Stock Keyboard? - myTouch 4G General

I was wondering if anyone had installed the stock android keyboard on their MT4G successfully?
I installed a custom HTC keyboard from gimpsta.com, but after selecting it as my keyboard in Settings, I still get the swype keyboard.

theinternot said:
I was wondering if anyone had installed the stock android keyboard on their MT4G successfully?
I installed a custom HTC keyboard from gimpsta.com, but after selecting it as my keyboard in Settings, I still get the swype keyboard.
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Long press on a text input field, e.g. browser field, message body field, email body field, etc, select "INPUT," then chose the keyboard of your liking. The Touch Input keyboard is HTC's, though, not default Android.

D'oh!
Thank you!! Works perfect.
The keyboard I am using is the HTC IME with a customized skin from gimpsta.com.
Works perfect. I like having my number keys all in a row, also mic input now an option and smiley emoticon button is there.
unremarked said:
Long press on a text input field, e.g. browser field, message body field, email body field, etc, select "INPUT," then chose the keyboard of your liking. The Touch Input keyboard is HTC's, though, not default Android.
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So I think you're right. Just changed and love it now. Than you.
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Thanks for this, I spent hours looking for this in settings. Do you know if its possible to download and install the "default" Android keyboard?

Elfabaa said:
Thanks for this, I spent hours looking for this in settings. Do you know if its possible to download and install the "default" Android keyboard?
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You can use smart keyboard pro which has the skin for the default android keyboard plus others like iphone,htc, and different colors for the default keyboard.

Elfabaa said:
Thanks for this, I spent hours looking for this in settings. Do you know if its possible to download and install the "default" Android keyboard?
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You can also activate the vlingo keyboard if you use it.
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I just want the normal swype keyboard that had the microphone and similies button. How did you go about getting it?

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Swiftkey alpha new keyboard for testing and tweaking

