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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"

Keyboard Arrows

It is possible to remove the arrow keys on my sense keyboard, i just dont know how.
Can anyone provide a link or something? A rom a mod anything .
I really hate them n i find them useless
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MohamadAli said:
It is possible to remove the arrow keys on my sense keyboard, i just dont know how.
Can anyone provide a link or something? A rom a mod anything .
I really hate them n i find them useless
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Don't know if they can be removed but there's loads of alternative keyboards in play. some of which have arrows, some don't and some are switch-able.

MohamadAli said:
It is possible to remove the arrow keys on my sense keyboard, i just dont know how.
Can anyone provide a link or something? A rom a mod anything .
I really hate them n i find them useless
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I agree with you, i hate those arrows, why they put it there dont understand.
also if someone using alternate keyboard tell us which is the best option!!

SwiftKey is definitely my favourite keyboard. Is great at predicting next word by learning from previous text and email messages. Has really increased my writing speed.
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cilsoe said:
SwiftKey is definitely my favourite keyboard. Is great at predicting next word by learning from previous text and email messages. Has really increased my writing speed.
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+1 for SwiftKey. Installed it on my old Desire and haven't looked back

There is a mod somewhere just search
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I've tried swiftkey but I have to say, I think TouchPal is way better. The first time you do the tutorial you'll be amazed at all the shortcuts and clever features .

Did you try this?

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I've tried swiftkey but I have to say, I think TouchPal is way better. The first time you do the tutorial you'll be amazed at all the shortcuts and clever features .
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Just tried it and it seems very promising. For now, I just miss a Danish dictionary but I'm certain it'll come eventually.

This rom > Charmander v 5.0 Has options in 'Tweaks' to remove the arrows, and has alot of other great tweaks and gives immense battery life, I've got it flashed now, very good, would recommend; especially as you can remove the arrows.

dryspuri said:
I agree with you, i hate those arrows, why they put it there dont understand.
also if someone using alternate keyboard tell us which is the best option!!
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So if you make a misstake you can move to it without trying to frantically press over and over to get to the right place.
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I was using Smart Keyboard Pro, mainly because if I selected slovak (which is my first language) I could see a fourth row of keys with our special characters and I didn't have to wait until longpress. It was a pretty fast and accurate keyboard. With HTC One X I'm using Swiftkey, it is just faster as Smart Keyboard Pro, and the dictionary and prediction is a little bit more accurate.
But I must admit, that the HTC's keyboard on HOX is pretty good, tried to use it for a while and the typing experience was great. Also the trace function was working quite well. Don't know about the arrows, but they keep showing up and disappearing based on apps in which they were used.

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....I selected slovak (which is my first language) ...With HTC One X I'm using Swiftkey, it is just faster as Smart Keyboard Pro, and the dictionary and prediction is a little bit more accurate.....
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+1 to Swiftkey same reason as the Slovak guy with Czech flag in his profile

PAGOT said:
+1 to Swiftkey same reason as the Slovak guy with Czech flag in his profile
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Well, I'm living there so that's why the flag
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dryspuri said:
I agree with you, i hate those arrows, why they put it there dont understand.
also if someone using alternate keyboard tell us which is the best option!!
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They put it there for people like me who live in a country with two official languages being used both at the same time.
There are alternate keyboards. Don't hate the arrows. I love them.
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ladyhaly said:
They put it there for people like me who live in a country with two official languages being used both at the same time.
There are alternate keyboards. Don't hate the arrows. I love them.
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Yop exactly for this(except the 2 official languages part, I just type in 2 languages, English and Slovak) I have Swiftkey I am using 2 languages at the same time without the need of switching (no buttons nada, just typing away) which is awesome.
OT @Ondro, yeah but it says Home Country not where you currently reside , at least that's how I understood it. Doesn't matter anyway

how are the arrows helping with writing in two different languages? I'm writing in three languages (Slovak, German, English) and I didn't see any use to those arrows, except for moving between input fields or moving in the text itself.
Swiftkey has it solved with a far more better solution, it is simply giving you predictions in all three (or two) languages at a time.
@PAGOT - I changed it was thinking it was my operators country

What is the best keyboard for the note 2?

Hi everyone, I'm wondering what's the best keyboard for the note 2, right now I'm kinda hesitating between swiftkey and the Swype keyboard... so guys what's the best for you?
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Hi everyone, I'm wondering what's the best keyboard for the note 2, right now I'm kinda hesitating between swiftkey and the Swype keyboard... so guys what's the best for you?
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Swype is fully free whereas swiftkey hv a paid version also..
Swype is much better than swiftkey in my opinion...
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I've been using Swiftkey 3 and it works fine. Its predictions are great, saves you from having to type a lot!

