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Best thing that ever happened to the hero

Was gonna put it in the applications section but it's far too important i think: SWYPE
Says it all..the only thing I considered annoying in the handset was the keyboard and now it's perfect! Try it if you still haven't and it shall change your life
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Kazior said:
Was gonna put it in the applications section but it's far too important i think: SWYPE
Says it all..the only thing I considered annoying in the handset was the keyboard and now it's perfect! Try it if you still haven't and it shall change your life
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How did it change your life?

Well I can type faster than on a blackberry for instance
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Kazior said:
Well I can type faster than on a blackberry for instance
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So because you can type faster it... oh never mind

I used to be a Swype user, until I found Swiftkey.
Swiftkey definitely works much much faster than Swype for me because of its predictive text, which is actually smart and usable.

wywywywy said:
I used to be a Swype user, until I found Swiftkey.
Swiftkey definitely works much much faster than Swype for me because of its predictive text, which is actually smart and usable.
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Don't tell him that... his life will change forever and ever and ever..

andrewb84uk said:
Don't tell him that... his life will change forever and ever and ever..
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classic

wywywywy said:
I used to be a Swype user, until I found Swiftkey.
Swiftkey definitely works much much faster than Swype for me because of its predictive text, which is actually smart and usable.
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thanks for recommending SwiftKey, i downloaded it and it looks quite promising so i'm gonna try it out a bit more

andrewb84uk said:
Don't tell him that... his life will change forever and ever and ever..
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I appreciate your elaborate sense of humour but look up 'metaphor' mate.. I shared something on the forum which I thought was important and if you don't like it or want to take the piss go on 4chan
amen

shadders said:
thanks for recommending SwiftKey, i downloaded it and it looks quite promising so i'm gonna try it out a bit more
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thanks for the tip, will try that out definitely!

Don't forget to add it to the exception list of your task killer, if you use one.
Because this keyboard takes a little bit longer than the HTC one to start up.
EDIT: Oh and a new version is out today btw!

i've been using slideIT which is so good i haven't bothered with swype yet, but now i'm tempted to try swiftkey.

I love Swype, but the SYM layout is just terrible.
Why can't they stick to the standard QWERTY layout? This is what I'm talking about, btw:
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It also needs an option to remove the "Hint" key completely. It's wasting valuable space.

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lol wft.

apesgrapes said:
lol wft.
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Exactly my thoughts when I first opened it. It is completely illogical.

Kazior said:
I appreciate your elaborate sense of humour but look up 'metaphor' mate.. I shared something on the forum which I thought was important and if you don't like it or want to take the piss go on 4chan
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come on peeps...a little bit of humor doesn't hurt anybody
for those wanting to try Swype;
check my post on this forum for a link!
hoi,
odin

Good thing i grabbed a copy of it before the mods took down your link. been wanting to try it. Its cool and all but i find that correcting my mistakes and adding new words is a pain and takes away my speed. I type way faster on the default keyboard with auto correct on. No match. It also takes up too much space on the screen and is a ~20mb app (doesnt matter for me since i have apps2sd). Thanks for sharing though odin13.

I would love to try Swype and compare it to SlideIT and Swiftkey but I can't find a swedish version of it. Swiftkey does the job pretty well but everyone keep saying how good Swype is and I'd like to try.
But the last update of SlideIT was pretty good add well, predicts words great now, the only thing I'm missing is a fast way to reach special characters.
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Swiftkey kept crashing my browser. I had to uninstall it and went back to Swype. Then I remembered why I like Swype so much.

What keyboard is for YOU?

What keyboard do you like best? The one that looks the best? The one you can type fastest from with ease?
I just tried the themed android keyboard from miui and damnnn am I typing fast.
If I was to be using I hand though Swype "hands down"
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Do other OS keyboards count. If so, then I choose Windows Phone 7. Perfect response time and key sizes.
On Android, then yes, the miui keyboard is best for me.

swiftkey for me.

I agree I type faster on the android keyboard, but swype is more convenient for me.

