Hey Devs,
I am not usually into themeing, I really like stock looks often.
But today while using the SGS III keyboard, I suddenly thought How awesome would it look like if the Samsung Keyboard had the same "finish" like the back of the device or the front near the home button.
Horizontal metallic lines - If anyone wishes to create such a theme, I'd be thrilled to test it
Bye for now
I would love a white keyboard like the one on tab
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Try the SwiftKey beta 3 from their website. That has a blue theme and it is also a great keyboard. I haven't got my s3 yet but going by previous Samsung keyboards I guess it is a good option
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Same to be said about smartbkeyboard pro.
I'm actually using the galaxy theme on my galaxy s3 but it it has many colours and a much better predictive text than the 'bouncy' stock.
Also tried swiftkey which was good but couldn't get used to the non standard layout
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Alex Charles said:
Same to be said about smartbkeyboard pro.
I'm actually using the galaxy theme on my galaxy s3 but it it has many colours and a much better predictive text than the 'bouncy' stock.
Also tried swiftkey which was good but couldn't get used to the non standard layout
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What Do you mean by the "bouncy" stock?
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The auto correct for the stock keyboard often changes the words especially shorter ones it abbreviates it with no way of saving your petsonalised words without going into the personal dictionary first
Example being every time I would type in MB or GB et it would place a full stop before it without giving me an option to do so. I referred to it as bouncy as I was constanlty going back and forth to correct the punctuation myself which sounds pittiful but is annoying when you can't type quickly !
The only thing I do miss about the stock keyboard though was that it had an integrated swipe function without changing it in the settings. Now that was handy for texting quickly when you only had one hand
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Alex Charles said:
The auto correct for the stock keyboard often changes the words especially shorter ones it abbreviates it with no way of saving your petsonalised words without going into the personal dictionary first
Example being every time I would type in MB or GB et it would place a full stop before it without giving me an option to do so. I referred to it as bouncy as I was constanlty going back and forth to correct the punctuation myself which sounds pittiful but is annoying when you can't type quickly !
The only thing I do miss about the stock keyboard though was that it had an integrated swipe function without changing it in the settings. Now that was handy for texting quickly when you only had one hand
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Yes it is possible, you are wrong, play with settings.
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So no takers? Thanks for the suggestions on the alternative keyboards but for those of us who actually "like" the stock keyboard is someone willing to take up the task?
It would be highly appreciated.
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I currently use the free gingerbread one on market
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My favorite is SmartKeyboard Pro.
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Gingerbread keyboard!!! this is pretty much all i use..
Better keyboard is great. Black keys outlined in white with great spell correct. I use Better Keyboard 8. Also skins for it. Adjustable size of keys also
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mattallica76 said:
My favorite is SmartKeyboard Pro.
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This.
Tried BetterKB, Gingerbread, Swype, SlideIt, Ultra, but SmartKeyb pro is easily the best for me.
Personally HTC IME Mod is the best fit for me, nice big buttons, and plenty of useful features, like moving through text with the volume rocker or even much needed spell check for the hardware KB.
Swype. /thread
I still go back to the droid x keyboard, I love it.
themed gingerbread keyboard. Best. Ever
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Gingerbread keyboard i find is most smart at how u type.. more accurate than any other
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I use gingerbread keyboard the most.
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I like the stock samsung keypad that came with 2.2
k0nane said:
Swype. /thread
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Agree. Swype is the fastest and easiest for me. You do have to have good spelling to get the best result out of it though!
Orderwise you ends up making silky ousts on treats
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Can keyboards be combined? For instance Gingerbread with Swype
Shapewriter. It's like Swype, done right. I find Swype to be way too inaccurate, and I dislike the popup. Shapewriter is more accurate and has a bar of word suggestions above the keyboard rather than a popup.
It was pulled from the market when Nuance bought out the developer, but you can still find it fairly easily (as in, linked in the forums at www.shapewriter.com).
It is always one of my first installs, along with Handcent and Androzip.
I love the size and spacing of the Samsung Keyboard, but I really miss the auto-correct.
I've tried a number of other keyboards but they all have the keys too close together. I have Better Keyboard 8 with a number of Skins, a few Gingerbread keyboards, Swype (of course)...
Any ideas?
Sorry mods - wrong forum - can you move to Themes and Apps?
Samsung keyboard does have auto correction, you have to enabled it in settings, its called xt9, also go into xt9 advanced settings to enable other settings.
I use smart keyboard pro. Has skin to look like any keyboard plus the characters pop up so you can see what you're typing and it has auto correct
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First thing I installed.
lindsaydr said:
I use smart keyboard pro. Has skin to look like any keyboard plus the characters pop up so you can see what you're typing and it has auto correct
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I would suggest using swiftkey, best keyboard ive used imo.
