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Possible hardware keyboard fix for Epic.

If this has been posted before please delete, but I believe I have solved my issue with the physical keyboard missing keys. I turned off all the software keyboards and swype it seems to have done the trick.
Problem is I have to change it everytime I switch batteries. Is there a way to do thi?
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What keys are missing?
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He means the hardware keys "miss" a letter here and there while typing.
So tht it loks smthing lk ths
Yes, I've read that swype (enabled) is most likely the culprit.
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Bingo, it can be annoying at times. When typing long emails and texts, be sure to go back and proofread what you just typed (good practice anyway). Turning off swype did seem to help a bit.
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decalex said:
He means the hardware keys "miss" a letter here and there while typing.
So tht it loks smthing lk ths
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And not all of us want to sound like mysteryemotionz.

would make it a software issue then..not hardware =D good to know

I was able to type several paragraphs with all the soft keyboards except for Swype disabled, and I don't have the missing key issue anymore. I simply disabled the Samsung and Android keyboards. I use Swype way too much to disable it.
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I use keyboard manager to help with this...
Install keyboard manager along with touchpal from market free (completely).
I have Swype enable and have it set as my portrait keyboard
Then when I switch to landscape keyboard manager services changes my kb to touchpal in a fraction of a second without any interaction.
What awesome about touch pal is that it offers some of the best spelling correction word prediction with our hardware keyboards. Takes a while to get used to but by far is the best solution for me as not only does it fix the random keydrops but it also spell checks and suggests words on the fly.
I was using the Windows Mobile Version for a long time before changing to android, but absolutely love Swype for portrait one handed.
In a previous post I made I pointed out that the lag I found to be software and not hardware... if you long press on many letters you will get a popup instead of repeat keys these seem to be the cause of the drops, after using touchpal, if you long press a letter it quickly repeats.

formula84 said:
I use keyboard manager to help with this...
Install keyboard manager along with touchpal from market free (completely).
I have Swype enable and have it set as my portrait keyboard
Then when I switch to landscape keyboard manager services changes my kb to touchpal in a fraction of a second without any interaction.
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Cool tip! Definitely want to try this... but searching in the Market, I couldn't find Keyboard Manager .. and not sure the Touchpal that comes up is what you're referring to. Is it still available?

formula84 said:
I use keyboard manager to help with this...
Install keyboard manager along with touchpal from market free (completely).
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I couldn't find them either. Can you post the developer name or appbrain links?
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Found the XDA thread for Keyboard Manager: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830177

jasonsf said:
I couldn't find them either. Can you post the developer name or appbrain links?
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Found the XDA thread for Keyboard Manager: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=830177
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sorry about that yes the xda link above it is the program that I mean.
also when you search on the market for touchpal it is the 1 with the blue icon and the chinese characters not sure why the chinese characters are there because it is in english don't be afraid.
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Wow.
I unchecked the samsung and android keypad and tested it out. Updated twitter and FB without a hitch, no dropped characters! Very cool, and thanks for the tip. That's been driving me (and my wife) crazy!

DiGi760 said:
And not all of us want to sound like mysteryemotionz.
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remember he left ,. lol

Hm. Still dropping a few. Weird how the first two messages went out perfect, and then it just wandered off into the weeds after that. Meh. =/

sleebus.jones said:
Hm. Still dropping a few. Weird how the first two messages went out perfect, and then it just wandered off into the weeds after that. Meh. =/
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Try my method
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It seems everytime I remove the battery and reinstall it that swype and the other keyboards are re-enabled. Is there anyway to keep them turned off?

socos25 said:
It seems everytime I remove the battery and reinstall it that swype and the other keyboards are re-enabled. Is there anyway to keep them turned off?
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I believe they need to be removed using sdx stock app removal.

Touchpal (chinese origin) privileges:
-full internet access
-record audio
-read contacts
Umm. I think I'll pass. I don't need the chinese keyboard reading my contacts, record audio, and send it back to the chinese developers...
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gdbassett said:
Touchpal (chinese origin) privileges:
-full internet access
-record audio
-read contacts
Umm. I think I'll pass. I don't need the chinese keyboard reading my contacts, record audio, and send it back to the chinese developers...
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Internet access to check for updates, record audio is for voice to text and contacts im not sure about but i think its for autocomplete to add to the dictionary. Check out Swype permissions same read contact data is there...
Trust me I have been using CooTek products for years they are a reputable company... Chinese or not.
PS you could try with another keyboard but I think the key is touchpal, all i can say is if the keyboard your using gets rid of the OS default popup that happens when you long press on a key it should work. I wish there was a dev that could just figure out how to disable this all together as it happens when there are no soft keyboards active,,, I am sure this is the cause to our missed keys try ee or oo in words 7/10 times it will miss if you are fast this is because its trying to determine the length of time the key was pressed to display the box of options.

