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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

Space button = silent?

As I look at my keyboard, I see that my hard keyboard has a silent icon on the spacebar in the top corner. Does this mean that it is a silent icon? If so, how do I use it?

Same here, I'm super curious I've tried everything I could think of, Maybe if I figure it out ill tell you but I know someone is gonna beat me to it:/
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dude52 said:
Same here, I'm super curious I've tried everything I could think of, Maybe if I figure it out ill tell you but I know someone is gonna beat me to it:/
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Unlock your phone, slide out the keyboard out and hold the space bar. It would put your phone in silent/vibrate and press/hold the space bar again to return back to the volume level. This somehow doesn't work if the phone is locked or in the music player.

ninthsense said:
Unlock your phone, slide out the keyboard out and hold the space bar. It would put your phone in silent/vibrate and press/hold the space bar again to return back to the volume level. This somehow doesn't work if the phone is locked or in the music player.
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I tried that, and all it did was open a search page that started filling with spaces...I am using LPP as a launcher if it matters.

a_p3rson said:
I tried that, and all it did was open a search page that started filling with spaces...I am using LPP as a launcher if it matters.
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Well i can confirm again that this does work on my phone flawlessly. BTW i've the new ICS leak on my phone nad i don't know if that matters as i never tried this on the GB. I have the stock launcher running.

ninthsense said:
Well i can confirm again that this does work on my phone flawlessly. BTW i've the new ICS leak on my phone nad i don't know if that matters as i never tried this on the GB. I have the stock launcher running.
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Just tried switching my launcher back to TouchFLO, and it worked. Must be built into the stock launcher.

a_p3rson said:
Just tried switching my launcher back to TouchFLO, and it worked. Must be built into the stock launcher.
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TouchFlo on your glide? Plus tell more.
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austin420 said:
TouchFlo on your glide? Plus tell more.
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TouchWiz, sorry. (was just reading an article on TouchFLO, typed the wrong thing)

Browser zooms where I scroll

I always scroll from the side of the screen and now with JB, it zooms. I for one pinch to zoom... I don't need it where I scroll. Does anyone know where or how to kill this?
Thanks!
John

Scroll from the middle. I'm not seeing anything in settings.
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I too had this issue, thought it was a defect. Pretty annoying. Would love to disable it
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I agree, Its the same on the phone and the S3. Doesn't matter the browser. Real annoying...

BUMP.
Any devs know what's up?

yes I hate the zoom function there Would be nice to disable it
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I actually like it just wish I could control it. ie make it only one side or the other not both sides. its handy for one handed operation but yes like you I scroll from the SIDE (so I can keep reading) and now I can't. Grrr

Happen to me as well.. Glad to see it happening to others.. When it happened to me I thought I was going crazy
-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss

I am having the same issue, so I downloaded the google chrome browser because I was so annoyed and getting headaches..... Also NOT HAPPY with the stock Keyboard not having the mic (voice input) button on the keyboard, you have to press three different buttons to get to it, SO ANNOYING, so I downloaded the Jellybean Keyboard from the App Store (which I do not understand why this phone didnt come with a Jelly Bean Keyboard..

Nm I lied
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[Q] Keyboard on landscape mode

hey everyone,
i've noticed that in some (most actually) apps, when in landscape mode and bringing up the keyboard (it happens on all keyboards ive tried: swiftkey, swiftkeyflow, kii, keymonk and samsung stock) instead of bringing up the keyboard and displaying the app you're in in whats left of the screen, the keyboard comes up with a white text input display, allowing you to see only the text you enter, without its context in the application you're in.
this can be troublesome in apps that combing typing and drawing, such as lecturenotes or any other natural handwriting note taking app you know.
has anyone found a way to overcome this issue?

try swype, my man
http://beta.swype.com/

I've tried all my writing apps and none of them do that. What app are you using? I have tried it with both the stock keyboard and the Hackers Keyboard.

milkybeans_chocolate said:
try swype, my man
http://beta.swype.com/
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Yea but that doesn't solve the OPs issue.
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donec said:
I've tried all my writing apps and none of them do that. What app are you using? I have tried it with both the stock keyboard and the Hackers Keyboard.
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getting the same effect with:
Samsung stock
swiftkey
swiftkey flow
kii
Keymonk
+ some two other keyboards I can't remember by name right now
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I'm actually curious to know.if there is a way to avoid the white box appearing. It's the only reason why I prefer typing in portrait mode, I'd like to see where I'm typing.
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Same here man,
why Samsung would force something like this on users is beyond me.
It renders many great apps unusable in landscape mode
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Is anyone still thinking about this? I also find this quite annoying, also because it is different from app to app and also from Rom to Rom. I get the right results on most tw roms, but not on AOSP or CM10.1, where it differs from app to app. Changing dpi doesn't solve the issue.
I read that thumb keyboard has an option to suppress fullscreen windows, but I use swype.
I use the Note I, but this is not device-specific. No work-around?

Subscribed. Always wanted to know whether or not it can be fixed.
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molecularSigns said:
Is anyone still thinking about this? I also find this quite annoying, also because it is different from app to app and also from Rom to Rom. I get the right results on most tw roms, but not on AOSP or CM10.1, where it differs from app to app. Changing dpi doesn't solve the issue.
I read that thumb keyboard has an option to suppress fullscreen windows, but I use swype.
I use the Note I, but this is not device-specific. No work-around?
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Actually on most aosp roms there's an option to disable full screen keyboard on landscape. However, I have never heard of this option on touchwiz roms, people keep suggesting keyboards but non of them work. I believe this requires modification in the root directory.
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Bushako, thank you so much! I found it in the AOSP options and it worked greatly. Strange I never saw it.
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molecularSigns said:
Bushako, thank you so much! I found it in the AOSP options and it worked greatly. Strange I never saw it.
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You're most welcome.
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Keyboard pinch for one handed use

So I was able to pinch on my keyboard and change to one handed use. And then one day it just stopped. Nothing happens. Any idea what happend? Or am I missing a setting? I'm on 4.1.1. Thanks.
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I'm actually trying to find out the answer to this as well. Same thing happened to me and it used to be very useful. Now i have to go into keyboard setting and set it to one handed use and keep switching back and forth

I guess we the only ones with this problem. Lol I've been trying to figure this out for awhile. I really don't want to factory reset.
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So I ended up factory resetting and still the pinch to use one handed keyboard function still doesn't work. I'm pretty much lost on this. Anyone out there have a solution?