Cant seem to get this app to work on a 2.1 rom. part of an alpha tester group. Anyone want to give it a try
cbarlan said:
Cant seem to get this app to work on a 2.1 rom. part of an alpha tester group. Anyone want to give it a try
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Working great for me on 2.1 Darch Legend V.5.
You need to install the .apk, then go into settings >> keyboard >> enable swiftkey
Next you need to go into swiftkey settings and download a language pack.
After all that, long press on a text entry box and select SwiftText.
So far it is pretty great at predicting what I am about to type in 2 letters or so. I love Swype..but I am willing to give this a try for awhile.
cbarlan said:
Cant seem to get this app to work on a 2.1 rom. part of an alpha tester group. Anyone want to give it a try
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I have not had any problems using it on DamageRegaw ROM. I think I downloaded straight to phone from the email link I received and then just installed using ES file explorer.
I hope that helps. Word prediction on this keyboard is interesting.
danknee said:
Working great for me on 2.1 Darch Legend V.5.
You need to install the .apk, then go into settings >> keyboard >> enable swiftkey
Next you need to go into swiftkey settings and download a language pack.
After all that, long press on a text entry box and select SwiftText.
So far it is pretty great at predicting what I am about to type in 2 letters or so. I love Swype..but I am willing to give this a try for awhile.
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im on dc v2 and cant get it to work. i have the app installed and downloaded the language pack but there was no enable in the settings under keyboard and when i select it in the input selection i try to bring up the keyboard and nothing
what exactly is it?!
cbarlan said:
im on dc v2 and cant get it to work. i have the app installed and downloaded the language pack but there was no enable in the settings under keyboard and when i select it in the input selection i try to bring up the keyboard and nothing
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Look in settings >> language and keyboard >> and then under the sub-heading "Text Settings" there is a selection box next to the name "Swift Key". This is the same menu that you get into the Swift Key settings at (the check box is not within the Swift Key settings).
DanWalker said:
what exactly is it?!
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Keyboard that tries to predict what you are going to type. I like it better than the stock keyboard, but I am much faster on Swype.
so it's an add on? and what's swype?
DanWalker said:
so it's an add on? and what's swype?
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Best keyboard ever IMO
Watch this >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKSSOl4f9RA
danknee said:
Look in settings >> language and keyboard >> and then under the sub-heading "Text Settings" there is a selection box next to the name "Swift Key". This is the same menu that you get into the Swift Key settings at (the check box is not within the Swift Key settings).
Keyboard that tries to predict what you are going to type. I like it better than the stock keyboard, but I am much faster on Swype.
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thats just it there is no box to enable it. nor is there one for the stock android one or the htc keyboard. they are all lined up but no enable. tried to reset after i installed and phone locked up so dont think it will work on dc v2 or maybe its just the damagetrev im running which is a faster version of dc v2
Eh, its better then stock, but once you try swype, its hard to type with anything else. If only swype had the voice thing like stock android, that would be awesome
OMFG!!! that looks awesome. so here's the question, if i want it how hard is it to try and then if i don't like it how hard to get rid of it?
DanWalker said:
OMFG!!! that looks awesome. so here's the question, if i want it how hard is it to try and then if i don't like it how hard to get rid of it?
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Really easy, it uninstalls just like any other app. You probally won't want to uninstall it though LOL
Vrekk said:
Really easy, it uninstalls just like any other app. You probally won't want to uninstall it though LOL
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Ok so how do i get swype? it doesn't show in my market lol
DanWalker said:
Ok so how do i get swype? it doesn't show in my market lol
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I shot you a pm with a roadmap.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=635849
Vrekk said:
Eh, its better then stock, but once you try swype, its hard to type with anything else. If only swype had the voice thing like stock android, that would be awesome
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im not a fan of swype at all. i prefer to type not slide from letter to letter. maybe just takes getting used to
cbarlan said:
im not a fan of swype at all. i prefer to type not slide from letter to letter. maybe just takes getting used to
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I'm faster with Swype than a physical keyboard. I have installed it for two G1 owners recently after they got a hold of my phone.
No problems with darchlegendv5 I tested by just pushing space and if typed this " up to the business of Parity shall be liable for the use of the individual or entity to which it is a bit of a man they are trying to trace in connection with the word. I am a beautiful person. I am a beautiful person. I am a beautiful person. I am a beautiful person. I am a beautiful person." Exactly what I wanted to type. Crazy smart keyboard, but I think it's pretty nice thus far just a little slow.
Sent from my HTC
does swype work with damagecontrol rom?
i loved swype while i had it
this looks interesting too though...is it like normal but predicts?
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No problems with darchlegendv5 I tested by just pushing space and if typed this " up to the business of Parity shall be liable for the use of the individual or entity to which it is a bit of a man they are trying to trace in connection with the word. I am a beautiful person. I am a beautiful person. I am a beautiful person. I am a beautiful person. I am a beautiful person." Exactly what I wanted to type. Crazy smart keyboard, but I think it's pretty nice thus far just a little slow.
Sent from my HTC
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wish it work on dc v2r2. it installs but cant get it to pop up when long pressing. then it froze my phone.
Lol isn't this supposed to be about Swiftkey?

