I was wondering if anyone could recommend to me a better keyboard replacement for the G4? Things I would like it to have;
Theme-able (Not really a big deal, just nice to have options)
Arrow Keys (My #1 Feature)
Dedicated Number Keys (would be nice, but not a deal breaker)
...That is pretty much it, just really want to have the arrow keys for easier text corrections.
SwiftKey ... No matter what other keyboards I try I always come back to SwiftKey. (and it has everything on your list (and then some) )
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For me, nothing beats Kii. Unfortunately it's no longer available through the app store.
It's all about fleksy!!!! Fastest keyboard in the world, Guinness world record breaker and as well very simple and straightforward
I swear by SwiftKey. No keyboard is perfect, but all of SwiftKey's pros far outweigh any con.
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SwiftKey for sure!
I like the Google keyboard. Used to be an avid Swiftkey user as well. There are so many you have a ton of options
Just downloaded Fleksy. I was in the bets trial but it seems to have improved a bit. The auto suggest is kinda funky. I am an IT network engineer and throw around lots of acronyms that it doesn't catch. I like the stock android/LG keyboard style where a backspace will revert the autocorrect. Most keyboard apps do not do this (thumbs plus does but I get lots of double letters).
I'll give it a week and see how I like it. The smart punctuation is driving me crazy though.
SwiftKey best keyboard alternative ever!
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100% SwiftKey
Yeah. Has to be SwiftKey for me too. Tried a few others but always come back to it. Very customisable.
Cheers.
Eoin.
Let's throw Swype in here as well My fave keyboard by far :good:
The one thing about Kii that I really can't live without is the customizable auto-change feature in the dictionary, where you can set it to change whatever to whatever. For example, mine is programmed to change "y" to "why", "c" to "see", "r" to "are", "brb" to "be right back", "addr" to my full address, etc. etc. etc. I must have 50-60 shortcuts programmed, easily. Makes for wicked fast typing when you can use all those shortcuts
Well after all the votes for Swiftkey I opted to grab it (and much to my surprise I had already had it before, lol. Must've been on one of my old school HTC devices). Needless to say I am very happy with it as it offers everything I was looking for and then a little bit extra on top.
Thanks for the info guys/gals, I do REALLY appreciate it.
For years I used Smart Keyboard Pro: themeable, shortcuts (as per above), customizable, etc. One of the best features I liked the most is being able to slide/swipe/flick your finger left or right to move the cursor. Not sure how that is not cooked into the stock keyboard as it is such a useful feature.
Is there a way to add the numeric keys to the google keyboard?
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I don't know is it an issue only I have, or maybe it's a well-know problem that Touch Pro2 users have to deal with but whenever I hit the lowest, middle part of the screen, the Keyboard's Options pop-up, although there's no icon to click. The on-screen keyboard on the other hand never pop's-up by itself, so the issue only regards the Option's box.
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I find this highly irritating, 'cause it happens EVERYWHERE: when I try to hit OK in G-Alarm; when I'm not too precise with the Sense slider or - and this is extremely irritating - when I play games designed for Portrait mode (the upper screen was taken while playing "The Simpsons Arcade"). Portrait mode games are just unplayable (hence the controls are often in the lower screen parts).
I don't really use the options box. If I ever use the on-screen keyboard (which isn't often) I have it always set to Phone Keyboard when in Portrait, and to Full Qwerty in Landscape. I never change those options so if it's possible to disable the Option's box all together that'll be just fine.
I'm not sure is it relevant, but I use an official ROM upgrade to Sense 2.1
Oh come on! I'm sure someone can help. Please? This is a truly irritating bug.
dude, i've never had this happen unless the keyboard icon was present in the middle. sure, if i hit a little weird (which technically I think is to the right of the icon (?)) that screen pops up..
I have no idea why its happening, but since no one has replied, I wonder if it is a glitch or bug w/ just what you got..? have you tried any other roms or resetting to factory default?
Not yet - I'd hate to reinstall all my applications, set them all over again and tweak the phone from scratch (I know I can do a backup but if I would decide to install a new ROM I would switch from the official upgrade (Sense 2.1 with WM6.5) to a cooked 2.5 and the backup wouldn't work).
I don't really fell like doing that just to fix one minor problem.
It's like with bugs on Windows PC - people usually let you to format your disc and install the OS again, but I'm always able to fix any issues I have without formating the device (I haven't done that in a year).
But I'm not that good with Windows Mobile, so I'm asking for your help, oh mighty ones
I'm sure it's something that could be fixed within the registry of with Total Commander - I just don't know how to find the bug myself.
Maybe someone could post his/hers setting from the registry (from directions that have something to do with the on-screen keyboard) so I could compare them with my reg keys?
Believe it or not those ugly arrow keys that come with our stock evo's keyboard could finally come in handy!!
As some of you may know, adobe's mobile flash only works with games with touch input, and not keyboard input (i believe).
I'm trying to find an efficient and non-obtrusive way to fix that!
