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[Q] Ginger bread Keyboard for our screen

Anyone know where to get the Gingerbread keyboard for a screen our size? I downloaded one of the apk's and its made for a 3" screen or something like that. I love this phone but hate the samsung/swype keyboards.

I downloaded "keyboard from Android 2.3" from the market and I really like it so far.
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i thought the stock samsung keyboard was basically the gingerbread keyboard that came with the phone

I am pretty sure that the stock keyboard is Samsung's take on it. Just like TW, this is their keyboard.
Also I downloaded the Keyboard from android 2.3 off the market. I'm very pleased with it as well

I downloaded it as well, but when you go to install it, there is a warning that says, "...Gingerbread keyboard application may collect all the text you type, including passwords, credit card numbers, and other personal data. Continue?" I hit "Cancel." Is this normal for a keyboard from the market to ask?

I am pretty sure that is normal, of all the keyboards that i have tried in the past they all gave me a warning like that, i think that it is a built in message just for safety reasons but i have never had a problem with it

I saw that too, but I didn't worry too much about it. I don't use my phone to enter credit card numbers or anything like that.
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AmbroseAI said:
I downloaded it as well, but when you go to install it, there is a warning that says, "...Gingerbread keyboard application may collect all the text you type, including passwords, credit card numbers, and other personal data. Continue?" I hit "Cancel." Is this normal for a keyboard from the market to ask?
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Yes, if you installed a Swype beta in the past it included this as well IIRC

Thanks guys. I went from a winmo phone to an iPhone to this, so just learning the Android world.
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Smart Keyboard Pro works perfectly on it.

CadioXIII said:
I am pretty sure that the stock keyboard is Samsung's take on it. Just like TW, this is their keyboard.
Also I downloaded the Keyboard from android 2.3 off the market. I'm very pleased with it as well
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unless im missing something its missing spell check and i have been using gingerbread keyboard for almost a year on my SGS so im use to the position of the question marks etc.

Does anybody know where I can get the black themed version of the gingerbread keyboard? I've looked everywhere. I had it on my Nexus S but had root and was using a theme.
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talltexan said:
Anyone know where to get the Gingerbread keyboard for a screen our size? I downloaded one of the apk's and its made for a 3" screen or something like that. I love this phone but hate the samsung/swype keyboards.
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All you have to do is long press in any text box and select "input method" when the option pops up. It will ask you to choose between sammys take on either Swype or the stock Gingerbread keyboard. Hope that helps

If it was in a rom.. Then go into the zip file and open it up.
1. Open ____.zip file. (aka your rom)
2. Go to system/apps/
3. Now look for the keyboard that your looking for.
4. Extract it.
5. Find the apk file where you extracted it and then go to your phone and place the apk file in your phones sd card or usb storage.
6. Install it and it should work.. But idk. If it force closes then its not fit for the screen and firmware
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cu_ninja said:
Does anybody know where I can get the black themed version of the gingerbread keyboard? I've looked everywhere. I had it on my Nexus S but had root and was using a theme.
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I was using sensemod gingerbread keyboard on my sgs4g but it didn't fit our screen.. gingerbread keybaord from steven Lin on the market works flawlessly
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[Q]Swype Sucks (or is it TouchWiz?)

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.

heinrich said:
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

heinrich said:
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.

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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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.

linye said:
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?

SubyWill said:
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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ApexZeph said:
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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Question about swype and gingerbread keyboard

I am tying to use gingerbread keyboard but it keeps switching back to swype .... Should i just use the samsung keyboard and wait for the update? Or is there a way to make it stop switching to swype?

You can go to settings and uncheck swype keyboard if you don't want to use it.

I have done that several times and it keeps going back to Swype ... Its like my phone is forcing me to use swype when im using the gingerbread keyboar.. When i keep on the samsung keyboard, it seems to stay on that . And it doesnt switch back to swype... But i dont want to use the samsung keyboard, it sucks!!

schgittyfour said:
I have done that several times and it keeps going back to Swype ... Its like my phone is forcing me to use swype when im using the gingerbread keyboar.. When i keep on the samsung keyboard, it seems to stay on that . And it doesnt switch back to swype... But i dont want to use the samsung keyboard, it sucks!!
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If you are rooted, freeze Swipe in Titanium Backup or some other utility. You could also uninstall it (still need root).
If you are not rooted, search the Market for another keyboard and install it and use it. SwiftKey is great (imo).
This is why many root their phones.

