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A different keyboard?

I just purchased my SII and while I love everything about it I'm not liking the keyboard to much. I've come from the Moment with slide keyboard so it was no problem when replying to messages and being able to read what I was replying to. With the SII when I replay in landscape the keyboard fills most the screen and the text box takes care of the rest. I would have thought you could slide the text box down to read the message but it's not doing that. Any suggestions or different keyboards to try that would allow me to see the message I'm replying to while typing?

Fihnakis said:
I just purchased my SII and while I love everything about it I'm not liking the keyboard to much. I've come from the Moment with slide keyboard so it was no problem when replying to messages and being able to read what I was replying to. With the SII when I replay in landscape the keyboard fills most the screen and the text box takes care of the rest. I would have thought you could slide the text box down to read the message but it's not doing that. Any suggestions or different keyboards to try that would allow me to see the message I'm replying to while typing?
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You can try BetterKeyboard from off the Amazon Market. It was initially up on the normal android market. It costs like three bucks but its well worth it. Its very very feature rich and its the only one that, off the top of my head, has the ability to not show a text box in landscape and just show a keyboard for input. It warns against only working on large screens like tablets, but I've rarely ever had it cause issues for me on this phone.
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I would like to see the text box but also have the ability to slide the box down to quickly read the message then finish typing my reply. Maybe it's a different sms app I need? I'm also not a big fan of the little comic book chat boxes. I'd like to see the message fill the entire screen left to right when in landscape.

Fihnakis said:
I would like to see the text box but also have the ability to slide the box down to quickly read the message then finish typing my reply. Maybe it's a different sms app I need? I'm also not a big fan of the little comic book chat boxes. I'd like to see the message fill the entire screen left to right when in landscape.
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Oh I'm sorry man, I thought were asking for something entirely different. H'm... hold on moment.
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I'm still not entirely sure if this is what you're looking for for.. but as for messages not coming up full screen so to speak and being stuck inside little bubbles, you can use Handcent SMS (my preference) though GOSMS or ChompSMS might do the same thing. I can completely customize my interface so that it looks however I want it. Down to the font and font color of each individual thread, the bubble style of each individual thread, the background image for each thread, etc etc etc. Its neat. Two screenies for you. One with bubbles in landscape. One without.
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Is there any way to customize the keyboard? As in make a wider space bar? I keep hitting the . button instead of the space button

Here are the screenies.
**EDIT** Sorry they aren't hi-res. It wont let me upload hi-res pics from my phone using the premium app. Idk why
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darklavalizard said:
Is there any way to customize the keyboard? As in make a wider space bar? I keep hitting the . button instead of the space button
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Take your pick of keyboards. There are plenty. Here are just five of the ones available for your phone.
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Better Keyboard 8 w/ ADWOne skin...
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Swiftkey X
I love Swiftkey X. It has the best word completion. My 2 cents

Agreed, SwiftKey X is what I use. I like it better than the Samsung, ICS, and swype.
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JohnCorleone said:
Better Keyboard 8 w/ ADWOne skin...
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Any chance you could link the theme? I can't find it.
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Optimal Carnage said:
Any chance you could link the theme? I can't find it.
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I'll PM it to you. A lot of their stuff got pulled from Market. It may not be there anymore. Edit..PM sent.
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JohnCorleone said:
I'll PM it to you. A lot of their stuff got pulled from Market. It may not be there anymore.
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Thanks appreciate it I searched everywhere
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Check your PM's and no problem.
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I use thumb keyboard

I have started using Perfect Keyboard as I love how it does the macro text replacement kind of like the blackberry's and windows mobile keyboards used to. I can just type br and it will expand it to whatever I want (currently my email address) . I also like the split screen in landscape mode that give you a number pad between the split.
The developer is a member here at XDA.
I do like swyping, does anyone know if the newer versions have customized text replacement or macros? The version of swype that came pre-installed doesn't.
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I miss better keyboard app wish google would bring them back
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I'm using SwiftKey atm.. I'm not liking it. It's missing my keys I'm pressing?.. and I'm sure I'm hitting them correctly. it's getting annoying.. had to edit my post a couple of times...
anyways I might go back to that better keyboard or w. e
Using thumb keyboard right now and it's much better than swiftkey
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tech7 said:
I miss better keyboard app wish google would bring them back
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I got better keyboard again off the Amazon Market. I was happy to find it. Not so much to pay for it again but very happy to have it back.
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One finger zoom.

How can you disable this function?
I just want to scroll and not zoom when I slide my finger up and down on the left side. I have looked every where for a setting to disable this annoyance..
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I actually just noticed this when trying to highlight text in an email...I use chrome and it doesn't zoom with the one finger so I never noticed it, 2 weeks later and still learning about this phone lol

my guess is that you have one-handed operation on. If you take that off I bet it will stop zooming with one finger.