I use the gingerbread keyboard, so much better since I used the original Android keyboard for a couple years

xFugitive said:
I agree I type faster on the android keyboard, but swype is more convenient for me.
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I agree that swype is convenient but it started getting so many of my words wrong for whatever reason I gave up on it

xrider, will that work on 2.2 roms? i've been wanting to use the stock android keyboard.
GB keyboard sucks :/
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ababypanda said:
I agree that swype is convenient but it started getting so many of my words wrong for whatever reason I gave up on it
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Yea that frustrates me sometimes. x_x

xriderx66 said:
If I was to be using I hand though Swype "hands down"
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I bet you do a lot of that one handed typing don't you.
UltraKeyboard is my keyboard of choice. Worth the couple bucks. Can fully theme it how you want it, including key size and spacing, has a ton, a ton, of features, and a swype like function that you can train and set pause parameters on. I highly recommend it.
Swiftkey is good too, if I could theme it I would probably use that all the time.

I'm using swiftkey, the only thing that I don't like that's it's bright, I would rather have a darker keyboard.

Smartkeyboard why? Because it's smart duhh

smart keyboard pro for me. ridiculous customization
+ custom smileys xD

Those are all my keyboards...

Swype for me. I hope they keep letting us beta test on all these custom ROMs.

Br1cK'd said:
I bet you do a lot of that one handed typing don't you.
UltraKeyboard is my keyboard of choice. Worth the couple bucks. Can fully theme it how you want it, including key size and spacing, has a ton, a ton, of features, and a swype like function that you can train and set pause parameters on. I highly recommend it.
Swiftkey is good too, if I could theme it I would probably use that all the time.
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Bricked!
STOP TRYING TO FIT IN! YOUR NOT ONE OF US.
GOD.
go develop something....
Pleawse!

iynfynity said:
xrider, will that work on 2.2 roms? i've been wanting to use the stock android keyboard.
GB keyboard sucks :/
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Ill see if I can extract, probably won't work. Ill update this post if it works or doesn't
Nope didn't work for me.
Extracted it from my phone and gave to my brother... he got like so many fcs after he chose the KB... he's odining I think loo

damn,I really need the stock android keyboard. thanks for trying!
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iynfynity said:
damn,I really need the stock android keyboard. thanks for trying!
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Hmm... I may have got it working... I need to fix a few more things... but need a computer might do it tomorrow... getting new wifi router tomorrow

deadpass said:
swiftkey for me.
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This says it all.
You can even see how many keystrokes you saved by using it's predictions.

swype>all
started using on my g1 when they first started releasing betas and i stopped using the hardware keyboard except for passwords and the terminal. then i got the vibrant and with the extra screen size it was perfect.

SwiftKey X stats(and others!) (with pics!)

Posted this in the nexus forums, thought id make one at my first home, and the epic! although obviously it's a little less informative here since the hard keyboard is what most of you likely use most. But...
Thought it might be kind of cool to post your SwiftKey X stats page here to compare to others and such. And feel free to make update post in an effort to see how much you type a week or whatever. And mention on your first post how long you have been using the keyboard.
Mine are low as I just reset my stats earlier today hah.
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Edit: post Any keyboard with stats!

Awesome!...I was afraid to even bring up SwiftKey!...I love it! I bailed on swype from the beginning. Never liked it. Used The G-Bread keyboard until about two(?) months ago. IMO this keyboard kicks all sorts of a$$. Downloaded SKX from Amazon and never looked back! I updated to EH06 a couple weeks back so my stats are kinda low too.
Efficiency: 47%
Characters entered:3307
Keystrokes saved:1579
The only complaint(not really) is the lack of skins. I wish I had a red one to go with the screaming red theme for Olympus EH06.

Skins is a downfall but it's still early in its development. Also SwiftKey is currently or was yesterday free on getjar for anyone who hasn't tried it yet.
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Well,here's to hoping more people use it so the devs keep supporting it!

36% more efficient.
296249 keys entered
109094 keys saved.
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23% more efficient.
Characters entered: 98716
Keystrokes saved: 22761

I had to uninstall SwiftkeyX it kept trying to autocorrect the hardware keyboard too.

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digiblur said:
I had to uninstall SwiftkeyX it kept trying to autocorrect the hardware keyboard too.
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There's an option for that, you can turn it off so it lets you type normally on the hardware keyboard.

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41% more efficient, and nice. I I'm still at 23 hah.
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Update reset my stats
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Is there an upgrade for SwiftKey?
Anyways...
Not bad for a few days typing. Efficiency remains the same however. Anyone know exactly what 'more efficient ' means?
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touchpal is combines both swype and swift.. and its free atm!