Thank you so much!! Forgot that i have the ability to Freeze apps now that i have rooted my s2.... i love this forum! Very active and helpful ...better than any other android forum website.

So i uninstalled Swype ... Nowni am trying to use gingerbread keyboard , but keeps switching back to Samsung keyboard.... Seems like my phone keeps rejecting gingerbread kb ... Is this a app issue?

schgittyfour said:
So i uninstalled Swype ... Nowni am trying to use gingerbread keyboard , but keeps switching back to Samsung keyboard.... Seems like my phone keeps rejecting gingerbread kb ... Is this a app issue?
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Not sure if it is, but you could also freeze the Samsung keyboard to stop it. Just make sure you have at least one keyboard installed.
I don't know if you have tried it, but, the Swipe Beta has Dragon speech recognition build in. I am using it and I hardly ever have to correct it. It is really good. If you want to try it search the internet for Swipe Beta. You will have to register with them but it really worth it.
Also, as mentioned in my last post, Swift Key is really good. It uses the email and texts in your phone to help its prediction process turning the typing process into only a few taps per message. Definitely worth a try.

Problem solved .. thank u .. close thread

Youre clearing tasks... so that kills the gb keyboars. So it goes to smasung keypad
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the best keyboard for performance?

yo xdites
used swiftkey x , samsung keyboard , better keyboard
but not satisfied
pls help

I'm using smart keyboard, I like it. But it depends what you mean by performance?
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I use the ICS Keyboard which has been ported to Gingerbread (Market)
If you delete swype from your phone and install the new beta from their website, it is the best swipe to type keyboard for android

rohanb10 said:
I use the ICS Keyboard which has been ported to Gingerbread (Market)
If you delete swype from your phone and install the new beta from their website, it is the best swipe to type keyboard for android
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AGREE!!!
I also deleted Swype and downloaded Swype beta. defintily worth a try.
Only thing for me was that it show a little pop up saying that swype can read all details you type in using it (passwords, credit card details etc.) when you activate it after install.
But in most cases if its a real private thing I am typing I am hust quickly switching back to samsung keyboard.

the keyboard is very nice gingerbread!
has the view of windows phone and is very cute! recommend you try this too! You can also download the dictionary for those languages ​​for the completion of words!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1413341

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111782&highlight=keyboard
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[Q] Android 4.2.2 Keyboard AOSP

Hey All,
Jelly Beer's 4.2.2 update worked great on my Samsung S3. However, I went out and purchased a new Note 2 GT-N7100 T-Mobile T889. I love the phone. The only problem is that I got used to the keyboard that the guys included in with Jelly Beer 4.2.2 update. In the Input settings, the keyboard is listed as Android keyboard (AOSP). That's the keyboard that I want.
The one that came with the Note 2 is Samsung's own and it's awful. Yes, yes, yes, I've installed just about every other keyboard out there. I've purchased the paid versions and all. Still, nothing does the job as well as the keyboard AOSP. I was literally going to toss the phone because I can't type on it. Then I started to use the gesture part of it, and I'm getting used to that. However, I still want the AOSP one. I've looked all over in the Play store and nothing.
Does anyone have the direct link or the actual .apk that I can download?
Would really appreciate it.

Google keyboard from the play store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.inputmethod.latin
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cre8nkhaos said:
Hey All,
Jelly Beer's 4.2.2 update worked great on my Samsung S3. However, I went out and purchased a new Note 2 GT-N7100 T-Mobile T889. I love the phone. The only problem is that I got used to the keyboard that the guys included in with Jelly Beer 4.2.2 update. In the Input settings, the keyboard is listed as Android keyboard (AOSP). That's the keyboard that I want.
The one that came with the Note 2 is Samsung's own and it's awful. Yes, yes, yes, I've installed just about every other keyboard out there. I've purchased the paid versions and all. Still, nothing does the job as well as the keyboard AOSP. I was literally going to toss the phone because I can't type on it. Then I started to use the gesture part of it, and I'm getting used to that. However, I still want the AOSP one. I've looked all over in the Play store and nothing.
Does anyone have the direct link or the actual .apk that I can download?
Would really appreciate it.
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I am wanting the same thing.
yes, there is a google keyboard in the app store. but its not the same as AOSP, AOSP has the symbols as long hold on the letter keys. and you can long press the "." and slide to choose ?! and others.
I tried pulling out the aosp keyboard from carbon rom, if I just install it, it works, but no sliding to type (like swype) and if I move it to system/app and set permissions, then reset, it just force closes... so... it kind of works... but I would really like to be able to slide type.