Stock keyboard isn't too bad with xt9 on, but current keyboard of choice is the thumb keyboard beta from these very forums. Worth a try.
Swiftkey is second choice for me though.
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I like the "stock gingerbread keyboard" on the market. Works a charm and reminds me of my old HTC Hero.
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+1 for smart keyboard pro
its fantastic
dan13l said:
Stock keyboard isn't too bad with xt9 on, but current keyboard of choice is the thumb keyboard beta from these very forums. Worth a try.
Swiftkey is second choice for me though.
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Thanks for that suggestion for thumb keyboard just trying it out and seems very good, I can type pretty fast using this keyboard and it seems fast.
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Thanks for all this advice. I've tried out Smart Keyboard and Swiftkey. I like that they both give clear options when I use voice input but what has sold me on Smart Keyboard is that it also has a Retry button after voice input if you don't find a match for what you dictated. I couldn't see that Swiftkey has that. Quicker than cancelling the entry and then clicking on the voice input button again.
Apart from that, I couldn't say that one is better than the other. I haven't done a lot of testing so I cannot say if one is more accurate than the other on finding the right words.
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I would suggest using swiftkey, best keyboard ive used imo.
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I have always used Swiftkey but Im not sure if anyone else has experienced the missing word correction/choices bar in landscape mode on same apps on the S2. Its there on handcent and messaging apps but not on the default email client. This was never a problem on my desire. Has anyone else experienced this?
tebs said:
I have always used Swiftkey but Im not sure if anyone else has experienced the missing word correction/choices bar in landscape mode on same apps on the S2. Its there on handcent and messaging apps but not on the default email client. This was never a problem on my desire. Has anyone else experienced this?
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All third party keyboards are missing auto correct in the default email app...its quite a put off!!!!
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All third party keyboards are missing auto correct in the default email app...its quite a put off!!!!
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I thought I saw it in portrait mode yesterday. Must have been dreaming. Its pretty poor cant help thinking how polished the software was on the Desire.
+1 smart keyboard pro rocks
Made a full review video of the TouchPal Keyboard!! DEFINITELY something you want to check out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJUWFEXxJaI
Nice intro and review.
I used touch pal for a bit over a week. I love how it handles regular typing, the key popups are nice, and the number and punctuation swiping is terrific. On the other hand I think Swype handles correction better, and the auto spacing is kind of wonky sometimes. This leaves me wishing for a hybrid between the two keyboards. Get to work Swype devs!
schwab002 said:
Nice intro and review.
I used touch pal for a bit over a week. I love how it handles regular typing, the key popups are nice, and the number and punctuation swiping is terrific. On the other hand I think Swype handles correction better, and the auto spacing is kind of wonky sometimes. This leaves me wishing for a hybrid between the two keyboards. Get to work Swype devs!
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Yeah it is nice I am using it now I think it is more accurate than a Swype needs to themed though I like the look of Swype better but I like more of the functionality of TouchPal
This keyboard is nice but like above I wish it could be themed. Also, wish you could get rid of the configuration buttons on the top part of the keyboard.
I just tried this keyboard but its not multi touch like the ice cream sandwich which makes it slow when you're typing with two fingers and has a subtle lag that you can feel.
You can press up to 4 letters at a time with the ice cream sandwich keyboard.
Good find never the less as its a good keyboard.
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I have shared this through my network. Good luck. You deserve it.
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I have shared this through my network. Good luck. You deserve it.
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Thank you Rob! I really appreciate that.
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Nice video as usual dude!
Pretty nice keyboard, though it's not mt, looks good.
Thanks
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I have never been a fan of Swype...I don't like its accuracy, look, or use. I have been a huge fan of Shapewriter and I believe that is the best swype keyboard out there. I am currently on TouchPal and I really like. It comes in second in my book next to shapewriter. I like the caps options for both shapewriter and touchpal, although there is one extra step on touchpal. I REALLY like the swipe up and swipe down method for numbers and punctuation marks...I really like it... sure that further developments will make it even better!
I will cheek out this keyboard thanks (=
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Thanks for the reccomendation
I've been using my E4GT for about 1 month now, and I gotta say my text/email/sms life just became so much easier with this app. Good looking out and hope you win the prize for posting the youtube vid.
I installed this keyboard to use it (duh) then I got this
"This input method from TouchPal Keyboard application may collect all the text you type, including passwords, credit card numbers and other personal data"
Should I be paranoid? HAHA
It says that any time you install a new input app.
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Yep, same goes for installing the newest Swype beta (much better than stock, imho).
I just installed my first ICS rom and love almost everything about it...
