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Touch Keyboard

I'm sorry if this has been discussed elsewhere (And yes I did look), but is there a way to set the touch keyboard to default to the "Touch Keyboard" where each character has its own button? On some screens it appears like that, but on others the "QU", "ER", etc share a key. It's really frustrating.
Thanks in advance!!!!!

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johnannie said:
I'm sorry if this has been discussed elsewhere (And yes I did look), but is there a way to set the touch keyboard to default to the "Touch Keyboard" where each character has its own button? On some screens it appears like that, but on others the "QU", "ER", etc share a key. It's really frustrating.
Thanks in advance!!!!!
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This is the cab to keep the 40 key "password" you will lose T9 and word prediction ..... do a registry backup.......this cab despite what ever it says WILL uninstall... the registry backup is just in case it can't be uninstalled. I pesonally have uninstalled and reinstalled many times without hard reset...Hope this helps
https://home.comcast.net/~codyppc/CodyPPC_40_key.cab
I didn't make it but codyppc did so give him kudos if you catch him out in cyberworld
This is for the touch keyboard on the touch
Timdawg

Another option
I like what timdawgdentist recommended because I did not know that there was the option available. However, I find the password keyboard a bit difficult to use myself, so I installed PCMKeyboard.
http://www.pocketcm.com/keyboard2.php

That PCMKeybord is really great. It's taking a while to get used to, but I certainly like it much more than any of the others that I've tried. Thanks!!!!!!!

I personally LOVE TouchPal keyboard, I was a fan with 1.0 and now with 2.0 it is that much better, Twice as better and easier to use. I use SIPChange to make that my default Keyboard. You should try it. You can type so freaking fast with it.

Hugo381 said:
I personally LOVE TouchPal keyboard, I was a fan with 1.0 and now with 2.0 it is that much better, Twice as better and easier to use. I use SIPChange to make that my default Keyboard. You should try it. You can type so freaking fast with it.
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I have hard time text messaging with the native texting program that comes with the HTC Touch (Sprint/Vogue). I can't get the keyboard to disappear so that I can press the send bottom on the bottom of the page.

I like the SPB Fullscreen Keyboard with the black47 theme and PCM Keyboard with iPhone skins.
I tried TouchPal, Touch Keyboard and Keypad.
I prefer the touch keyboard from the least 3 i like.
but I mainly use the Fullscreen now but usually wind up switching around to the PCM. Sometimes predictive is good, sometimes I need to be precise

Keyboard comparisons

Hi!
I feel the stock Samsung keyboard has potential but the word correction just seems meh (could be due to danish dictionary).
I'd like to see a comparison of the keyboards and what people feel about each one.
Swiftkey
Samsung keyboard (multi touch)
Swype (drawing type keyboard)
HTC_IME (the xda one with online kitchen)
Handcent
Droid X (multi touch)
Currently i feel the HTC_IME is best for me atleast, since it supports danish and it has some added features (XDA). It's slower than the Samsung Keyboard though, probably the multi touch making Samsung faster. I'd like to try Swype or SwiftKey, but danish support seems a while off. Handcent i haven't tried, but as far as i remember it looks alot like the HTC_IME one?
If none of them improves soon, i guess i'll try to code one myself. Swiftkey prediction with multi touch would be pretty awesome

I love the vlingo keyboard, it pwns all the others I've tried.

