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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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Changing Icons on Apps on Stock S3 (not Lock Screen)

Is there a way to change icons on a STOCK Sprint Galaxy S3? I'm not talking about the Lock Screen icons at the bottom, but I guess by default they would be included in this scenario.
For example, let's say I wanted to change the default Amazon store app to a simple "cardboard box" .png on my S3. Is there a way to do this without fear of breaking the app or losing data? I know I could do this on my Photon. Didn't it allow you to do this on the Stock Galaxy S2? Not sure.
Your help would be greatly appreciated. I love my S3, and wouldn't change it for the world. Just would be nice to do a tweak like this.I'm a tad OCD, but don't want to root my phone. I've done it before, but with Jelly Bean coming shortly - don't see the point. I want to keep as is.
Thanks again folks -
@kstagg

Just found an app yesterday actually called icon changer free and it works great
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Wow. This is great! I was using Desktop Visualizer which was pointed out to me today, and is another great application, but I like the GUI on this one better as it's more intuitive.
I just want to change the icon of an application already on screen, not have to recreate it. This app does that.
Thanks again bud.
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No problem
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Notification LED

Is there a way to change the notification led when i get a message or missed call? Ive tied light flow and other apps buy nothing works. Btw my OG is reported

SPRINT has a habbit of having their phones built with 2 color LED's red/green. The Nexus has multis but I believe we got left out of the fun with our OG's. Maybe somebody else knows other wise but I have been unsuccesful and am sure this is the case
My HTC Hero had a single (white) color roller ball but other heros built for other companies had the multi color rollers for instance.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1983941
I mentioned this same problem earlier. No fix that I can find, though I'd definitely throw some $ towards someone finding a way to make the notification led flash faster, even if it requires root
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I got the LED to blink alot.
Rooted with esFileExplorer
Open /system/etc/system.xml
Change notification_light_pulse from 0 to 1.
Save.
Enjoy
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gutterwall said:
I got the LED to blink alot.
Rooted with esFileExplorer
Open /system/etc/system.xml
Change notification_light_pulse from 0 to 1.
Save.
Enjoy
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I tried that before, didn't seem to work with texts/email notifications. Still around 30 seconds.

Yes it speeds up charging notifications. The rest are still slow
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Yea, it would be nice to find a way to speed up the blink frequency without rooting or anything.

Gmail 'delete from curtain' broken?

It was working before the md4 update. I could delete from the pull down curtain. Now all I get is the notification without the delete /reply options. I have tried all different settings without success. I even uninstalled gmail, deleted data and cashe, reinstalled. No dice. I really liked to be able to delete without going to the app....
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Any one?

if there are any other notifications in the pulldown (including one's that can't be swiped away) the option doesn't show up... I stopped using ds battery saver for this reason
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Hmmmm. The only other thing there is the green lookout icon. I'll try removing that and see if it changes.
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You were right!
I went to lookout settings and turned off the icon. Now all works again.... I Never would have thought it was from lookout. I even sent them an email to alert them of that. They sent a reply in 5mins. Said it shouldn't do that....
Thanks again for helping!
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thundaar2000 said:
You were right!
I went to lookout settings and turned off the icon. Now all works again.... I Never would have thought it was from lookout. I even sent them an email to alert them of that. They sent a reply in 5mins. Said it shouldn't do that....
Thanks again for helping!
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It's not lookout, it's gmail, if there is already any kind of notification on there it doesn't give the expanded delete reply option... :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
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The lookout support guy said he has the icon and gmail works properly for him.... maybe someday there will be a solution. For now icon goes away....
I can't believe it was that simple and that I didn't think of it!
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thundaar2000 said:
The lookout support guy said he has the icon and gmail works properly for him.... maybe someday there will be a solution. For now icon goes away....
I can't believe it was that simple and that I didn't think of it!
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He's lying, it won't work with another icon up there...
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I know on aosp you can long click and drag down the notifications to expand them. Doesn't work on tw?
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No, only brings up an option to view app info
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That's all I get too... curious to see what lookout replies to my "it still doesn't work properly"...
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thundaar2000 said:
That's all I get too... curious to see what lookout replies to my "it still doesn't work properly"...
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Again, it's not a lookout problem, is a gmail problem.. nothing lookout can do to fix this, it would have to be coded into the gmail app to allow it to display these options when there is other notifications
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I think the gmail notification has two modes: minimized and full (with buttons).
The notification only shows the buttons when it's the "top" notification. Apps like lookout have persistent notifications, so the gmail notification is never top dog and therefore doesn't go into "full" mode.
I know in 4.2.2, the method I described allows you to expand minimized notifications. I do a medium-length press and hold, then drag the notification down to expand it. I'll try to capture a video of what I mean (never captured video on my phone before).
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topherk said:
I think the gmail notification has two modes: minimized and full (with buttons).
The notification only shows the buttons when it's the "top" notification. Apps like lookout have persistent notifications, so the gmail notification is never top dog and therefore doesn't go into "full" mode.
I know in 4.2.2, the method I described allows you to expand minimized notifications. I do a medium-length press and hold, then drag the notification down to expand it. I'll try to capture a video of what I mean (never captured video on my phone before).
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Doesn't work on tw roms
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[Q] What have you noticed that has changed in T-Mobiles KitKat?