I can't get keyboard manager to recognize touchpal as an option...any ideas?
NM, have to play with the actual system settings first

[Q] Issues installing Swype on the N4?

I'm trying to install Swype beta on my nexus 4, but after I download and installer the installer it hangs after I log in. The new gesture keyboard is nice but I miss some of the features in Swype. Is the N4 not supported? Has anyone else had better luck?

Same for me...
Enviado desde mi Nexus 4 usando Tapatalk 2

maniacdevnull said:
I'm trying to install Swype beta on my nexus 4, but after I download and installer the installer it hangs after I log in. The new gesture keyboard is nice but I miss some of the features in Swype. Is the N4 not supported? Has anyone else had better luck?
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Does swype offer the predictive text as you're swyping like the stock keyboard? The last version I've tried of swype didn't.

I've installed without any problems. It was one of the first things I installed on the phone
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maniacdevnull said:
I'm trying to install Swype beta on my nexus 4, but after I download and installer the installer it hangs after I log in. The new gesture keyboard is nice but I miss some of the features in Swype. Is the N4 not supported? Has anyone else had better luck?
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It works if you have a titanium backup to restore, but its not working at the moment via the download/swype installer option. I think they are aware of the problem and working on it (from the Swype forums)
Missing it but the stock android one is doing an OK job in the meantime...

I installed swype beta just fine.

I get to the screen where it lets me choose a version to download but never loads the choices.

Try flex T9 instead. Installed no problem.

For the people who were able to install swype, is swype keeping your custom words? I'm noticing that I'm unable to add custom words to the personal dictionary. I'm not sure if it's a bug with the latest swype or it's just incompatible with the nexus 4.

new_guy said:
For the people who were able to install swype, is swype keeping your custom words? I'm noticing that I'm unable to add custom words to the personal dictionary. I'm not sure if it's a bug with the latest swype or it's just incompatible with the nexus 4.
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Yes, it keeps my added words in my dictionary no problems
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I had the same problem with the install. Just used a titanium backup as others said and it works for me.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

Anyone find a solution while staying stock?

Download and install this. Works like a charm and skips the beta installer
https://www.box.com/shared/ad722touggr44rgcp0db
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wera750 said:
Download and install this. Works like a charm and skips the beta installer
https://www.box.com/shared/ad722touggr44rgcp0db
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Well it worked... but it's version 1.0.3.5809. Isn't that a pretty old version? Don't see some of the Swype connect options that are available in the latest beta.

It's one version old and still works with theme chooser. The new version has its own theme chooser thingy.
If someone with the newest version would go in to data/apps and find the com.nuance.swype.input-1.apk and upload it that would be great too.
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Hello test this link depositfiles[dot]com/files/dcsa9y2o8
via : forum.swype[dot]com/showthread.php?10467-Swype-Beta-Installer-hangs-on-version-check&p=38485#post38485

eniris said:
Hello test this link depositfiles[dot]com/files/dcsa9y2o8
via : forum.swype[dot]com/showthread.php?10467-Swype-Beta-Installer-hangs-on-version-check&p=38485#post38485
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Thank you @eniris!
You saved my day.
It worked fine and the .apk seems an up-to-date version.

eniris said:
Hello test this link depositfiles[dot]com/files/dcsa9y2o8
via : forum.swype[dot]com/showthread.php?10467-Swype-Beta-Installer-hangs-on-version-check&p=38485#post38485
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@eniris - Thanks a lot!
I'm always wary of files people I don't know post, so scanned it with both ESET on my laptop and Lookout on my Nexus 4 to be sure. It's clean, and it works perfectly - it's version 1.3.1.9274.
Swype is perfect as a keyboard, but the new Android keyboard's speech recognition is better (it's real-time vs waiting for the Swype one to process, and it's nice that you can pause and easily record more). Now I only wish there was a quicker way to swap between the Swype keyboard and Google Voice Typing. When you're in an input field, you have to pull down the top menu, tap "Choose input method", and then tap "Google voice typing." It's way more cumbersome that just hitting the little icon, but doable. Maybe I'll just get used to the Swype one.
Anyway - thanks again eniris!

KevinFoCo said:
@eniris - Thanks a lot!
I'm always wary of files people I don't know post, so scanned it with both ESET on my laptop and Lookout on my Nexus 4 to be sure. It's clean, and it works perfectly - it's version 1.3.1.9274.
Swype is perfect as a keyboard, but the new Android keyboard's speech recognition is better (it's real-time vs waiting for the Swype one to process, and it's nice that you can pause and easily record more). Now I only wish there was a quicker way to swap between the Swype keyboard and Google Voice Typing. When you're in an input field, you have to pull down the top menu, tap "Choose input method", and then tap "Google voice typing." It's way more cumbersome that just hitting the little icon, but doable. Maybe I'll just get used to the Swype one.
Anyway - thanks again eniris!
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will this update like the real beta?