Question about Nexus S keyboard

Hi,
When you press the SEARCH key, and typing in the text field ...
Does the keyboard give you text prediction?
And also when you search in the Market app ...
If not, is possible to enable text prediction on all input fields?
Thanks.
Negative on the text prediction for search. I get text prediction in the form of app suggestions on the market, but I don't know if that's quite what you're looking for.
As far as enabling it, I have no idea. I don't recall if any of my past Android devices did text prediction on search. :/
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Take a look at SwiftKey. Text prediction is one of the reasons that my wife and I moved to it. We like this keyboard much better than stock, for us it was well worth the money.
This is common for several fields in several different apps. I work for Swype, so I've seen this myself, but since our keyboard doesn't typically work this way it's only been a curiosity for me. I believe it is considered a "feature" since you might want to explicitly type something else other than what prediction guesses. If you want to give Swype a try, the beta is currently open at: http://beta.swype.com/
Hi there,
Thanks for your info. I still find it odd, to not have this common behavior on all input fields.
Heck, the old HTC_IME hack on HTC Desire works pretty well with all the options to have prediction in all kind of input fields (thanks to the modder, jonasl). I still have this on my signature below.
But recently, I like the new Nexus S keyboard. It look slick, easy to type. But yeah, I missed some of the HTC_IME improvements, like SMILEY button!
As for SWYPE, granted, it is a very nice keyboard. But, I don't use ENGLISH that much I am using south-east asian language which is not supported
So, I am afraid that it does not offer much advantage.
Chinpokomon said:
This is common for several fields in several different apps. I work for Swype, so I've seen this myself, but since our keyboard doesn't typically work this way it's only been a curiosity for me. I believe it is considered a "feature" since you might want to explicitly type something else other than what prediction guesses. If you want to give Swype a try, the beta is currently open at: http://beta.swype.com/
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gogol said:
Hi there,
Thanks for your info. I still find it odd, to not have this common behavior on all input fields.
Heck, the old HTC_IME hack on HTC Desire works pretty well with all the options to have prediction in all kind of input fields (thanks to the modder, jonasl). I still have this on my signature below.
But recently, I like the new Nexus S keyboard. It look slick, easy to type. But yeah, I missed some of the HTC_IME improvements, like SMILEY button!
As for SWYPE, granted, it is a very nice keyboard. But, I don't use ENGLISH that much I am using south-east asian language which is not supported
So, I am afraid that it does not offer much advantage.
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The built in Gingerbread keyboard does have a smiley button. It's a "smart" keyboard, it knows what you're doing and shows you the appropriate keys/features/functions.
Go write a txt message, and you'll see a smiley key on the bottom right.
They should've taken out the period and extended the space bar. Its very frustrating when I'm trying to type fast. IPhone still had the best touch keyboard available
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Thanks, I did not know that.
Obviously because I am using Nexus S keyboard on my HTC Desire! Probably it does not work fully as designed (I did not see that smiley button).
But, does that smiley button also appear when you type in EMAIL or TEXT AREA like replying to forum like this using the web browser?
Or when typing comments on Facebook app! That would be very nice.
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The built in Gingerbread keyboard does have a smiley button. It's a "smart" keyboard, it knows what you're doing and shows you the appropriate keys/features/functions.
Go write a txt message, and you'll see a smiley key on the bottom right.
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gogol said:
Thanks, I did not know that.
Obviously because I am using Nexus S keyboard on my HTC Desire! Probably it does not work fully as designed (I did not see that smiley button).
But, does that smiley button also appear when you type in EMAIL or TEXT AREA like replying to forum like this using the web browser?
Or when typing comments on Facebook app! That would be very nice.
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I only see it in the Messaging app.

Can't change the keyboard on HTC One X

I'm sorry if this has been asked already, but for the life of me I can't change the stock keyboard on my One X to a different on. I have downloaded a keyboard but can't find in the settings how to change it. This sense 4.0 is different then sense 3.6
Can someone give me detailed instructions on how to change the keyboard?
Where it always is: Settings ==> Language and Keyboard.
Typically the keyboard app you download will go over setting it up when the app is launched from your app drawer.
djfrost40 said:
Can someone give me detailed instructions on how to change the keyboard?
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it took me a second to figure it out, too. start typing in any app. at the top will be a keyboard icon in the notification bar. drag down the drawer and touch "select input".
from there, you can change the keyboard.