text using profile: mails/notes/todos/sms, typing rather fast, languages: german & english
HTC_IME, Handcent (is that built into the app?), Vlingo - haven't tried those
Swype
- unique feature: swipe to type
- my favourite; i nearly can type as fast as i can on a real keyboard, which is quite fast ​
Samsung keyboard (multi touch)
- unique feature: none that i know of
- nice, seems to be a lookalike from the iphone keyboard; works good, just 2 points at once though
- if i want to use multitouch typing while wanting to type as fast as i can i always switch over to this one:​
Droid X (multi touch)
- unique feature: multitouch with more than 2 points
- IMHO best multi touch keyboard out there​
Swiftkey
- unique feature: text prediction
- useful: using several languages simultaneously (HUGE benefit for me! TouchPal does this as well)
- just installed it while it's in beta, can't say much about it
- using it for just a couple of minutes doesn't reveal much about the real benefit of this keyboard (text prediction)
- looks amazing, i'll definitely use this regularly to see where it goes!​
ThickButtons
- unique feature: keyboard-buttons get enlarged when being predicted by the dictionary as possibly the next letter in the current word
- tried this for a couple of text messages, need more time for a thorough test
- runs stable but a bit slow​
TouchPal
- seems to be a very good chinese input keyboard, although i'm far from able to confirm that
- useful: using several languages simultaneously (like Swiftkey)
- just testing this for a couple of minutes, seems to be very good!​
my wishes :
Swype should implement multi touch support & easy language switch while simultaneously using he built in keyboard - then it's the only keyboard i'll ever need
Swiftkey should come out of beta as soon as it's ready and be as cheap as possible
UPDATE
added Swiftkey & TouchPal

Intratech said:
I love the vlingo keyboard, it pwns all the others I've tried.
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Er really? It's identical to the default Android keyboard, doesn't support multi-touch.
So far, I think the HTC keyboard would rock with multi-touch, but without it it just cannot keep up with fast typing, rendering it useless!
Advantages of default Samsung Keyboard:
- Multi-touch
- Decent text prediction
- Arrow keys appear when you long-press on symbols (big plus)
Disadvantages:
- You can't capitalise random letters in a word!!! (You can't write something like McDonald's for example, because pressing shift will either capitalise ALL letters in the word or the first letter only. This is also painful when you have to type in a username for some app but the text field has prediction enabled.)
- The numbers/symbols layout is dreadful! Seriously, why is the colon on the 2nd page? And why does the last used page open instead of the first one when you press symbols?
Advantages of Droid X keyboard:
- Better multi-touch than Samsung (shift + many keys is possible)
- Much better symbols layout
Disadvantages:
-Auto-capitalisation doesn't work
- No control of the dictionary! And the dictionary has random incorrect words in it like ob and od and im which get substituted when you make a typing mistake.
I'm using the Droid X keyboard right now but desperately looking for something with better dictionary control

Do any of these keyboards have the ability for speech-to-text like the nexus one? I don't see the speaker icon on the samsung keyboards.

INeedYourHelp said:
Do any of these keyboards have the ability for speech-to-text like the nexus one? I don't see the speaker icon on the samsung keyboards.
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Droid X one does

INeedYourHelp said:
Do any of these keyboards have the ability for speech-to-text like the nexus one? I don't see the speaker icon on the samsung keyboards.
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Vlingo does and I can type fast on it without worrying about it missing my letters and the auto correction is good on it.

Robin.B said:
Er really? It's identical to the default Android keyboard, doesn't support multi-touch.
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I don't care about multi touch just about typing fast and accurately.

I like the standard Android keyboard, if only it had multi-touch.

The Samsung keyboard is capable for multi touch? Even if it does the multi touch implementation doesn't seems to her close to the one of Droid X, at least I can't feel it. Also the ptedicion and correction doesn't works well. I'm using an IME called CEDIME which I need the Chinese input, the English keyboard included us even better than the Samsung one.
The Droid X multi touch keyboard works well but the prediction will need some improvement, although by using it more you can add more words to it's dictionary.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Using Swiftkey Beta here, and other than some curious auto-complete choices, it's brilliant, rather large though...

I love SWYPE, it is SOOO accurate with English... Though I use Vietnamese quiet often to text my Vietnamese friend and can't seem to find Vietname SWYPE Dictionary ... So i'm teaching SWYPE, but its learning fast...
So overall, I love it!

Tips for using 4.2 keybaord (like swearing)

One of the things that drove me crazy with the new gesture keyboard was it's inability to allow me to use curse words...
Settings ---> Language & input ---> Personal dictionary
Touch the + symbol at the top right.
Add whatever words you want and it'll start showing up in your gestures! Another fun trick is adding a word like "email" and giving it the shortcut to your actual email. When you type in email you'll also have the option to select your actual email address in the suggestion bar. This also helps with curse words that'll default over normal words... Add the regular word and shortcut the curse word so that you can quickly use it in the suggestion bar.

