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Looking for a better keyboard

The Samsung keyboard is seriously getting on my nerves so I'm looking for keyboard recommendations. Please post what keyboard you use and what you like/dislike about it. Thanks!

gingerbread free keyboard from the market is the best ive found, only thing is the letters dont have symbols like ? ! on them, but I can live with that for free

My new favourite keyboard is Perfect Keyboard! It is exactly as the name implies. Perfect.
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I love swiftkey x beta. Its proper nice
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Crucio_ said:
I love swiftkey x beta. Its proper nice
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+1, free until beta expires in August.
Other good keyboards are Thumb keyboard and Smart Keyboard both of which I've used as well.

I perfer Smart Keyboard. Quite costumizeable. Try it and buy the pro version if you like it!

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I love swiftkey x beta. Its proper nice
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I'm new to swiftkey x beta and liking it a lot so thanks for the heads up.
But.... the correction and suggestions don't work in the stock email app which is a bit of a bummer. Its sooo much better than the stock samsung keyboard.
Might go ask on the swiftkey web page if no one here has any quick and easy fix.
Edit: Found this is common for after market keyboards on the i9100 email app Have also sent question to swiftkey
Wish there was an easy way to change the keyboard when in an app without going to home screen. On my i8000 running froyo i used to be able to hold the settings button the keyboard and the keyboard choices came up. Any way to access the choise of keybaord easily??????

SlideIT ftw.

Better Keyboard 8

OrionCarl said:
gingerbread free keyboard from the market is the best ive found, only thing is the letters dont have symbols like ? ! on them, but I can live with that for free
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+1 on that. It's simple and does what it's supposed to do well. Plus, if you search the I9000 forum, you'll find some nice skins, yes it's free and you can change the skin color!
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Seeing as everyone here post something different,I will post about my favourite.GO Keyboard.Nice,customizable,easy to use,accurate and has some pretty handy long-press shortcuts I really appreciate it.I don't know how it does with auto correction as I hate it,but other than that,it's brilliant!

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The Samsung keyboard is seriously getting on my nerves so I'm looking for keyboard recommendations. Please post what keyboard you use and what you like/dislike about it. Thanks!
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I am using Thumb Keyboard 4....
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yxa said:
I perfer Smart Keyboard. Quite costumizeable. Try it and buy the pro version if you like it!
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Smart Keyboard has been my favourite for quite some time now. Plus I like the keyboard being a little longer as I find I hit the '.' so many times on the samsung keyboard and others. Its got a very good intuitive learning dictionary (think you have to turn it on first in settings).

Smart keyboard is great and has a lot of customization to it.
Personally love Swift Key. Can pretty much type a message only using the space bar.

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Agreed...shocks me how so little people use it...crazy.
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Swype... What more could a human need...
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My opinion atm is: Swiftkey X beta > SlideIT > Swype

I personally like Smart Keyboard pro the most. Also the gingerbread keyboard is good but not that good.
I don't know about Skype. I am trying to learn it but somehow it just seems bad..so slow and annoying. Just more practice needed?

+1 for smart keyboard. Tried the different keyboards when I got my nexus one and just felt that the smart keyboard where right for me. It has the feature that makes iPhone keyboard so great that it makes the letters bigger by prediction of what word you are typing "behind the scene"

Best Keyboard

Can anyone give me suggestions for a great keyboard? My fingers always hit wrong keys and need one that can be a bit bigger in portrait mode. Any suggestions would be great. Please add links to the downloads should I want to try the keyboard. Thank you.
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I use SwiftKey. Don't have a link, but easily searchable in the Play Store.

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I use SwiftKey. Don't have a link, but easily searchable in the Play Store.
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SwiftKey is hands down the best keyboard I've used.

Always been a swype fan on the Inc. On my thrive thumb keyboard can't be beat.
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I have used SwiftKey for some time now; installed it once and never looked for anything else.

Jonas IME mod. Simple basic black, looks great, works great.
sorry...I was on the phone...

Where can I find Jonas IME?
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Definitley swiftkey. Works great, simple setup. Just wish it had some more themes.