Here's what I figured. We managed to chop the arrows out of the original keyboard, leaving us with a stock keyboard minus the arrows.
So what if we did the reverse and then added a couple keys for extra functionality such as enter/return and maybe a few customizable keys such as AB & XY.
See the image below for a thrown-together-in-few-minutes example (imagine without the purple hue and obviously better fitting)
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Optimally it would also be transparent (to a degree set in the keyboard preferences).
Though 85-90% opacity oughta do just fine.
A button to quickly switch from arrow keys to WASD would also be nice.
I was thinking a long-press on the keyboard retraction button would be nice and not space-consuming.
I know this is possible, but I hardly have the time or resources to make it a reality.
Thoughts? Flames?
Let's hear em!
adobe's mobile flash only works with games with touch input, and not keyboard input
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I don't get it. How would a soft keyboard with just the arrow keys solve that problem?
Incidentally, AIR for Android (the "Flash as .apk" solution) does allow soft keyboard input, so presumably keyboard support will be added to a future Flash Player release or patch.
In that case, this would be a great idea for phones like the EVO without a D-pad to interact with flash games. Hell, why stop with the SENSE UI hack? Make it look like an SNES controller while you're at it!
great idea
We need this. But I want it for a different reason.
I want it for those small links on web pages. I know its a big screen but sometimes I can't touch where I want.
So if it could have the arrows and maybe an enter button too that would also work on the web pages like a virtual trackball
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I don't get it. How would a soft keyboard with just the arrow keys solve that problem?
Incidentally, AIR for Android (the "Flash as .apk" solution) does allow soft keyboard input, so presumably keyboard support will be added to a future Flash Player release or patch.
In that case, this would be a great idea for phones like the EVO without a D-pad to interact with flash games. Hell, why stop with the SENSE UI hack? Make it look like an SNES controller while you're at it!
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It solves the problem because most games use the arrow keys or WASD as the controls.
Try playing this game on your phone.
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/59593
But wait, I can't move anywhere!
It's possible to use the controls to move, for example on the original droid you can use the hardware keys.
For some reason the sense keyboard doesn't work, but it can be made to work if the browser believes the input is coming from hardware keys.
The point is, I highly doubt adobe is gonna make us a specialized soft keyboard that only has what's needed for gameplay and nothing more.
Our current keyboards are too big and would cover the screen, which is why we need something that isn't obtrusive and is transparent so we can see everything behind it.
I have an idea. I have things i love about Swype and hate about it. My idea is this. I LOVE the standard keybard in Sense... But i also LOVE swyping. I love the voice to text in standard keyboard, HATE that swype uses actions to do it. I love the distance of the keys and feel of the Sense keyboard.. not so much swype.
Heres my idea. Take JUST the Swyping mechanism of Swype, and insinuate it into the Sense keyboard. I want a keyboard that LOOKS JUST LIKE my sense keyboard with the same tactile and audio feedback, same settings, BUT i want to be able to swype with it.
So it comes down to
1: Is this possible? (Has to be)
2: What will it take to get this done and on the forum?
Any feedback would be great... But id love to get this project started asap.
Im on a tmobile G2 Running Virtuous Sense v1.02. Lets make this work!
My idea is this.
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good idea.
i just changed ROM's to one without sense and with swype and the original is much better looking.
isnt slideIT like that right now?
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isnt slideIT like that right now?
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But slide it doesnt have some features that Stock Sense Keyboard has, and it doesnt look like Sense Stock Keyboard.
My idea is... Some how editing the Stock Sense Keyboards APK to insinsuate the Swype, Or Slide it Mechanism into it. Idk, Blending the two together if you will. I want my keyboard to look EXACTLY like u see above... and i want to be able to swype with it with a black line as the trace.
I Know somebody can help me.
I don't think merging the 2 keyboards together would work, I imagine the developers of swype wouldn't be to happy if someone tore the keyboard apart and used the code in another keyboard.
The new HTC Doubleshot rom has a swype style included so this may be what you are are looking for.
You can make swype look like the htc keyboard have a look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838269
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HTC is already going to integrate Swype-clone functionality to Sense 3.0.
http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-sensation-include-swype-htc-trace-keyboard
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HTC is already going to integrate Swype-clone functionality to Sense 3.0.
http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-sensation-include-swype-htc-trace-keyboard
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Awesome!!! Any idea when this will be available?
Yah I don't seeing it being practical or worth the time when you can just do imput method quickly. Would be cool to see though.
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I just dound out the the Virtuous fusion ROM has it EXACTLY as its posted. Search "HTC Trace" Apparently this was already coming out anyways. Virtuous fusion is AMAZING! I recommended it to all.
I am planning to get a Bluetooth keyboard to go with my SGS2, and I found this rather little thing on eBay:
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Does anyone of you guys have any experience with it, and whether it will work with the SGS2?
