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Greetings. After testing the water with a GNex for a week, I was so impressed with Android I locked myself with AT&T for another two years and bought an S3. It's been almost two weeks with the S3. There are issues that I'm willing to overlook for the overall package, but there are three issues that are completely driving me insane that I might return the S3 for. I tried to post this in the mega S3 annoyances thread but I couldn't.
1. The S3 is auto-adding every single misspelled words into the my word list. The only way I find to stop it is to turn off predictive text, which turns everything off including basic spell checking.
2. I copy and paste a lot in the email app. The left text selection handle is upside down, so I can't see where my text selection begins unless I place my left thumb nearly upside down on the screen. It is the same way in the browser, but it's less of an issue in the browser since it brings up the magnifying glass. In the Gmail app the text selection handles are the way they should be.
3. Getting and syncing new email in the email app is horribly slow. Typically it would sit there with the spinning circle for a minute (or longer) before new messages come in. Half the time it would look like it finished syncing but no new email is there, but I would have 3 new messages in my inbox. The other times I would read and reply and delete an email, but on my computer that email is still unread on the browser. This behavior is not consistent as there are times syncing is instant. Gmail does not have this problem. And somewhat related, sometimes the new email notification doesn't automatically clear up after I read a new email, this happens on Gmail as well.
I really love this phone, but these three issues are absolutely driving me insane and I'm ready to pack it up and return it. Please someone tell me these issues are because I don't know what I'm doing :crying:
1. Use any alternative keyboard - Swype, ICS, Swiftkey etc
2. Use alternative Email app, or forward all your email to Gmail account.
3. See 2.
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iosandroid said:
Greetings. After testing the water with a GNex for a week, I was so impressed with Android I locked myself with AT&T for another two years and bought an S3. It's been almost two weeks with the S3. There are issues that I'm willing to overlook for the overall package, but there are three issues that are completely driving me insane that I might return the S3 for. I tried to post this in the mega S3 annoyances thread but I couldn't.
1. The S3 is auto-adding every single misspelled words into the my word list. The only way I find to stop it is to turn off predictive text, which turns everything off including basic spell checking.
2. I copy and paste a lot in the email app. The left text selection handle is upside down, so I can't see where my text selection begins unless I place my left thumb nearly upside down on the screen. It is the same way in the browser, but it's less of an issue in the browser since it brings up the magnifying glass. In the Gmail app the text selection handles are the way they should be.
3. Getting and syncing new email in the email app is horribly slow. Typically it would sit there with the spinning circle for a minute (or longer) before new messages come in. Half the time it would look like it finished syncing but no new email is there, but I would have 3 new messages in my inbox. The other times I would read and reply and delete an email, but on my computer that email is still unread on the browser. This behavior is not consistent as there are times syncing is instant. Gmail does not have this problem. And somewhat related, sometimes the new email notification doesn't automatically clear up after I read a new email, this happens on Gmail as well.
I really love this phone, but these three issues are absolutely driving me insane and I'm ready to pack it up and return it. Please someone tell me these issues are because I don't know what I'm doing :crying:
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When I was using stock keyboard it wouldn't add my words to the dictionary unless I swiped upward on the word that I wanted to add. If I just tapped on the word it would add it to the text but not to the dictionary. Just hitting space would use the predicted word.
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When I was using stock keyboard it wouldn't add my words to the dictionary unless I swiped upward on the word that I wanted to add. If I just tapped on the word it would add it to the text but not to the dictionary. Just hitting space would use the predicted word.
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Hitting space or selecting the word (misspelled or not) from the predictive text area will both add that word to the my word list. I kept wondering why some gibberish made its way into my composed messages, and one quick look in the my word list my jaw was on the floor.
Maybe I'll look at other keyboard as bravo suggested. But I'm still kind of in shock at this behavior - why would it auto add every misspelled word into the list? Why have a spell check at all
I personally uninstall Samsung keyboards from all their phones and use the aosp/aokp keyboard. Its much better IMO. As for email, I've never used a stock email app ever. I've used K9 pretty much since I got my Captivate. Backed it up with TiBu, moved it over to my S3, and everything just worked.
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miztaken1312 said:
I personally uninstall Samsung keyboards from all their phones and use the aosp/aokp keyboard. Its much better IMO. As for email, I've never used a stock email app ever. I've used K9 pretty much since I got my Captivate. Backed it up with TiBu, moved it over to my S3, and everything just worked.