Thanks, now I can swear like a proper pirate again. Arrr!
Transmission sent from my Galaxy Nexus.

SqueezyCheez said:
One of the things that drove me crazy with the new gesture keyboard was it's inability to allow me to use curse words...
Settings ---> Language & input ---> Personal dictionary
Touch the + symbol at the top right.
Add whatever words you want and it'll start showing up in your gestures! Another fun trick is adding a word like "email" and giving it the shortcut to your actual email. When you type in email you'll also have the option to select your actual email address in the suggestion bar. This also helps with curse words that'll default over normal words... Add the regular word and shortcut the curse word so that you can quickly use it in the suggestion bar.
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I like the email idea there!

jxr94 said:
I like the email idea there!
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I actually agree that's quite the idea
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Pheno.menon said:
Thanks, now I can swear like a proper pirate again. Arrr!
Transmission sent from my Galaxy Nexus.
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Hell yes.

Does anyone know how to do a quick delete using the stock keyboard? for example if I entered the wrong word i can't just press backspace once to delete the word like i can in swype.

Reeebo said:
Does anyone know how to do a quick delete using the stock keyboard? for example if I entered the wrong word i can't just press backspace once to delete the word like i can in swype.
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Stock keyboard does the same for me with the backspace key. otherwise double tap and backspace?

SqueezyCheez said:
Stock keyboard does the same for me with the backspace key. otherwise double tap and backspace?
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Oh right this works. My biggest gripe with the keyboard is that it is not possible to correct a word in the middle of a sentence. For example, if i want to change a word in the middle of a sentence, I can't double click the word and see possible variations of the word. I have to select the word and retype it entirely.

How do you access all the emojis. There are only keywords for a handful of them but there are many more emojis compatible with android.
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I like your email trick. Awesome
:xda on sprint g-nex:

Ducking autocorrect.

Great tips. How do i preserve my dictionary after i flash a new ROM?

[Q] Personal Dictionary

The Personal Dictionary only Works with the ASUS Keyboard and I want it working with the Google Keyboard. Do anyone knows if it is possible?
Thx!
ZenFone 2 (ZE551ML)
ASUS_Z00A-2.18.40.12

POKESOFTXDA said:
The Personal Dictionary only Works with the ASUS Keyboard and I want it working with the Google Keyboard. Do anyone knows if it is possible?
Thx!
ZenFone 2 (ZE551ML)
ASUS_Z00A-2.18.40.12
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+1 for this. Google keyboard used to let me save my own words but now it won't let me do that anymore.
Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD

Now it works!
cmendonc2 said:
+1 for this. Google keyboard used to let me save my own words but now it won't let me do that anymore.
Sent from my ASUS_Z00AD
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Today it finally works in my ZenFone 2!
After the upgrade to Version 4.1.22127.2053724 Google Keyboard finally shows my personal dictionary in the place where it must be:
Well done Google and thank you for the update! :good:
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You can add your own words to your personal dictionary so that your device remembers them. To add a word or phrase, including an optional shortcut, follow these steps:
Open the Settings menu on your device.
Under "Personal," touch Language & input.
Under "Keyboard & input methods," touch the Settings icon next to "Google Keyboard."
Touch Text correction.
Touch Personal dictionary.
Select the dictionary you'd like to add a word to.
Touch the Add icon and type your word and an optional shortcut.
You can also add words to your personal dictionary as you're using the keyboard by following these steps:
Type the word using Google Keyboard.
When the word pops in the suggestion strip, touch it. The screen will say "Touch again to save."
Touch the word again to save it to your personal dictionary.
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ASUS_Z00AD
ASUS_Z00A-2.19.40.18

Emoji prediction on Samsung keyboard gone?

I had the note 4 and just got my note 7 and it does not have an option to predict emoji ( as you type a word an emoji shows up to replace that word on keyboard) anywhere on the options? Or I can not find it. that was a cool future. how is it possible to get it back without another keyboard app install? please help. Thanks.