Jonas IME mod:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24733926
Fixed for ICS.
sorry...I was on the phone...

custom keyboard

hello all, i am on a NEO XL by pacha sense 3.6 rom and i wanna change the keyboard. does anyone know how to change the keypad and where i can get better keypad from?

prospect565 said:
hello all, i am on a NEO XL by pacha sense 3.6 rom and i wanna change the keyboard. does anyone know how to change the keypad and where i can get better keypad from?
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Are you looking for something specific? If you're not looking for a specific one, there are a ton of 3rd party keyboards in the Play Store.

actually i have been a non-sense ICS rom and the keyboard was just perfect except for the smiley key, which i wanted to replace with the return key
is this possible? can i get such a keyboard?

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actually i have been a non-sense ICS rom and the keyboard was just perfect except for the smiley key, which i wanted to replace with the return key
is this possible? can i get such a keyboard?
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I don't know; for such a specific request, you will probably need to just try them for yourself. I use SwiftKey, and long-pressing on the return key gives you smileys.

try Swiftkey or SlideIT from market

Try also smartkeyboard at the play store.
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I don't know; for such a specific request, you will probably need to just try them for yourself. I use SwiftKey, and long-pressing on the return key gives you smileys.
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Got it, let me give it a try
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If you're willing to do a little extra for your keyboard, I suggest you take the time to register, download and instal Swype. I've had it ever since I got my phone, and I find it better than swiftkey! It's a long and tedious process, yes, but it is definitely worth the effort..
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HTC Keyboard ICS
Hi, I am new here. I just flashed Sabsa Prime v8.5 and I found it is a great ROM but I encounter problem using the Chinese input. Anyone facing the same problem?
After searched around, I found the following thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751526

athiskir said:
If you're willing to do a little extra for your keyboard, I suggest you take the time to register, download and instal Swype. I've had it ever since I got my phone, and I find it better than swiftkey! It's a long and tedious process, yes, but it is definitely worth the effort..
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I am going to give it a try for sure
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aeric80 said:
Hi, I am new here. I just flashed Sabsa Prime v8.5 and I found it is a great ROM but I encounter problem using the Chinese input. Anyone facing the same problem?
After searched around, I found the following thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751526
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Try using an 3rd party keyboard app from the appstore, i personally use SwiftKey 3 but u can always use swype or related apps
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HTC Keyboard ICS
prospect565 said:
Try using an 3rd party keyboard app from the appstore, i personally use SwiftKey 3 but u can always use swype or related apps
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But I prefer HTC Keyboard with arrows

aeric80 said:
But I prefer HTC Keyboard with arrows
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SwiftKey and SlideIT comes with the arrows feature
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aeric80 said:
Hi, I am new here. I just flashed Sabsa Prime v8.5 and I found it is a great ROM but I encounter problem using the Chinese input. Anyone facing the same problem?
After searched around, I found the following thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1751526
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See about talking to the Dev, maybe he can't push ya out a fix for it. He is real responsive, as long as you show him
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Install HTC IME
Is there a way I can install or update the HTC_IME.apk ?
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See about talking to the Dev, maybe he can't push ya out a fix for it. He is real responsive, as long as you show him
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Thanks but I am a new member and my post not reach 10 yet. I hope the developer can take a look on the IME bug. :good:

You can make ten legitimate posts in general forum. Then you can do as you wish
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Did you figure it out
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swiftkey is just fine.

I have tried several keyboards and must say that swiftkey is by far the best, if you want to type quickly.
It predicts so many words and gets better over time by learning your typical vocabulary.

GO Keyboard
I am now using GO Keyboard for Chinese input.

Can u help me with my problem?

Hey guys I'm looking for a keyboard for my android and I hope that ull can help me
Im looking out for a super fast typing keyboard especially for texting. I don't mind if it does not have good prediction
All I want is nice big keys and customizable Smiley option
Don't want themes.. voice Input nothing.
If u use any keyboard like wat I described then plz share it with me.
All inputs will be highly appreciated
Thanks
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I would try swiftkey x. It has pretty much everything you are looking for.
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SlideIt keyboard

HarlanPepper0010 said:
I would try swiftkey x. It has pretty much everything you are looking for.
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bdub33 said:
SlideIt keyboard
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Do they have support to customize smileys as u want?

Alternate Keyboards?