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I just installed ICS Keyboard from the Play store. Wow it works so much better. The first thing that I noticed when I got the S3 was the lag on the keyboard compared to the GNex. With the ICS keyboard on the S3 it feels exactly like it on the GNex. All the more shocking how the Samsung keyboard can be so horrendous. However, this is a security hole as the keyboard naturally captures every single keystroke. I'm not comfortable with the idea of installing a keyboard from an unknown source.
With the stock Samsung keyboard, is it *supposed* to auto-add every misspelled word in the my word list? If it is then what is the point of having spell check
iosandroid said:
I just installed ICS Keyboard from the Play store. Wow it works so much better. The first thing that I noticed when I got the S3 was the lag on the keyboard compared to the GNex. With the ICS keyboard on the S3 it feels exactly like it on the GNex. All the more shocking how the Samsung keyboard can be so horrendous. However, this is a security hole as the keyboard naturally captures every single keystroke. I'm not comfortable with the idea of installing a keyboard from an unknown source.
With the stock Samsung keyboard, is it *supposed* to auto-add every misspelled word in the my word list? If it is then what is the point of having spell check
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You are just seeing the Android warning all the keyboards show. lol
iosandroid said:
I just installed ICS Keyboard from the Play store. Wow it works so much better. The first thing that I noticed when I got the S3 was the lag on the keyboard compared to the GNex. With the ICS keyboard on the S3 it feels exactly like it on the GNex. All the more shocking how the Samsung keyboard can be so horrendous. However, this is a security hole as the keyboard naturally captures every single keystroke. I'm not comfortable with the idea of installing a keyboard from an unknown source.
With the stock Samsung keyboard, is it *supposed* to auto-add every misspelled word in the my word list? If it is then what is the point of having spell check
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I can't stand Samsung keyboards. One of my least favorite "features" of touch wiz. Something like swift key is just so much better I can't believe people use the stock keyboard. Hell, the JB keyboard is excellent, and Samsung goes out of their way to remove it.
iosandroid said:
I just installed ICS Keyboard from the Play store. Wow it works so much better. The first thing that I noticed when I got the S3 was the lag on the keyboard compared to the GNex. With the ICS keyboard on the S3 it feels exactly like it on the GNex. All the more shocking how the Samsung keyboard can be so horrendous. However, this is a security hole as the keyboard naturally captures every single keystroke. I'm not comfortable with the idea of installing a keyboard from an unknown source.
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All keyboards capture your keystrokes. That's what they are for.
Also, just about everybody uses third party keyboards because the manufacturer keyboards suck. SwiftKey, Swype, perfect keyboard, and 8pen are some of the common ones.
On to the other issues, use a third party email app. I use K9. Just don't forget to disable sync and notifications from the stock email app.
Just about everybody uses third party email clients too.
Finally, try using different browsers and sms apps. Try dolphin or chrome for browser and handcent or go sms for texts. Good luck to you.
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Hitting space or selecting the word (misspelled or not) from the predictive text area will both add that word to the my word list. I kept wondering why some gibberish made its way into my composed messages, and one quick look in the my word list my jaw was on the floor.
Maybe I'll look at other keyboard as bravo suggested. But I'm still kind of in shock at this behavior - why would it auto add every misspelled word into the list? Why have a spell check at all
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Hmm, every-time I would try to type "ya" it would come up with something else and if I hit space or on "ya" the next time it would do the same thing until I finally tried swiping up on the word I wanted to store and it worked.
SwiftKey is the best keyboard around you should try that.
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Thanks for all the replies and suggestions everyone.
My problem with the very slow Yahoo mail syncing appears to be ONLY on my main Yahoo email account. I tried another Yahoo account as well as a new outlook.com address on it and the syncing is immediate. So problem solved, I'll likely be switching over to the new Outlook.com service.
So issues 1 and 3 are solved/worked-around, that leaves #2 with the upside down text selection handle. I've attached a screen shot to show you what I mean. I tried K9 as suggested and yes the handles are as they should, not upside down like the stock email app. What is up with that Samsung :silly:
I am still dumbfounded as to how/why the default Samsung keyboard adds every misspelled word into the word list. This is with all factory default settings, no settings were messed with.