Had the exact same problem on my N4.
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Jellybean keyboard input issues

Sorry for posting here but it is only place I can as it's my first post.
So I've turned to XDA as I thought I would bring my TF101 into teh world of JellyBean.
Following the excellent guides on here I easily rooted and flashed the thing with Team EOS Jellybean ROM.
Went like a dream and a big thank you to the people who have invested so much time and effort.
I have a strange issue though:
Type in the address bar of the browser or in a Tapatalk post the keyboard pops up
Type one letter and it minimises.
I touch to type again and it appears
I can only type a few letters (sometimes only one) before it minimises again
this continues ..
The keyboard is basically unusable. Anyone had a similar issue?

Sounds like you are using the TeamEOS 4 ROM.
From TimDuru's page is notes:
- Default AOSP Soft keyboard crashing if using auto-suggestion
=> workaround: Go to the keyboard settings and change to Auto-correction off + Show correction suggestions:always hide.
You can also fallback to gapps 20121229 (no swipe feature with that version though)
See here for more issues and workarounds: http://public.timduru.org/Android/tf101/eos4/

Hackers Keyboard
The keyboard is basically unusable. Anyone had a similar issue?[/QUOTE said:
Try using "Hackers Keyboard".
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.pocketworkstation.pckeyboard&hl=en
This is what I use with JB 4.2.x.
Rodger
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Have this problem too for certain apps running EOS4 but mostly when using tapatalk its weird. Switched auto correct off and turned off suggestions but still happens sometimes Besides that Lil bug EOS is very smooth.
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I use Thumb Keyboard on my 10" tablets, and Swift Key on my Nexus 7 and phone. I hate the stock keyboard anyway.
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Cheers everyone, turning off the settings above seemed to have done trick. I'll look at other keyboards and have a read through the issues etc.

BlueAdvocate said:
Cheers everyone, turning off the settings above seemed to have done trick. I'll look at other keyboards and have a read through the issues etc.
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I have same kind of problem but with Opera mobile browser. Text input in address bar works fine but input for any other input boxes in websites is pain in the ass. I manage to write one or two letter for example in login screen when keyboard vanished. That is strange since Opera uses its own keyboard layout.

jkeskir said:
I have same kind of problem but with Opera mobile browser. Text input in address bar works fine but input for any other input boxes in websites is pain in the ass. I manage to write one or two letter for example in login screen when keyboard vanished. That is strange since Opera uses its own keyboard layout.
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OK I got this sorted out. Fistly Opera uses Android keyboard. I installed from google play Jelly bean keyboard (VLLWP) and it works fine.

[Q] i9505: bug when writing emails in stock e-mail app

Hi,
yesterday, I've received an update which I've installed now:
AP,CP: I9505XXUAME2
CSC: I9505VFGAMDC
Since then, the stock email app is acting very weird. When writing text, as soon as you use any punctuation, exclamation mark, question mark... , the cursor goes crazy and jumps around, making weird corrections to text that has been previously written. Even just copy/pasting an URL into empty email and trying to enter new line will have weird, unusable result.
This bug is easy to repeat:
- open stock e-mail app (not gmail!)
- start writing a new email
- write a sentence in a language of yours (I've tried English, as well as my native language that's supported on the phone)
- as soon as you enter any of the following: . ! ? and press enter (new line), the just written sentence will get split in two and some random editing will be applied as well
Anyone else experienced such behavior? I'm on stock firmware,not rooted, stock keyboard.
Not keen to factory reset just yet, as it involves a looooot of re-setting everything
Thanks!
G.

Very similar bug appears on mine too.
It renders this phone unusable for business purposed, Exchange client is totally broken.
I'm unable to respond to work emails!
What a disappointment, how could it pass QA????!!!
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda premium

Yep same here - useless when I need to respond to business emails on the road
Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk 2

Installing Swype keyboard from the Google play solved this problem! It's some kind of bug in SwiftKey, stock keyboard is based on SwiftKey. There's incompatibility between stock keyboard and stock email client.
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At first I thought it was swiftkey causing the issues so then went back to stock and it did the same. The explanation above saying that stock is based on swiftkey may explain why.
I've since installed AquaMail as a stopgap....swiftkey and stock keyboard work as intended with this.
And, to be honest, even though aqua mail was going to be a temp solution, I'm quite, no, very much liking it and will probably continue to use it as my main client.
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk (how ironic is that eh)

Tomo1971 said:
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk (how ironic is that eh)
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At least ios email client is fully compatible with stock and only keyboard )
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rdy2go said:
At least ios email client is fully compatible with stock and only keyboard )
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To wrap it up. There are two solutions:
1. change your keyboard to Swype or anything EXCEPT stock keyboard and SwiftKey
2. change your email client without need to change your keyboard (!!!)
It's an obvious bug that should be fixed in future software releases.