So I decided to try out the Google Keyboard and it looked stupid huge. The keys are crazy huge and there's no option to scale it to the screen, or add a number row or anything. Any other keyboards you guys have used that still look nice?

panguin said:
So I decided to try out the Google Keyboard and it looked stupid huge. The keys are crazy huge and there's no option to scale it to the screen, or add a number row or anything. Any other keyboards you guys have used that still look nice?
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The Sony Xperia Z1 keyboard is really awesome. Flash using whatever custom recovery you're using:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ajdyvo3603soke8/Xperia_Honami_Keyboard.zip

darkjedi said:
The Sony Xperia Z1 keyboard is really awesome. Flash using whatever custom recovery you're using:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ajdyvo3603soke8/Xperia_Honami_Keyboard.zip
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I appreciate that, but I haven't even rooted it yet.

Look for thumb keyboard in Google play. Does what u are looking for
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I personally prefer Kii Keyboard. It's fully customizable and themable, you can change the size of the keys, the whole keyboard, how the keyboard works, etc. It's got all the functionality of the Google Keyboard and more too. Totally worth the cash, and it works with every keyboard theme out there that I've tried.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zl.inputmethod.latin

I actually like the stock Samsung keyboard with the number row. However, I also have had SwiftKey installed on all my Android device for a couple of years now.

TouchPal all the way.. it has everything u want in a keyboard
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Use Swype is pre installed and is a little smaller than the Samsung kb
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I've been using Swiftkey since S3 came out. I know you can change the size with this one.

swiftkey over everything.... touchpal isnt nearly as accurate as swiftkey

I do agree with all you guys. . swiftkey is the business!
I did find one thing out, though. Samsung keyboard is using swift Key flow. thats why the predictions & swiping have been on point.
Now, only if we can shorten the press and hold delay on samsung keyboard...

panguin said:
So I decided to try out the Google Keyboard and it looked stupid huge. The keys are crazy huge and there's no option to scale it to the screen, or add a number row or anything. Any other keyboards you guys have used that still look nice?
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Here you go . It has to learn your style, but I love the customization options and the dedicated number row.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kl.ime.oh

abalosmusic said:
TouchPal all the way.. it has everything u want in a keyboard
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I have both TouchPal X and Swiftkey, TouchPal X kicks a** for a free keyboard.... I paid for Swiftkey, but after flashing a ROM I find myself installing and using TouchPal X now. Maybe I should give Swiftkey another shot, it's been a while...
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The Sony Xperia Z1 keyboard is really awesome. Flash using whatever custom recovery you're using:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ajdyvo3603soke8/Xperia_Honami_Keyboard.zip
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Can you post a screenshot of it please?:good:

Swiftkey FTW - you know it!

Try TouchPal X and you won't go with anything else afterwards.
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xtkxhom3r said:
swiftkey over everything.... touchpal isnt nearly as accurate as swiftkey
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Any example? ?
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panguin said:
So I decided to try out the Google Keyboard and it looked stupid huge. The keys are crazy huge and there's no option to scale it to the screen, or add a number row or anything. Any other keyboards you guys have used that still look nice?
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Im using Swiftkey Tablet edition and I like how it splits the keyboard when I rotate my phone. Also think it has one of the best predictive text options out. :good:

My favorite keyboard has been Hacker's Keyboard for a while now. It is great for terminal/remote desktop as it has all the control and modifier keys. Also has a real PC-like layout with number row, arrows, punctuation, and tab with a numpad, home/ins/del block, F keys, and more on the second page. Also very customizable. I don't like autocorrect or suggestions so a good basic keyboard is perfect for me. It's open source as well.
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Sony Experia keyboard
I flashed this keyboard and I love it. Smooth and fast.

Been using Swype since Nexus One. Tried the samsung board and liked the row of digits, but punctuation is quicker with swype for me.

nubie said:
I do agree with all you guys. . swiftkey is the business!
I did find one thing out, though. Samsung keyboard is using swift Key flow. thats why the predictions & swiping have been on point.
Now, only if we can shorten the press and hold delay on samsung keyboard...
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Xposed will help with that.
SwiftKey FTW!! I like the stock keyboard as well, especially the number row, but I type better on SwiftKey for some reason.
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