Most of you obviously haven't used Smart Keyboard Pro.
Sent from the future.

Here are my Stats:

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hayzooos said:
There's an option for that, you can turn it off so it lets you type normally on the hardware keyboard.
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If you could turn off it's integration altogether with the hardware keyboard I would have given it more of a chance. Even if you turn off the hard keyboard autocorrect it still keeps the word suggestions and it causes all kinds of problems for me still. For example. If I move the cursor in a typed out sentence by holding one of the arrow keys it starts messing up the words already typed. Swiftkey seems like a nice onscreen keyboard, but it's attempt to take over your hard keyboard is a hot mess.

CapsLockKey said:
If you could turn off it's integration altogether with the hardware keyboard I would have given it more of a chance. Even if you turn off the hard keyboard autocorrect it still keeps the word suggestions and it causes all kinds of problems for me still. For example. If I move the cursor in a typed out sentence by holding one of the arrow keys it starts messing up the words already typed. Swiftkey seems like a nice onscreen keyboard, but it's attempt to take over your hard keyboard is a hot mess.
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LULS, hot mess. I don't use the hardware KB much, so I cannot really relate on that front.
One of the things I don't like about SwiftKey is how it handles when you go back to a word to do a correction or something. If you select a word to change it, I would think it should just replace that word...not insert the 'new' word and shove the old over.

this really sucks. they took SwiftKey off getjar ;[ i've been meaning to download it but never did since i was having issues with my phone and i finally fix it and it's gone ;[

I was using SwiftKey X until (thanks to this post) I found touchpal. It has it's bugs but its free until the 31st, anyone who gets it before then can keep the full paid version for free
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[DISCUSS] What keyboard do you use?

Hey I was just wondering what keyboard you use.
Post the keyboard you use and screenshots If possible. Also tell us why.
I use SwiftKeyx because it was 10p and its awesome.
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Smart Keyboard Pro, easily the best of the 'normal' keyboards. Gives that almost psychic correction that the iPhone has.
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Smart Keyboard Pro.
Works best with 190 dpi, and has a nice feel to it.
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Old and great Better Keyboard 8, unfortunately unavailable to get from the market now
Fast, reliable, I just can't use any other keyboard. On my previous phone - X8 it was just perfect.
I hate keyboards like swype or predict-like where you can't switch it off, because I'm very very VERY fast typer and I mistype very rarely so I don't need any help in entering text.

I just use the stock keyboard, i see no reason why it would need replacing

TouchPal. Looks like the iPhone keyboard but has swype and better options.

Swiftkey x. Best keyboard I've ever used on any phone EVER. Better than any other Android keyboard and certainly better than the autocorrect failure on IOS.

I use one of the "Ice Cream Sandwich" Keyboards and love it:
https://market.android.com/details?id=inputmethod.latin.ported
Hold Option Hardware Button for minimize the Keyboard every time...
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+1 To swift key ... Used swype and the default keyboard before but they werent as good with tap-to-type for obvious reasons + swiftkeys predictions are much better.

Been using Swype pretty much since day 1 of my Xperia Play.
I got mine themed. And it's looking gooood.

3dawg said:
Swiftkey x. Best keyboard I've ever used on any phone EVER. Better than any other Android keyboard and certainly better than the autocorrect failure on IOS.
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Assume you don't appreciate how the apple one works then, a lot of people don't.
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Sweet checking out some of the mentioned keyboards. Seems SwiftKeyx is quite popular
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b1g1an said:
Assume you don't appreciate how the apple one works then, a lot of people don't.
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There is nothing for me to "appreciate". I have used it for many hours and I struggle to type as accurately and as quickly as I can using the popular android keyboards. The auto correction is absolutely atrocious and the key calibration is garbage. Zero customisability too.

I absolutely love the stock one but it lacks the microphone feature.
So i wanted something that had microphone and swype. I ended up choosing Go Keyboard and I'm pretty satisfied with it except there is a small part at the bottom of the screen which is not reactive, hard sometimes to hit space because of that.