Honestly I'm a huge fan of the ICS keyboard. Here is the APK pulled directly from the GNex. Simple, functional, clean. Just move this apk to the phone and install. You will need to go into settings and check to allow installation of unknown applications since this is not coming from the market. Enjoy.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gq1giqc2yg3uqdr/LatinIME.apk
Like stated all your issues are with the software not the phone. Get a different app. This is why people stick with iPhone. It's just easier
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SwiftKey is the best keyboard around you should try that.
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SwiftKey has been my go to for the last 6 or so months.
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Halmo said:
Hmm, every-time I would try to type "ya" it would come up with something else and if I hit space or on "ya" the next time it would do the same thing until I finally tried swiping up on the word I wanted to store and it worked.
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I just tried it again, just now, just to confirm I'm not hallucinating. As soon as I press space that word is added into the my word list. I now have a bunch of dkdk dkdkdk dkdkdkdk in there after the previously emptied my word list.
On the Gnex with the stock keyboard, the only way it will add a word is to press that word in the area above the keyboard, then it will prompt touch again to save. If I don't touch it again it and just press space it doesn't add it.
JayRolla said:
Like stated all your issues are with the software not the phone. Get a different app. This is why people stick with iPhone. It's just easier
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Yes absolutely. The software matters as much if not more than the hardware itself. I stuck with iPhone for the past 3 years because no Android versions or devices had the smoothness in the UI that I demand. Believe me I have no love for Apple or any particular brand; I spend my money on the devices that work for me, simple as that. Now that Android has matched the smooth UI experience, I dumped the iphone real fast. The GNex running Jelly Bean feels smoother and faster than the S3, goes to show software matters more.
hello i have already installed the stock android keyboard on my sw3 using this quide http://forum.xda-developers.com/android-wear/development/android-stock-keyboard-wear-t2993458
i have also install microsoft's keyboard they are working on my android wear browser but i can't reply on whatsapp messages
microsoft says that i have to invoke the keyboard but i don't know how does anyone know ( i can't reply on sms too )
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hello i have already installed the stock android keyboard on my sw3 using this quide http://forum.xda-developers.com/android-wear/development/android-stock-keyboard-wear-t2993458
i have also install microsoft's keyboard they are working on my android wear browser but i can't reply on whatsapp messages
microsoft says that i have to invoke the keyboard but i don't know how does anyone know ( i can't reply on sms too )
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Well, I would guess it's because whatsapp and the sms apps use "pre-canned" replies. In other words, I think you can only send one of several pre-determined responses, and not type a message like you would using the phone based apps.
Awesome, didn't even know about this keyboard. Now I want to put the Google Keyboard on with the material theme, and as for messaging you should try Wear Messenger. Its a paid app but I think its well worth it right now, I can reply to texts, read conversations.
Well i saw a guy testing microsoft's keyboard and he actually made it work he replied to hangout's messege i tried too but i didn't made it so microsoft in her app discription says that i have to invoke the keyboard and i dont know how
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hi,
i have a note 4, and i have changed the Samsung keyboard to google keyboard, and i love it.
but now when i type a misspelled word i get two suggestions of words to replace it with. one on google keyboard and another one that pops up. the pop up looks to be from the stock Samsung messages app. i tried going to the messages settings to remove it, but i found nothing nor in language and input settings. so my question is how do i remove this one?
Get Swiftkey. I got it about 4 years ago when it was a paid app. It's free now but you can get themes cheap. I'm using this one.
I've never used another keyboard since I found it. I especially like the arrow keys and the predictions actually learn from you as you go.
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G-Voice Assistant app allows you to ask questions and send commands to Google Assistant system.
Application supports all Samsung Smartwatches with Tizen OS (min. ver. 3.0).
Store links at Galaxy Store:
G-Voice Assistant
G-Voice Assistant Pro
VIDEO:
on youtube search text "G-Voice Assistant (Google Assistant)"
nice
wow, work great!!!!
works amazing so far! tempted to try out the pro version ?
after using it a while,
it says "Quota exhausted. Logout and restart the application".
What happened to the links?
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What happened to the links?
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http://apps.samsung.com/gear/appDetail.as?appId=com.somyac.gear.assistant.core
http://apps.samsung.com/gear/appDetail.as?appId=com.somyac.gear.assistant.plugin
In the normal version, Portuguese [PT] isn't working... bug?
Hey, this is a really great app! But it has a serious flaw:
After some questions, voice recognition and voice reply switches to english although it was supposed to listen and answer in German (set to German in settings).
