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Keyboard calibration?

Is there a way to do this? I can't stand Swype... I like the predictive text of the Android keyboard (how it shows words at the top)... but for some reason my calibration seems off and I keep mistyping words.
Any alternative keyboard with the same predictive text feature of the stock android keyboard.

Why don't you just turn swype off in menu, settings, keyboard, uncheck swype.

I did turn off swype. I'm using the stock android keyboard... but the calibration seems a little off, and I'm kind of annoyed with how i'm pressing a button and it's registering the button to the left of it when I'm pretty accurate.
Just looking for an alternative that's similar to the Stock, or a calibration feature.

Try SwiftKey

Same thing is happening to me. Annoying as heck!

I know that it used to be possible to install the htc_ime even if you weren't rooted. Is there an htc_ime out there that will run on 2.2? I had one running on my CM5.0.8 G1. The HTC keyboard also has a calibration tool and was MUCH better than the standard VK.

http://androidforums.com/incredible-tips-tricks/163341-official-htc-screen-calibration-apk.html
Not sure if it'll work but you and try it. Report back.

Wow, thanks man I'll def try this.

I don't know if it's the placebo effect but it appears to be working. Before, anytime I hit the JKLMN keys and the delete key it would hit the key to the left of it.
Time will tell. Thanks!

thickbuttons is pretty good

sinistersai4d4d said:
Wow, thanks man I'll def try this.
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sinistersai4d4d said:
I don't know if it's the placebo effect but it appears to be working. Before, anytime I hit the JKLMN keys and the delete key it would hit the key to the left of it.
Time will tell. Thanks!
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Thats cool. I had not idea it was going to work. I just googled "android keyboard calibration apk" and found that.

elopez2808 said:
found this on the nexus one forums.
I installed the froyo version and it works great
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=624416
credit goes to Jonasl
just thought I'd share it with those that don't have it and what not
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Update! The keyboard in the thread I just quoted above is the best keyboard you'll ever use if u aren't a Swype fan. Better than any vk I've ever used. And it comes with a calibration tool that's fantastic.
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[Q] Samsung Keyboard Autocorrect

Before you post the link to the XDA noob video, no, this isn't a question about 'how to enable autocorrect on the stock keyboard'
It's actually a question about autocorrect on the stock Samsung Keyboard.
Is there any way to force the autocorrect bar to permanently stay above the keyboard when XT9 is enabled, like the Gingerbread keyboard? When typing in, say, the Messaging app, the autocorrect bar pops up when I enter something and disappears when I hit space, making the little text entry box go up-and-down-and-up-and-down making me quite dizzy since my eyes have to bob up and down.
I would just use the gingerbread keyboard but the banding on that kb is annoying.
If it matters, GT-i9100, VR1.1, pulser_g2's KE2 multi-CSC package (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14254203#post14254203)
Thanks!

Im currently using the Gingerbread Keyboard from Marketplace, as far as im aware there is nothing at the moment that can be done to stop the autocorrection box appearing/Disappearing !
i think the samsung keyboard is rather annoying, the space bar is way too small causing me to press the . button atleast 1 in every 5 words.. annoyance !

i have been looking everywhere for a fix, nothing so far!
i hope this thread will get enough attention and the keyboard can be modded.
the only reason im not using samsung keyboard is because of this issue

OK, I just downloaded the version from the Market (the free one from Steven Lin, right?).
No banding )) but vibrate on keypress doesn't do anything.
Can you test on yours and see if vibe works?
Thanks!

X9 in settings that is what enables it. Though doesn't work on custom roms I have no idea why.
Cheers.

You mean to enable autocorrect for the stock Samsung keyboard?
Re-read my post. I have no problem enabling it, but it's the execution that is annoying.
If only I could get vibration working for the Gingerbread keyboard (the apk I got off xda works, but there's noticeable banding, while the one off the market has no banding but vibe doesn't work).

Greenie-UK said:
Im currently using the Gingerbread Keyboard from Marketplace, as far as im aware there is nothing at the moment that can be done to stop the autocorrection box appearing/Disappearing !
i think the samsung keyboard is rather annoying, the space bar is way too small causing me to press the . button atleast 1 in every 5 words.. annoyance !
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I am also using the Gingerbread Keyboard and it is 100% better, more responsive and better with predictive text than the crappy Samsung KB.