Thank you,
//Steria
Works on the S II but it's absolutely horrible. Rubber buttons that are way worse to type on than the touchscreen
But does it work well? Like, can you type fast on it like a physical computer keyboard?
Do you have any other recommendations when it comes to Bluetooth keyboards?
Thank you.
As I said, it's absolutely horrible. You'll type faster on the screen keyboard
I got the same one. Absolutely couldn't get it to work with my SGS2 on any Gingerbread ROM. The bluetooth stack on GB just doesn't work with it, and I tried all the apps on the market.
Works fine with ICS, but as Cptnodegard says, it is pretty difficult to type on as the keys have to squished in hard. I think it would drive you bonkers.
Might be good for gaming...
WS
I've used a similar mini keyboard on my SGS2 (GB 2.3.5 on KI3 ROM); it seemed to work OK. It's not an especially good keyboard, but it gets the job done. I've also used the Freedom Universal Keyboard (folding laptop-sized keyboard); it works pretty well.
apart from the look&feel (you like it or hate it, but it seldom leaves you unfazed), I've tried to use it under various flavors of GB roms : no go (unless you invest 10€ in a third-party app which I won't advertise here)... Exception : CM7-based roms, because they pack a real BT stack instead of this 'crippleware' stack found on stock rooms...
Under ICS/CM9 and derivatives : works like a charm, except that I have to remap the QWERTY layout that's default for Android to a AZERTY one which is the layout of the keyboard. A few keys won't work, but it's probably a matter of time until I find how to remap those.
Is it fast to type on it ? Not really... a lot of times I find that I'm twice as fast using the regular Android keyboard.
I mostly use it as a remote for, the phone (once you know the location and key combo to use as directional pad and the Escape key, navigating thru the menus is way faster.. It's especially nifty when you have a huge applist on the market like me (850+), scrolling down the applist is a breeze, it's like 3-5 times faster than scrolling by swiping (or even with firecrackers)
While I haven't tried one myself, I hear that the Sony PS3 sixaxis controller add-on keyboard is pretty nice to type on. Nice, solid buttons instead of that rubber garbage. A bit of a weird shape but still
I am looking to get a keyboard to type fast on (on a table, w/ my fingers - not just thumbs)) like in a meeting room setting or a lecture setting. If this keyboard does not meet these requirements, what other low-cost, handy-sized keyboards do?
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While I haven't tried one myself, I hear that the Sony PS3 sixaxis controller add-on keyboard is pretty nice to type on. Nice, solid buttons instead of that rubber garbage. A bit of a weird shape but still
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Now I have xD
Definitely better than the rubber keyboard this thread was started for
S Note is a total pain to use in landscape mode. The wasted screen real estate is disgusting. Is there any way to hide the menu bars or go full screen? Or are there any apps as good as s Note with a full screen mode? I really want the disable touch feature.
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Personally I find most handwriting apps for android very quirky. Aside from the landscape mode I still find samsung's S note app the best for my Note taking...I just use it in portrait mode.
I've checked out a few in the last few months...Papyrus Beta seems ok.
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Thanks for the suggestion.i tried papyrus but it was nor loading on my phone. S note makes me sad.
try jotter
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try jotter
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Thanks, Jotter is actually pretty good. There are a few problems though. I don't think I will ever be 100% satisfied =/
So far I've tried Jotter, Papyrus (which worked after the second install) and Lecturenotes. They all have their strengths. i like Papyrus's infinite sized pages which lets you expand a thought without needing to load a new page.
In terms of UI, lecturenotes seems to be the best, especially with the ridiculous 16:9 aspect ratio of the note 2. You can actually hide all the menubars. The main problem with lecturenotes is the handwriting is not vectorized and as pretty as papyrus. Jotter seemed fine to me, but couldn't compete with lecturenotes or papyrus.
Papyrus is probably the easiest to use of the three, but it didn't seem to recognize the side button on the stylus.
I think S-Note had the best looking text of all three. The biggest problem with S-Note is the horrible UI.
Hopefully Samsung will improve it the next go round. I'd like to see several things: 1) ability to easily combine notes. 2) ability to do ocr after writing, on any script. 3) ability to back up and export notes as txt and some other non proprietary image format...
No doubt one could go on but as is I still find it useful. When I got my Note I thought I'd never use the stylus lol.
I've been playing with Moleskine. Minus the math and smart shapes, not too bad.
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Hopefully Samsung will improve it the next go round. I'd like to see several things: 1) ability to easily combine notes. 2) ability to do ocr after writing, on any script. 3) ability to back up and export notes as txt and some other non proprietary image format...
No doubt one could go on but as is I still find it useful. When I got my Note I thought I'd never use the stylus lol.
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I wouldn't just assume that Samsung will do this. It is imperative that they get the feedback, or they likely will not improve it to our liking. I am pretty sure they don't troll XDA looking for ways to improve their products.
Here is a good start:
https://www.facebook.com/samsungsupport
https://www.facebook.com/SamsungMobileUSA?fref=ts