I used Swifkey 3 for 9 months on my Note 1. But after using the stock Samsung keyboard, I have decided to use it exclusively. It has both Swipe & prediction functionalities.

Touchpal keyboard for me.

I`am using SlideIT for years now, very happy with it :good:

thx

The stock Samsung keyboard has Swype and Swiftkey included.

Go keyboard.

stock samsung keyboard.
however i find it annoying how it doesnt auto select prediction with space bar..

I love Smart Keyboard Pro

zidane said:
stock samsung keyboard.
however i find it annoying how it doesnt auto select prediction with space bar..
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How? I can't seem to swipe with the stock samsung keyboard.

zero.fx said:
How? I can't seem to swipe with the stock samsung keyboard.
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You can select that option in the input options in the main settings menu

Guys..who ever has not tried Super keyboard Pro.. Please check and decide ...its awsome...way better than swift, Touchpal and SlideIT

I use SwiftKey mainly because of the great multi language support. I do wish it was more customisable.
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I like the Samsung keyboard better. I found with Swiftkey I was auto selecting unintentionally more than not.

spline1 said:
The stock Samsung keyboard has Swype and Swiftkey included.
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Exactly. No need to install either separately.
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Cool found it now it was called continuous typing
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zidane said:
stock samsung keyboard.
however i find it annoying how it doesnt auto select prediction with space bar..
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How can we make it do so? I'm considering a switch mainly for the excellent handwriting recognition with stock samsung keyboard.
If there is a way where we can switch keyboard automatically with s pen for handwriting then I'll keep using SwiftKey.
Please someone enlighten us, been wanting this to work since my first Note
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Goodm7sn said:
How can we make it do so? I'm considering a switch mainly for the excellent handwriting recognition with stock samsung keyboard.
If there is a way where we can switch keyboard automatically with s pen for handwriting then I'll keep using SwiftKey.
Please someone enlighten us, been wanting this to work since my first Note
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i find samsung keyboard best if only it auto selected predictions.
the row on top with they numbers is very useful and its predictions are very good..dont know why it doesnt auto select

[Q] Keyboard like Note 2

I am running Cyanogenmod 10.2 on my note 2 so of course the Samsung keybaord does not work, but does anyone can an idea of another keyboard that also has the numbers on top like the Note 2 keyboard that works on Cyanogenmod? Thanks in Advance!

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Kii keyboard on Play has the option. I prefer it to Swift key.

TouchPal is only thing close. If it gets prediction working better then it will be better.
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Tested Both
I tested both Kii and Touchpal, everyone will prefer a different keyboard, but kii fits my needs better, plus it has more features, Thanks to both of you for your replys

Multicm said:
I am running Cyanogenmod 10.2 on my note 2 so of course the Samsung keybaord does not work, but does anyone can an idea of another keyboard that also has the numbers on top like the Note 2 keyboard that works on Cyanogenmod? Thanks in Advance!
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I use the LG OG Pro keyboard. It has the number row, and supports swipe typing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39335178

LMMT said:
I use the LG OG Pro keyboard. It has the number row, and supports swipe typing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39335178
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A.I and KII both have top rows for numbers; both are free on the Play store as well.

Multicm said:
I am running Cyanogenmod 10.2 on my note 2 so of course the Samsung keybaord does not work, but does anyone can an idea of another keyboard that also has the numbers on top like the Note 2 keyboard that works on Cyanogenmod? Thanks in Advance!
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I dropped Swiftkey for this. The only annoyance is you have to teach it most chat slang and abreviated words. Other than that, the style and lay out with dedicated number row is what I'm loving about it.
O Keyboard (Multiling Keyboard) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kl.ime.oh
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Tweh said:
I dropped Swiftkey for this. The only annoyance is you have to teach it most chat slang and abreviated words. Other than that, the style and lay out with dedicated number row is what I'm loving about it.
O Keyboard (Multiling Keyboard) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kl.ime.oh
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What Version of Swiftkey are you using? because they did not had a dedicated row for the numbers... screenshot?

Use Android key board and change the lay out to PC.

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What Version of Swiftkey are you using? because they did not had a dedicated row for the numbers... screenshot?
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Oh, excuse the confusion. I didn't mean Swiftkey had the number row. I was referring to the O keyboard that I linked above.
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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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