At the end of the day I got HTC_IME installed and will probably be sticking with that.
No banding, vibration works, autocorrect is great & doesn't give me a seizure. Only problem is that it crashes the Samsung Email app (but I use the stock Gmail app so it's not a problem).
Does anyone know how to get vibration working on the Market GB kb?
Thanks!

yamanote said:
OK, I just downloaded the version from the Market (the free one from Steven Lin, right?).
No banding )) but vibrate on keypress doesn't do anything.
Can you test on yours and see if vibe works?
Thanks!
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if you use gingerbread KB you need to change the Vibrate setting to "normal" in advanced settings and it should work !
Thanked you accidentally too Lol. but you can keep it

Greenie-UK said:
if you use gingerbread KB you need to change the Vibrate setting to "normal" in advanced settings and it should work !
Thanked you accidentally too Lol. but you can keep it
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Why thank you very much. I have returned the favor
Well actually I would have thanked you either way, since setting the vibe intensity to Normal as you suggested worked.
Thanks again

I'd recommend Thumb Keyboard or Swiftkey X Beta. both a LOT better than the Samsung KB and both offer superior prediction and customisation. Thumb has split KB and customisation too.

yamanote said:
Why thank you very much. I have returned the favor
Well actually I would have thanked you either way, since setting the vibe intensity to Normal as you suggested worked.
Thanks again
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Lol no problem.
only figured how to sort it out over Frustration at no vibration when typing lol !
glad it all works if you get the paid version you can have different haptic Vibes on the keyboard, pretty neat !

robbiekhan said:
I'd recommend Thumb Keyboard or Swiftkey X Beta. both a LOT better than the Samsung KB and both offer superior prediction and customisation. Thumb has split KB and customisation too.
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Currently downloading the English pack for SwiftKey X. Looks pretty cool. Thanks for the suggestion!
Got it installed. I like how it can personalize my autocorrect via my Facebook account and SMSes. Autocorrect is great. Thanks again.
Greenie-UK said:
Lol no problem.
only figured how to sort it out over Frustration at no vibration when typing lol !
glad it all works if you get the paid version you can have different haptic Vibes on the keyboard, pretty neat !
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Is it just me or does the vibrate seem to be a bit stronger than other keyboards (particularly the Samsung one)? Just a minor niggle lol.
whoo hundredth post! I'm a senior member now

Smart Keyboard Pro for me.

Another keyboard to consider is Smart Keyboard Pro. It has tons of options to configure.
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Ahh I'm going to have 50 input methods by the end of the day
I'll try that out tomorrow, thanks for the suggestions!

yamanote said:
Ahh I'm going to have 50 input methods by the end of the day
I'll try that out tomorrow, thanks for the suggestions!
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Welcome to the world of Android.
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Can you still use swype with one of these keyboard apps?

I use swiftkey x and swype alternatively depending on what I'm typing. The prediction in swiftkey is spooky good.

I bought Smart Keyboard Pro. Autocorrect is as good as the others and I like the themes. Which one should I stick with...
paranoid2007 said:
Welcome to the world of Android.
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LOL thanks. Not my first Android phone though On the others I just stuck with the stock kb (HTC_IME and the SE ime) which weren't too bad. The Samsung one is just that bad (anything which gives me a headache ain't good).
sgupta1 said:
Can you still use swype with one of these keyboard apps?
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Yeah, just press & hold the text box and select Input Method.

keyboard questions

hello i feel that the keyboard is quite laggy, do you?
is there a way to correct this?
and also, i feel the buttons are kind of small how can we enlarge them?
thanks

alvespt said:
hello i feel that the keyboard is quite laggy, do you?
is there a way to correct this?
and also, i feel the buttons are kind of small how can we enlarge them?
thanks
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Try this, it seemed to help mine. Go to settings: developer options: check force gpu rendering. This fixed my laggy keyboard. Also is anyone else having trouble with the keyboard not auto capitalizing the first word in a text? Mine seems to do it at random?

I'm on here searching for the same answer. I only have the problem typing in landscape mode. Portrait is perfect. I can literally type a full sentence while its lagging out and then it spits it all out at once. I'll try the force rendering but then I'll have to worry about some apps not being compatible.
And the no auto-capitalize only affects me on the first word of a message. It gets it every time after that.
One good thing; portrait typing is great for me! Even with my large hands. I'll just stick to this if I can't get the landscape to smooth out.
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Well it appears that Force Rendering does help my landscape typing. If before I was getting a 2 second delay (just an imaginary number to simplify things), now I'm getting maybe 25% of that. It is still lagging, but it doesn't lag behind more than a few letters at a time. I think I'll disable it for now.
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ok thanks a lot it realy worked. Regarding the size of buttons any solution?
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Google Maps - No ZOOM button!