Except I hate the new 3 tab dialer. By removing contacts and groups from the top it forces me to use both the phone and contacts apps, which takes up another slot on my dock. I hate this.
Is there a GB phone.apk/contacts.apk or something that can allow me to run the old contacts.apk or phone.apk in ICS?
I have tried the 3rd party dialers such as dialer one, exdialer, go dialer, etc. I dislike all of them. They seem buggy and laggy and I don't like the kiddy look of most of them. Anyone have a solution?
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This bothered me at first too, but I realized that it does have a spot for all your contacts.
If your opening the phone, click on the tab for your favorites. Then scroll down past them and you should see your full contact list appear with the ability to quick search through them. It's a little different depending if your on a touchwiz or AOSP ROM but the functionality is still there in both. This solved my need for having a separate contacts app in the dock.
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I too am unimpressed with the ICS dialer and contacts. i would love to keep the ICS blue theme and the actual keypad, but go back to the GB tab configuration. is anybody working on this?
I, agree as well, i would like to use the dialer and swype keyboard from strongsteves odex blu GB Rom. Does anyone know how to do this?
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No answers?
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mremale said:
I, agree as well, i would like to use the dialer and swype keyboard from strongsteves odex blu GB Rom. Does anyone know how to do this?
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Yeah, my wife loves everything ICS on her Skyrocket, except for the dialer. She still prefers the GB dialer. Anyone know a way to get that ported?
I am using Go dialer but my problem is that it takes a while to make a phone call. When I select a contact it takes like 3 or 4 seconds to engage.
Any suggestions
thanks
wow no dev interest?
ICS dialer sucks.
Solved.
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FML.... The title is suppose to say are not ate. See what I mean? This keyboard sucks.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zl.inputmethod.latin
Kii Keyboard.
Loving it so far. Stock Android 4.2 Keyboard comes a close second. I keep the Samsung default keyboard for handwriting purposes.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zl.inputmethod.latin
Kii Keyboard.
Loving it so far. Stock Android 4.2 Keyboard comes a close second. I keep the Samsung default keyboard for handwriting purposes.
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Awesome. This keyboard is amazing. Thank you so much for this recommendation.
SwiftKey flow. Best keyboard
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I got SwiftKey 3 it's like Ki keyboard mentioned earlier in this thread but on steroids.
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I don't know what it is about SwiftKey, but I really, really don't like it. I like the stock Samsung keyboard the best, but it's unusable for me since it doesn't have autocorrect. Therefore, I'm using the Android 4.2 keyboard.
Auridran said:
I don't know what it is about SwiftKey, but I really, really don't like it. I like the stock Samsung keyboard the best, but it's unusable for me since it doesn't have autocorrect. Therefore, I'm using the Android 4.2 keyboard.
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I would get android 4.2 keyboard but I bricked my phone this past weekend trying to cwm recovery to flash it. And you can't flash it with twrp for some reason. I also tried manually installing which didn't work either. Idk. I really like SwiftKey 3 though. It's perfect for me.
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Swift key all day.
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I really don't like keyboards that cant use finger dragging for input. I like swype but have been using the Android 4.2 keyboard for the past few days. I like the 4.2 with the swyping function but still have to play with it a bit before it's a keeper. It has some things I don't like as far as a few common things on the second keyboard screen. A comma is one of them. I might be able to change this but have not tried at all....wait...the comma is also there if I hold down the period key.
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Absolutely loving the SwiftKey 3 keyboard. It's freaking perfect. No wonder it's like the 3rd or 4th top paid app. Definitely worth every cent.
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I use stock keyboard. Love it lol
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I just got Swiftkey 3 keyboard and let me tell you, its freaking great!!!! Thanks guys, I was using crappy samsung keyboard and I hated it.
Swype keyboard totally rules....swiftkey close second.
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Right now I'm using Smart Keyboard Pro with a hot pink theme. I love keyboards that ur able to theme cuz I'm a pink-a-holic! I know Swiftkey has a pinkish type theme, but my fav pink color is bubble gum or hot pink. If Swiftkey ever gets a pink color theme like those I'd definitely switch back to it cuz that is one awesome keyboard. The auto-correction/predictions is out of this world fabulous!
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lilmama2879 said:
Right now I'm using Smart Keyboard Pro with a hot pink theme. I love keyboards that ur able to theme cuz I'm a pink-a-holic! I know Swiftkey has a pinkish type theme, but my fav pink color is bubble gum or hot pink. If Swiftkey ever gets a pink color theme like those I'd definitely switch back to it cuz that is one awesome keyboard. The auto-correction/predictions is out of this world fabulous!
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I really like this gray with neon green theme. It looks very clean and the keys have a sort of blackberry look to them which is a very clean look that I'm quite fond of.
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