Also, can you add an "listen on launch" setting?
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ademmer said:
Hey, this is a really great app! But it has a serious flaw:
After some questions, voice recognition and voice reply switches to english although it was supposed to listen and answer in German (set to German in settings).
Also, can you add an "listen on launch" setting?
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Just noticed that somehow, the app lost my login and I had to re-login. Now it is back to my default language.
I tried to uninstall the normal version after purchasing and installing the pro version but so the pro no longer works. So is it necessary to have both the normal and the pro version at the same time?
I would like to install only the pro version, is this possible?
Thanks for the reply
I purchased this application for my watch but after a few commands it loses the set Italian language and the commands are set to English.
It does not work.
Can I set up gpay on galaxy watches? I intend to buy galaxy watch 3 but samsung pay is not yet enable in our country.
Tnx
It's not sending sms on GWA2 LTE. It's also not supporting google home devices. Don't pay for pro...
google home
krogoth said:
It's not sending sms on GWA2 LTE. It's also not supporting google home devices. Don't pay for pro...
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i don't have de pro version , google home devices , like smart lights, work fine for me.
So far, much better designed and simpler than GAssist. No need for a phone companion app. On the downside, it seems results are a scrollable webpage. Still lets me control my home devices, so I'm making the switch from GAssist to this one.
Beso said:
Can I set up gpay on galaxy watches? I intend to buy galaxy watch 3 but samsung pay is not yet enable in our country.
Tnx
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this question has no meaning in this discussion!
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this question has no meaning in this discussion!
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Then please direct me to proper discussion
What command do You use to start smart devices? Same command works for me on the phone but doesn't on watch. On watch it try to run an application.
This is good! Had to turn of BT. Kept saying no internet. They will fix BT according to the response on youtube.
Was a pain in the ass to type the email and login. Managed to switch to handwriting somehow.
I like I can change the volume with bezel.
Controls all my home smart devices.
Asked to set a reminder. Crashed after I said the time. Then said number of tries exhausted. Please restart app. Then you just have to close it in "Recent Apps" and it works again.
Is there a way to switch to the normal on-watch keyboard during login, vice the T9 one? I'm unable to login in because, for some reason, the T9 keyboard keeps messing up my password.
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Is there a way to switch to the normal on-watch keyboard during login, vice the T9 one? I'm unable to login in because, for some reason, the T9 keyboard keeps messing up my password.
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T9 kept messing up my gmail and pw. It was not typing the correct letters.
I switched to handwriting by accident. So there must be a way.
Turn off predictive text so the T9 will work like it should.
I uninstalled the free version and purchased pro. You have have the free version installed with pro. I tried pro without the free version. Only works if both are installed.
When I turned off predictive text, the T9 worked as expected. When entering password, the handwriting input came up again somehow.
...and if you use smart keyboard pro and hit the mic button, you get google voice typing and not assistant voice typing. it's frustrating. only assistant voice typing does the advanced punctuation thing.
Yes, you have to use GBoard to get the new updated assistant voice typing. I prefer Swift Keyboard but made the switch to Gboard for the new voice typing and I like it so far.
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Yes, you have to use GBoard to get the new updated assistant voice typing. I prefer Swift Keyboard but made the switch to Gboard for the new voice typing and I like it so far.
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I used to use SwiftKey for years (if that's the one you're talking about) until not long after Microsoft bought it. Then I didn't like something they changed or did to SwiftKey and I was encouraged by a developer to try GBoard. I haven't regretted it and it's gotten better over the years. Hope you fully like it.
I would have no problem switching to google keyboard, if it offered a 4x3 t9 option. I'm a dinosaur and can't be switching away from that. so smart keyboard pro it is. it's weird and frustrating tho that there's even 2 levels of voice typing on the one device.
What I hate is when I say "Hey Google, type" (to enter live transcription), Google assistant interprets it as "Hey Google" and begins defining the word "tight".
roirraW edor ehT said:
I used to use SwiftKey for years (if that's the one you're talking about) until not long after Microsoft bought it. Then I didn't like something they changed or did to SwiftKey and I was encouraged by a developer to try GBoard. I haven't regretted it and it's gotten better over the years. Hope you fully like it.
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Exactly this about SwiftKey! God I use them forever. They were amazing until they weren't after MS bought them and more than likely screwed with whatever they were doing. I've been using Google keyboard for quite a while and very pleased with it.