Does anyone else find it absolutely annoying that they reomved the zoom buttons on Google Maps?! Yeah, I got to double tap to zoom in, but while driving I have to use two hands to operate the app. So F-ing annoying. Not to mention the 86ing of Latitude and layers.

seanvree said:
Does anyone else find it absolutely annoying that they reomved the zoom buttons on Google Maps?! Yeah, I got to double tap to zoom in, but while driving I have to use two hands to operate the app. So F-ing annoying. Not to mention the 86ing of Latitude and layers.
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Shouldn't this be in general discussion or in the actual Google map app thread?
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seanvree said:
Does anyone else find it absolutely annoying that they reomved the zoom buttons on Google Maps?! Yeah, I got to double tap to zoom in, but while driving I have to use two hands to operate the app. So F-ing annoying. Not to mention the 86ing of Latitude and layers.
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Double tap with one finger, holding the second tap, slide finger up to zoom in slide finger down to zoom out.
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elesbb said:
Double tap with one finger, holding the second tap, aluge finger up to zoom in slide finger down to zoom out.
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WOW. Knowledge explosion. Thanks!

seanvree said:
WOW. Knowledge explosion. Thanks!
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Just realized I typed "aluge" instead of "slide" Lmao.
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elesbb said:
Just realized I typed "aluge" instead of "slide" Lmao.
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Ha. I got what you meant. Thanks
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elesbb said:
Double tap with one finger, holding the second tap, slide finger up to zoom in slide finger down to zoom out.
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Thanks! I needed this too.

I did a recent wipe and had to reset password. I did the pw reset for the sole purpose of replying to this thread.
That being said, thank you! I was losing my dang mind on not having the buttons! Wooohooo!

elesbb said:
Double tap with one finger, holding the second tap, slide finger up to zoom in slide finger down to zoom out.
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Sure, and next get yourself killed while driving cause this fkn method requires you to look at screen for min 3 seconds.
Tapping on old zoom buttons was easy and safe.
Google software architecting trolls suck. Their new philosophy is to promote dumbness among interfaces making then unussuable for normal people. I wonder who is the brain behind these stupid ideas.
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esdwa said:
Sure, and next get yourself killed while driving cause this fkn method requires you to look at screen for min 3 seconds.
Tapping on old zoom buttons was easy and safe.
Google software architecting trolls suck. Their new philosophy is to promote dumbness among interfaces making then unussuable for normal people. I wonder who is the brain behind these stupid ideas.
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Actually using the double tap and scroll zoom method i find a lot easier. No hunting for a button.

elesbb said:
Actually using the double tap and scroll zoom method i find a lot easier. No hunting for a button.
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Not practical when I pan at the same time trying to sweep area around or tracing route. Repeating double tap and hold just to zoom in out takes way more time than just pressing button to zoom and swiping to pan alternatively. I do not have to keep my eyes on the map when zoomong with button while with dtap I must. Waiting after dtap is also a waste of time.
But if you are happy with dtap, good for you. My opinion is they still suck. Too bad more dumb improvements most likely to come.
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esdwa said:
Not practical when I pan at the same time trying to sweep area around or tracing route. Repeating double tap and hold just to zoom in out takes way more time than just pressing button to zoom and swiping to pan alternatively. I do not have to keep my eyes on the map when zoomong with button while with dtap I must. Waiting after dtap is also a waste of time.
But if you are happy with dtap, good for you. My opinion is they still suck. Too bad more dumb improvements most likely to come.
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I actually only use it for quick "oh **** im lost" moments lol. Usually when im actually using navigation i use sygic. But i see where double tap to zoom can be troublesome. I'm usually stationary when i use google maps.

seanvree said:
Does anyone else find it absolutely annoying that they reomved the zoom buttons on Google Maps?! Yeah, I got to double tap to zoom in, but while driving I have to use two hands to operate the app. So F-ing annoying. Not to mention the 86ing of Latitude and layers.
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if you're driving, you don't even need to look at the screen for the + or - buttons....to zoom !
just tap the screen and hold then drag down to zoom in and drag up to zoom out.... That is a pretty good improvement over searching for the tiny button to click on!
jess mah 2 cents.....
Aloha!