I use thumb keyboard
i think they took it off the market tho. have to find the apk somewhere :\
it rocks tho, so easy to use

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There is nothing for me to "appreciate". I have used it for many hours and I struggle to type as accurately and as quickly as I can using the popular android keyboards. The auto correction is absolutely atrocious and the key calibration is garbage. Zero customisability too.
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I was right then!
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Keep them coming
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I used to use swiftkey x. but found a better one (at least for me) ULTRA KEYBOARD. it has the option to use swipe or not. you can also use gestures to enter symbols or hide the keyboard or delete words etc. several dictionaries. copy/paste/delete. suggestions (on/off) replacements (if I type tkvm it writes thank you very much (and you can personalize the suggestion)). themes.every one that is in the market. translator,... lots of more things... i recommended it

I use Swype because I'm super fast with it compared to regular touch typing. In certain apps I found the auto correction to be annoying though so it's disabled.
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The official 2.3.4 R800a FW for NA has a extra configuration key that shortens my space bar compared to AT&T 2.3.3 R800at FW. How do I get rid of it or switch back to the one with a bigger space bar? I backed eveything up with Titanium Backup and loaded the keyboard backup but I don't see an option for it.

Install CM 12.1 keyboard?

Is it possible to get the CM12.1 Keyboard with the stock ROM? I've been running CM since froyo and have gotten to really like the keyboard over the years. Something else that CM has that I miss is the ability to scroll the cursor with added soft keys. Is there a way to enable that in stock?

AOSP keyboard? It is basically google keyboard.
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Orion116 said:
AOSP keyboard? It is basically google keyboard.
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The Google keyboard doesn't have all the special symbols when you long press a key.

What special symbols?
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Orion116 said:
What special symbols?
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You can access things like forward slashes by long pressing the corresponding letter. Like the numbers on the top row. I agree, it's nice to have. Google should integrate it into the Google keyboard.
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CM uses AOSP Keyboard.
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Everything on the second and third row has a symbol associated with the key that you can insert on a long press. This is how the keyboard is on my wife's galaxy tab 3, my galaxy tab pro, my HTC one m8, my one plus one, my nexus 4 and I think my lg optimus v all running cm9-12.1.
You can also see the < & > I mentioned in the op. Those can be used to move the cursor.

Yeah that is AOSP keyboard there is an cm thread now install it then extract the AOSP keyboard.
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MacFett said:
Is it possible to get the CM12.1 Keyboard with the stock ROM? I've been running CM since froyo and have gotten to really like the keyboard over the years. Something else that CM has that I miss is the ability to scroll the cursor with added soft keys. Is there a way to enable that in stock?
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I found this by @Shaftamle. It is a modified Google keyboard but there is one with the special symbols. It's working good so far here. The only thing is that I had to add the .apk extension after downloading it but then it installs fine. http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/lollipop-keyboard-phones-root-t2910268

Orion116 said:
Yeah that is AOSP keyboard there is an cm thread now install it then extract the AOSP keyboard.
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If I knew how to do that I wouldn't be asking how to install it. I'd expect this kind of answer in a Dev thread, but not in a q&a thread.

Have you used Titanium back up? You back up AOSP keyboard then restore it on stock.
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MacFett said:
If I knew how to do that I wouldn't be asking how to install it. I'd expect this kind of answer in a Dev thread, but not in a q&a thread.
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Do you expect everyone to hold your hand through the process? This person was kind enough to come up with a solution for you, the least you can do is thank and then ask them for instructions on how to install it the way they told you to. I would help you, but entitled people don't deserve it in my book.

dustin_b said:
I found this by @Shaftamle. It is a modified Google keyboard but there is one with the special symbols. It's working good so far here. The only thing is that I had to add the .apk extension after downloading it but then it installs fine. http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/lollipop-keyboard-phones-root-t2910268
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Got it, thanks very much.

Orion116 said:
Have you used Titanium back up? You back up AOSP keyboard then restore it on stock.
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Thanks, I tried this and it just keeps failing. I exported the backup to dropbox, downloaded to stock and tried to import it and it just says failed. I first tried to convert system app to user and that did not do anything.
From my days with the LG Optimus V I recall talk of copying a system file and then changing the permissions and that would install it. I never did it, is that something that is still possible? Or is there something relatively easy that I can do to convert it to a user app?
(I have an alternative working now, but would like to learn how to do this)
Thanks for the help @Orion116

thanks for the link to APK I can type as well as on samsung keyboard! cheers the stock google keyboard is crap