it is mainly for the auto correct / predictive text and flow. You can definitely feel swift key behind it when you enable the auto replacement (auto correct) but it still won't type as fast as swiftkey, simply because of the punctuation, you cannot just slide your finger to get ! or ? easily .. you need to hold the punctuation key, and it takes forever for it to display the available punctuation. If the punctuation worked just as swiftkey, I wouldnt need it anymore.
Overall I think its a nice effort, but it is still not a real swiftkey. The ability to unbind the keyboard from the bottom and move it around is nice though.. wish swiftkey had that as well.
On my SGH-M919V , the swiftkey flow is called "Continuous Input"

How to get rid of Touchpal?

Since i installed another keyboard i want to get rid of Touchpal since i allways get the "switch keyboard" notification which cant be disabled. How can i do that? Touchpal isnt in installed apps...

Elthy said:
Since i installed another keyboard i want to get rid of Touchpal since i allways get the "switch keyboard" notification which cant be disabled. How can i do that? Touchpal isnt in installed apps...
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Settings, Language and keyboard, press current keyboard, then press choose keyboards and turn TouchPal off

If it's anything like the G4, you cannot disable the default keyboard.
I hope it isn't like the G4 in that aspect.

jollywhitefoot said:
Settings, Language and keyboard, press current keyboard, then press choose keyboards and turn TouchPal off
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That doesnt work since the switch for Touchpal is greyed out. I can deactivate the other keyboard ive installed, just not Touchpal.

Elthy said:
That doesnt work since the switch for Touchpal is greyed out. I can deactivate the other keyboard ive installed, just not Touchpal.
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What's the other keyboard? I can turn TouchPal off on mine. Is the other keyboard enabled? If only one keyboard is enabled, you can't disable it.

Elthy said:
Since i installed another keyboard i want to get rid of Touchpal since i allways get the "switch keyboard" notification which cant be disabled. How can i do that? Touchpal isnt in installed apps...
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jollywhitefoot said:
What's the other keyboard? I can turn TouchPal off on mine. Is the other keyboard enabled? If only one keyboard is enabled, you can't disable it.
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Like jollywhitefoot, I can turn TouchPal off, as described. My other keyboard is Swiftkey, and interestingly, I had not been receiving any annoying prompts before I turned off TouchPal, which I only did just now.

Elthy said:
Since i installed another keyboard i want to get rid of Touchpal since i allways get the "switch keyboard" notification which cant be disabled. How can i do that? Touchpal isnt in installed apps...
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That notification always comes up... because you always have Google Voice text as well... the only way I know how to eliminate the nag requires root
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Touchpal is the default 10 keyboard?! ?
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The other keyboard is "Multiling O Keyboard +Emojii". This is what i see in the screen where i activated this one, is there another way to open this menu than going through the Multiling O Keyboard app?

You need to download a keyboard to turn off touchpal. Change the default keyboard then go back then you can disable it iirc.
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20degrees said:
Touchpal is the default 10 keyboard?!
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"TouchPal with HTC Sense".
I was sad to see the Sense keyboard go. IMO it has always been king of Android keyboards. Wished I could have put it on my tablets throughout the years.

That's what I've been wondering. Is there any way we could get the Sense keyboard back on the 10?
One of the things I love most about my M7..

lagittaja said:
That's what I've been wondering. Is there any way we could get the Sense keyboard back on the 10?
One of the things I love most about my M7..
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Apk mirror. Been using it on mine ?
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Tidbits said:
You need to download a keyboard to turn off touchpal. Change the default keyboard then go back then you can disable it iirc.
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As you can see im using Multiling O Keyboard, which is a keyborad available in the Playstore. What do you mean by "Change the default keyboard", im allready using my custom keyboard for writing.

You turn on the keyboard back and then make it default. Then go back into where you turn on and off the keyboard then you can turn off touchpal.
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I dont get what you want to show me. My current situation in detail:
1. Factory fresh HTC 10
2. I download Multiling O Keyboard
3. I enable it in the screen with the sliders.
4. I set my used keyboard to MOK, so i will start typing on with it whenever i select a text field.
5. When i select a text field i get a notification in the notification bar that lets me choose the keyboard i want to use, Touchpal and MOK being the options.
6. I try to disable Touchpal in the slider menu (which i reach by a button in the notification), but its slider is greyed out. I can disable MOK without problems, though.

Try doing it through the settings and not the slider. I don't know why it doesn't work for you, but that worked from me. Based on what you typed that the only difference. I didn't use the notification shade route.
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Tidbits said:
Try doing it through the settings and not the slider. I don't know why it doesn't work for you, but that worked from me. Based on what you typed that the only difference. I didn't use the notification shade route.
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What do you mean "through the settings and not the slider"? Touchpal isnt in the apps menu, so i cant disable it there.

I didn't access the settings through the notification shade like you did.
I did everything from the settings itself.
I tapped
Settings
Language and keyboard
Current keyboard
Choose keyboard
Turned on keyboard
Back once
Changed current keyboard
Choose keyboard
Turned off keyboards
That worked for me and I don't get anything in the notification shade because I only have 1 active keyboard.
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Elthy said:
What do you mean "through the settings and not the slider"? Touchpal isnt in the apps menu, so i cant disable it there.
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The very first reply to your original post explains what you need to do. Go into Settings, Language & Keyboard, Current Keyboard, Choose Keyboards and then turn off Touchpal. Don't access this menu via the slider notification as you have previously stated. If Touchpal is still greyed out, try to download another keyboard temporarily and see if you then get the option.