I don't mind that the "tap & drag" method is there, I just find it annoying that the zoom buttons have been removed. Why not have both and let the user choose? Zooming with one hand while driving is FAR easier to me with the zoom buttons than the other method, which I find way too easy to get wrong when I can't give my undivided attention. The fact that the zoom buttons are always in the same place makes it easy to hit them every time. That's why I'm still using 6.14.3 and won't give it up until zoom buttons are added back into a newer version.

hella356 said:
I don't mind that the "tap & drag" method is there, I just find it annoying that the zoom buttons have been removed. Why not have both and let the user choose? Zooming with one hand while driving is FAR easier to me with the zoom buttons than the other method, which I find way too easy to get wrong when I can't give my undivided attention. The fact that the zoom buttons are always in the same place makes it easy to hit them every time. That's why I'm still using 6.14.3 and won't give it up until zoom buttons are added back into a newer version.
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OK, I understand your frustrations, and Frankly, I too have issues with the new maps, and google , with their HIGH AND MIGHTY attitude won't even bother to respond to queries on their programming errors! They just have the "Take it or leave it" attitude and that bothers me.
Oh well, we both just have to live with them I guess.... Have a Great Day!
Aloha and Good Luck :>)

bobolinko said:
OK, I understand your frustrations, and Frankly, I too have issues with the new maps, and google , with their HIGH AND MIGHTY attitude won't even bother to respond to queries on their programming errors! They just have the "Take it or leave it" attitude and that bothers me.
Oh well, we both just have to live with them I guess.... Have a Great Day!
Aloha and Good Luck :>)
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Yeah, Google is being a bit Apple-ish in regards to Maps. Egad.

Fix for lag/delay when hitting multitasking capacitive button

Not sure if someone else already posted but I figured I would share what I found. YMMV
If you're experiencing a delay in response when hitting the multitasking(recent) capacitive button (the one that's to the left of your home button) I may have found a way to speed it up.
In settings > accessibility > dexterity and interaction > touch and hold delay
Change it to custom. When you customize it take your finger off as soon as it turns green. Faster is better.
It seems to have done the trick for me. Let me know if works for you.
-Wizzle

Thanks for the tip. Never would of thought to try that!!
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wizzlewizzle said:
Not sure if someone else already posted but I figured I would share what I found. YMMV
If you're experiencing a delay in response when hitting the multitasking(recent) capacitive button (the one that's to the left of your home button) I may have found a way to speed it up.
In settings > accessibility > dexterity and interaction > touch and hold delay
Change it to custom. When you customize it take your finger off as soon as it turns green. Faster is better.
It seems to have done the trick for me. Let me know if works for you.
-Wizzle
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Seemed to have helped a little bit, still some lag though. Thanks!

Improved mine a lot. It's instantaneous now. Thanks so much. That use to bug the cap out of me
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Awesome! Works great on mine also!
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I resume this fix will not change the long press for settings?

I wonder if this will help me with poweramp when putting phone in my pocket moving my song to the end of it.
Because of sensitvity. Thanks
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I think you guys are experiencing the placebo effect, this setting has nothing to do with a regular press. I've timed it on a few different Note 4s and it does not increase the speed.

airmaxx23 said:
I think you guys are experiencing the placebo effect, this setting has nothing to do with a regular press. I've timed it on a few different Note 4s and it does not increase the speed.
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I've also experimented with changing the delay between custom, 0.5, and 1.5 seconds. It doesn't change the multitask window delay for me.

oilfighter said:
I've also experimented with changing the delay between custom, 0.5, and 1.5 seconds. It doesn't change the multitask window delay for me.
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I messed around with the delay times as well and as you said, it didn't change it at all.

ronaldheld said:
I resume this fix will not change the long press for settings?
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I missed having the settings capacitive button on my note 2. Did not know I just had to hold the recent apps button! Thanks!
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Hmm. I wonder if it has anything to do with the launcher that is used. I'm using Nova.
Maybe others who are not experiencing the speed improvement are on a different launcher?
I have no idea why it worked for me and not everyone.
-Wizzle

Subiegsr said:
I missed having the settings capacitive button on my note 2. Did not know I just had to hold the recent apps button! Thanks!
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Lol, neither did I! The threads for this one is great. They actually changed a ton with this phone, and to a certain extent it's like starting all over again.. Lol, kind of exciting!
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Doesn't work. Must be a placebo. No noticeable difference. Tried on 3 devices.
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placebo or not, it seemed to work for me. thanks!

I'm really not sure what lag there was to begin with when pressing the recent apps key.

Disable the TalkBack service from Application manager, and it will be fast as 0.5 seconds.

The setting didn't change multi task button at all.
I know others have said this but I started typing this before I realized there were so many others saying the same thing.

It works very good here, thanks mate !
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wizzle. thanks. helped tremendously