Still does it with one hand operation off.
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Was thinking the same thing today..... its kinda annoying in my opinion.. also my Bluetooth isn't working correctly between my phone and car or phone and headset gonna visit store in am
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I have been wondering if you could zoom with 1 finger / spen. I'm gunna use the crap outta this now

This gets really annoying after awhile!

Once I figired out how to use it its great. Jist dont try and scroll on the left and right edge.
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00mred00 said:
Once I figired out how to use it its great. Jist dont try and scroll on the left and right edge.
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Awesome!!!!!!
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BDawgTrap said:
I have been wondering if you could zoom with 1 finger / spen. I'm gunna use the crap outta this now
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Cool I can zoom with one finger. Love this feature now since I only scroll from the middle of the screen.

Still no disabling of this feature?

One Finger Zoom
It is a simple to use application to ZOOM on your images with a simple touch, while maintaining the resolution of your images. One tap to zoom and move in different areas of the picture! All the details, with the original resolution, are now at your (one) finger, one touch and there you go!
you can download it from Slideme Market

Spam ^^ . Dolphin beta doesn't have the slide zoom thankfully.

Still can't figure out how to stop the scrolling on edges....
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upperkingjr said:
Still can't figure out how to stop the scrolling on edges....
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Theres a mod for the n7100 for it, takes a little work but not too bad
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Thank goodness for AOSP. I'm on AOKP and couldn't stand this feature on Stock based roms.

honki24 said:
my guess is that you have one-handed operation on. If you take that off I bet it will stop zooming with one finger.
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that's what she said
(sorry couldnt resist)

A.Priori said:
that's what she said
(sorry couldnt resist)
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I don't have any of the one handed options enabled and it zooms for me from one finger near the edge of the screen.
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S-pen messed up?

Is the s pen supposed to write on the notepad thing when it is hovering over the screen? Also it will act as if it is touching the screen when it is not...is it supposed to?
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And should the bar have a bump in it where on the back cover the speaker hole?
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michaelatrix said:
Is the s pen supposed to write on the notepad thing when it is hovering over the screen? Also it will act as if it is touching the screen when it is not...is it supposed to?
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You're probably bumping into the "Air view" feature without knowing what it is. I recommend you read the manual to understand all of the awesome functionality, including the cool things that you can do with the S-Pen, that Samsung included with the Note 2. Failing that, you're likely to be posting basic questions like this to the annoyance of many. =)
To turn *off* the hover functionality, go to "Settings | S Pen" and swipe the "Air view" to "off".
michaelatrix said:
And should the bar have a bump in it where on the back cover the speaker hole?
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I don't know if it should, but mine does, too. The middle bar there is slightly raised.

UserNamer said:
You're probably bumping into the "Air view" feature without knowing what it is. I recommend you read the manual to understand all of the awesome functionality, including the cool things that you can do with the S-Pen, that Samsung included with the Note 2. Failing that, you're likely to be posting basic questions like this to the annoyance of many. =)
To turn *off* the hover functionality, go to "Settings | S Pen" and swipe the "Air view" to "off".
I don't know if it should, but mine does, too. The middle bar there is slightly raised.
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I have turned off air view and thats not it .....in this picture all of the mark were made by the s pen without even touching the screen
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michaelatrix said:
I have turned off air view and thats not it .....in this picture all of the mark were made by the s pen without even touching the screen
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http://smartphones.wonderhowto.com/...ensitivity-for-better-touch-response-0140084/
The above link might help you. I've heard of others with similar issues and I believe they fixed it by adjusting the sensitivity.

Edit: Said the same as bigbrotherbear, but he said it better and I let my response sit on my screen too long before submitting. =)

Thanks this has solved my problem
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REQUEST FOR INFO: S-PEN Hover Clicking?

Hi all. My programmer friend and I were wondering about editing the code to allow mouse style clicking while the S-Pen is hovering to open apps and links etc. I know that this is possible physically because when I boot into recovery and hoover and click it works. I just want it to work on my rom in either a apk or system mod.
I have viewed the S-Pen sdk http://developer.samsung.com/android/technical-docs/S-Pen-SDK-2-2-5-Tutorial
but was wondering if something already exists or can be modified such as in the build.prop etc.
Any info or app suggestions / mods would be great!
Thanks in advance! I think with would be a great feature while using the hoover scroll function in a web browser then by able to click while hoovering.
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I found an APK and explored it in .zip viewer called spengesturepad.apk in system/app
I wonder if this is the apk that needs modifying.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5xkhelpdgrom2vp/SPenGesturePad.apk

This would be nice.. My question is when you hover to avoid accidently clicking something do you mean tapping the button on the side of the pen as well to get it to click while hovering.. Or is that even possible
-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
-Galaxy Note II Edition

Yea exactly. Using the button to click and open the item you are hoovering over!