Need a keyboard supporting arrows

Iam using swiftkey keyboard on my Note 1 N7000 and love the arrows feautre to move between words to correct or change words, this feature is not available for swiftkey keyboard tablet version,or the stock keybord, any other recommendations?
I admit this is a major failing for Swiftkey keyboard, which is otherwise a cracking keyboard.
Thumb keyboard has multiple layouts for tablets and also includes arrow keys.
will look at it, do you use it? how is it compared with swiftkey?
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ooops, does not support my native language (Arabic):crying:
Have you tried Hacker's Keyboard in the Play Store. I think it is one of the best layouts available.
dmarchant said:
Have you tried Hacker's Keyboard in the Play Store. I think it is one of the best layouts available.
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+1
tried Hacker's Keyboard, it has everything i need, still testing it
Thank you all
dmarchant said:
Have you tried Hacker's Keyboard in the Play Store. I think it is one of the best layouts available.
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Thanks for the suggestion; I'm diggin' the Hackers Keyboard. :good:
dmarchant said:
Have you tried Hacker's Keyboard in the Play Store. I think it is one of the best layouts available.
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thermax04 said:
tried Hacker's Keyboard, it has everything i need, still testing it
Thank you all
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sunnyelm24 said:
Thanks for the suggestion; I'm diggin' the Hackers Keyboard. :good:
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:crying: dose not support swipe feature
sunnyelm24 said:
Thanks for the suggestion; I'm diggin' the Hackers Keyboard. :good:
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Just another tip (especially for those needing some greek letters for math symbols, i.e. α, β, γ, δ, ε, θ, λ, μ, π, ρ, φ, ψ, ω, Γ, Π, Σ, Φ, Ψ, Ω....)
You may ask yourself (as I did): "How can I insert all those symbols if there's no "sym" button?"
Simple answer: in the "Settings" - "Input languages" select "Eλληνικά [el]" (Greek) as an additional input language. After that, with a quick slide on the spacebar, you'll have all those Greek letters in the Greek keyboard layout.
Other examples of symbols that can be typed with the "Hacker's keyboard" are:
≤, ≥, ≈, √, ā, ∞ (x±y)²=x²+y²±2x•y
And, if you use the the Circle key another plenty of exotic symbols can be added, such as
♥ ⓚ a₁ ⅘2ⁿ...
(see this and this links)
It would be much simpler by using the traditional ALT+CharCode combination for the Ascii characters, but I didn't find a way to use that method (the Alt key seems not to combine with the character numeric code).
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:crying: dose not support swipe feature
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Have you tried enabling the "Sliding key events" in the options? I've tried and it seems it doesn't actually work to be used as a swipe feature. But I'm no "swipe" expert so I can't be sure....
sphere314 said:
Have you tried enabling the "Sliding key events" in the options? I've tried and it seems it doesn't actually work to be used as a swipe feature. But I'm no "swipe" expert so I can't be sure....
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I choosed the recommended settings: Ignore keys during sliding movement, and dose not do any thing
tried all other settings and no swipe
I have the latest version: 1.34rc9
I am using swiftkey phone edition on my tablet and it has both swipe and arrows. (i did not see a reason why i had to buy a different version for my tablet and I'm glad I didn't).
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I am using swiftkey phone edition on my tablet and it has both swipe and arrows. (i did not see a reason why i had to buy a different version for my tablet and I'm glad I didn't).
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so , phone version is working on note 10?!!
will try it
Take a look at Kii. Got it today after seeing this thread and doing a bit of looking. Liking it so far. Arrows, numerics, special characters with long press and several templates.
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Another great keyboard is Ultra keyboard. One time it was very famous. I have been using it for a few years now.

[Q] Is there any way to modify keyboard size and layout [like LG G3]

Hey Guys,
Is there any way to modify the keyboard as LG G3's keyboard ? I want features like one handed use and flexible height for the keyboard.
bhargav_me said:
Hey Guys,
Is there any way to modify the keyboard as LG G3's keyboard ? I want features like one handed use and flexible height for the keyboard.
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It is possible if you are using one of the 3rd party keyboards such as Swype or SwiftKey
Thanks.
CyberT3 said:
It is possible if you are using one of the 3rd party keyboards such as Swype or SwiftKey
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Thanks ... I opted for swiftkey
You can download the LG keyboard, I was using it on my s5. The link is somewhere here on xda
I'm in this same boat. So use to using a Note device with the keyboard shifted to the right that having it take up the entire screen looks crazy to me. I installed Swype but don't see it anywhere in the settings. Any suggestions how how to enable that? Thanks.
Update: Finally figured it out in Swype. Not intuitive at all, but to do it, it's Go to Settings, Themes, and then tap the gear at the top-right.
this way you can make your google keyboard as tall as you want https://goo.gl/g9mcEM

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