There is a third alternative
3. Disable the auto-correction option on the standard keyboard. The suggestion will stay on, so you can touch the corrected (or predicted) word to change what you typed, but it will not be inserted automatically when you touch only the space bar. Which is not too great a penalty
rdy2go said:
To wrap it up. There are two solutions:
1. change your keyboard to Swype or anything EXCEPT stock keyboard and SwiftKey
2. change your email client without need to change your keyboard (!!!)
It's an obvious bug that should be fixed in future software releases.
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i am having exactly the same problems, really really disappointed am on MDM

SALAH100 said:
i am having exactly the same problems, really really disappointed am on MDM
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Same issue for me....is this what Samsung meant when it said the phone is a Life Companion - it will give you **** problems same as life does?

"Old" Swype keyboard on Nexus 4?

hi all. just got a nexus 4. coming from tmobile G2. the G2 had embedded swype keyboard which i loved. nexus 4 doesn't have that. so i installed swype app from play store. while this swype is nice, it doesn't automatically remember the words that i type that are not in the swype dictionary (like curses and such). i have to click "add to dictionary" after each word that it doesn't recognize.
the question i have: is there a way to get the "old" swype back or perhaps somehow enable automatic memorization of the words on this one? perhaps anyone has other suggestions for similar keyboards?
thank you

konoplya said:
hi all. just got a nexus 4. coming from tmobile G2. the G2 had embedded swype keyboard which i loved. nexus 4 doesn't have that. so i installed swype app from play store. while this swype is nice, it doesn't automatically remember the words that i type that are not in the swype dictionary (like curses and such). i have to click "add to dictionary" after each word that it doesn't recognize.
the question i have: is there a way to get the "old" swype back or perhaps somehow enable automatic memorization of the words on this one? perhaps anyone has other suggestions for similar keyboards?
thank you
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You can make swype automatically remember words.
In swype settings go to My Words -> Change Dictionary Behavior and then choose "Allow swype to automatically add words to my dictionary".

konoplya said:
hi all. just got a nexus 4. coming from tmobile G2. the G2 had embedded swype keyboard which i loved. nexus 4 doesn't have that.
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The default Google Keyboard supports swipe to type. It is very similar to Swype although maybe not quite as full featured. I find the stock keyboard works quite well.

Lord Yurij said:
You can make swype automatically remember words.
In swype settings go to My Words -> Change Dictionary Behavior and then choose "Allow swype to automatically add words to my dictionary".
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i don't see the "change dictionary behavior" under that menu. i've looked everywhere. could it be because i have the trial version?

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i don't see the "change dictionary behavior" under that menu. i've looked everywhere. could it be because i have the trial version?
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Maybe. I've never used the trial version as I bought the app as soon it appeared in play store

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Maybe. I've never used the trial version as I bought the app as soon it appeared in play store
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yup. its available in full version. cost me .99, well worth it. i did try to back up swype with astro file manager though and it said its a "locked" app.. ??.. never heard of that.. it wouldn't let me back it up like i do with all my other apps. any idea as to why and what a locked app is? thanks.

konoplya said:
yup. its available in full version. cost me .99, well worth it. i did try to back up swype with astro file manager though and it said its a "locked" app.. ??.. never heard of that.. it wouldn't let me back it up like i do with all my other apps. any idea as to why and what a locked app is? thanks.
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I don't think I've heard of a "locked" app, although I use titanium backup for my backup needs.
Swyped from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4

Lord Yurij said:
I don't think I've heard of a "locked" app, although I use titanium backup for my backup needs.
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i think its locked because my phone is not rooted yet and thats why i can't back this app up. i was going to root my phone today and since i can't back it up i may lose it from the phone. if i have to install it again, will they charge me for it the second time or since i paid for it i will be able to get it free? thanks.

Once you paid for it every device you sign on to the play store allows you to download it free. So any device running any ROM linked to you gmail account
And most ROMs here have googles version of swipe built in, works great
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

Stock keyboard is fine no need for a $5 app that does the same thing and takes up space
sent from 9 month old nexus 4

androidfoshizzle said:
Stock keyboard is fine no need for a $5 app that does the same thing and takes up space
sent from 9 month old nexus 4
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Swype and swiftkey have dictionary cloud sync. That's a very nice feature for those who have 2 or more android devices.

i paid 99 cents for it so not too bad of an investment. love the keyboard, but i wish that when i disable automatic correction i would still be able to have it add words automatically. seems like it only does that when the auto correction is enabled.