SpyFi said:
Yea exactly. Using the button to click and open the item you are hoovering over!
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That would be awesome!
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I would love this. It seems possible and plausible. Never thought about it but it seems like a natural function.
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Like the idea especially since my Damn pen always seems to be selecting items I don't want whenever I hover over things. Btw do any of you get their s pen tip stuck? I ask because I would write some letters and as I lift the pen to continue writing it still draws a freaken line to where I finally touch. So freaken annoying :banghead: any ideas on a fix? TIA :beer:
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radrian92 said:
Like the idea especially since my Damn pen always seems to be selecting items I don't want whenever I hover over things. Btw do any of you get their s pen tip stuck? I ask because I would write some letters and as I lift the pen to continue writing it still draws a freaken line to where I finally touch. So freaken annoying :banghead: any ideas on a fix? TIA :beer:
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Unfortunately I don't have a link but yes I read some where that under the button on the s pen there is a screw/knob you can twist to make it more or less sensitive. Seems yours is to sensitive. Hopefully you didn't get a defective pen or worse device. Good luck bro.
Ps top answer your question it hasn't happened to me THAT bad before. Maybe once or twice a week if that I'll hover over some thing and it'll select it or scroll
From Venpa's Awesome Note 2

radrian92 said:
Like the idea especially since my Damn pen always seems to be selecting items I don't want whenever I hover over things. Btw do any of you get their s pen tip stuck? I ask because I would write some letters and as I lift the pen to continue writing it still draws a freaken line to where I finally touch. So freaken annoying :banghead: any ideas on a fix? TIA :beer:
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i posted a how-to for adjusting the galaxy note 10.1's pen. it's the same for he gn2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1964551

I don't know if there is a setting to change this behavior, but spen driver is firing events for button click and hover, so it is possible to write root application that would do this. Obviously incorporating it in custom rom would be even easier.

StupidIdea said:
I don't know if there is a setting to change this behavior, but spen driver is firing events for button click and hover, so it is possible to write root application that would do this. Obviously incorporating it in custom rom would be even easier.
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That is good news. I wonder where to begin. I have been digging through system apps all day trying to find clues and decompiling like crazy.

+1 on this idea

+2 here as well
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[email protected] said:
+2 here as well
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I am hot on the trail. If you use s note and hoover click the pad it switches pen to eraser etc. I logcat the even and am scouring the sdk.

SpyFi said:
I am hot on the trail. If you use s note and hoover click the pad it switches pen to eraser etc. I logcat the even and am scouring the sdk.
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Sounds good can't wait to see what you come up with.
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I hope you get this going cause this would be very helpful. Awesome idea and keep on truckin.

Still would love to see this happen.. I use my spen a lot
-TeaM VeNuM Like A Boss
-Galaxy Note II Edition

i know this is somewhat older but would still love to see this

bongzilla said:
i know this is somewhat older but would still love to see this
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I would too, and Virus is a beast of a dev!!! He doesn't have a Sprint Note 2 though, so I'm not sure if he's even messing with this anymore or not. I'll ask him in the morning, as we are both on the East Coast and it's kinda late now.
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Thanks!!

point and click for the spen

Can any body make this possible by using the spen button for clickING like the mouse
Oh yeah n animated hover icon

This already is in are phones it works that way for me. I just check alls you have to do is click the button on the Spen when over what you app you want to open. Yeah it works I just checked again
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budde2 said:
This already is in are phones it works that way for me. I just check alls you have to do is click the button on the Spen when over what you app you want to open. Yeah it works I just checked again
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I just tried and I can't?

Thuqnificent said:
I just tried and I can't?
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I think something was going on with mine because now its not doing it. I swear though that every now and than I do it and it does I might be just barley taping the screen sorry for wrong info.
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If the white button on the spen gets jammed in, then it will act like a finger on the touchscreen when you hover
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I haven't had the issue. I just touch the link with Spen and it registers as mouse click. My tip isn't sticking.
Some sites are a bit finicky about where you click when using a mobile browser in desltop, IE, Firefox, etc mode (non mobile or android). And if the link is in some flash player media, that can be hit or miss.
I would suggest trying another site like MSN or something to test the Spen. This should tell you if it's the Spen or just that site.

sereousl said:
Can any body make this possible by using the spen button for clickING like the mouse
Oh yeah n animated hover icon
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That would b kinda kewl... Maybe expand usability of the spen... Animated hover icon b sweet too, but prob not a grueling a task.. Is this possible??
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Anyyhing is possible