Things that I'm curious about right off are:
1. What color is the dialer? Is it still white or have they changed that to dark?
2. In the "Internet" app (not chrome) can you "Open page in background"?
and bonus
Have you experienced any problems with files (moving, naming, editing, accessing, coping info back and forth from interral to external, ect...) on the MicroSD card through a downloaded file explorer app (ie ES File Explorer)?

Hangouts now uses the emoji from the Samsung keyboard instead of Google emoji. Kind of annoying.
posted while using my note 3

Anyone try their dialers or internet yet?

rosedog said:
Anyone try their dialers or internet yet?
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Same thing, internet seems to be the same, no difference.
Most of the notifications are white, kinda liked the green battery.
Camera shortcut in lock screen
The font in notifications is different
Can't find much else
I was hoping to see a fix for the messaging app. When backing out of a text message it can take up to 5 seconds to go back into your message list. It's really annoying.
Checked- still does the same thing. I can't believe a 3rd party app can do this better. Unbelievable.

2strokenut said:
Same thing, internet seems to be the same, no difference.
Most of the notifications are white, kinda liked the green battery.
Camera shortcut in lock screen
The font in notifications is different
Can't find much else
I was hoping to see a fix for the messaging app. When backing out of a text message it can take up to 5 seconds to go back into your message list. It's really annoying.
Checked- still does the same thing. I can't believe a 3rd party app can do this better. Unbelievable.
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What 3rd party app you referring to?
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Pajar0913 said:
What 3rd party app you referring to?
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I'm using Chomp. I've tried GoSMS, Handcent, all work fine. The stock does not.

2strokenut said:
I'm using Chomp. I've tried GoSMS, Handcent, all work fine. The stock does not.
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That's the same one I'm using
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Pajar0913 said:
That's the same one I'm using
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I like chomp, just waiting for them to put a search function in.
Did your stock SMS app lag as well?

2strokenut said:
I like chomp, just waiting for them to put a search function in.
Did your stock SMS app lag as well?
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Yea.. seems to be a few lags with the new update.
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Pajar0913 said:
Yea.. seems to be a few lags with the new update.
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Kinda lags?
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I just got my N3 yesterday, so not sure if it did this on 4.3 or not, but the stock music player, and pandora fill the lock screen with album art when playing them.

stevessvt said:
I just got my N3 yesterday, so not sure if it did this on 4.3 or not, but the stock music player, and pandora fill the lock screen with album art when playing them.
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That's new KK feature

1 i know they tweak the music and the speaker they are louder now
2 screen is like way brighter than b4
they took the network and battery color all white now lame
white white

Does anyone else have a problem where if you listen to music through earphones the lockscreen album art doesn't show up, but if you play music through the speaker, the album art does show up?
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Kitkat Update Rant!
What kind of bullsh!t update was this????

So as of right now...nothing significant worth the update?
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mrrobc97 said:
So as of right now...nothing significant worth the update?
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Except its KitKat underneath.
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So Samsung released the 4.4 update but apparently theirs A LOT of bugs???
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ajt1995 said:
Except its KitKat underneath.
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Kinda like those $600 jeans that were make in the same factory as the $30 ones in Honduras...they just change the label.
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I noticed the reception is better now:laugh: No seriously what with the full bars!! I always have full bars even when I know im in an area where is barely reception. and Yes the dbm meter is displays the correct reading but the bars are way off. I tried with the international Kitkat rom and I got the same result. Looks like its a kitkat thing across the board. Kinda reminds me of AT&T and Apple saga over the inaccurate iphone reception meter.