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Precision Text Selection with Android Keyboard

I know the Samsung and Swype keyboard you can hold down the SYM or ?123 keys for a directional pad but does the stock android keyboard have anything similar for precision text selection?

you can do WHATNOW?
how do you make it work?

What keyboard are you using?
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What he's talking about is on the swype keyboards if u swype from the tutorial key to sym (symbol) key (bottom left) it brings up a directional keyboard. Try it, you'll like it. Sorry op I don't ever use that other keyboard. Im sick with swype
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I have had this phone for a month and never knew you could get directional keys like that. That will definitely make edits easier. OP is my hero now.
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Haha glad I could help. I'm curious why everyone uses the samsung keyboard, I feel its performance and dictionary are great but the layout is completely horrible. I'm talking mostly about the , ? and @ key locations. I just found an app called SmartKeyboard which has the layout of the Androod keyboard but includes the extra Samung features (in the pro version for 3 bucks). I think I'm going to spend the cash on this one
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The word suggestions on the default keyboard can be a bit hit or miss, but my only real complaints are the size and behavior of the caps key. Half the time I try to type an A I get caps and I still haven't figured out how to change caps in the middle of a word without going back and editing manually. I am looking forward to your review of that new keyboard. If it works I will buy as well.
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Any reason why you're not just using Swype and its arrow key function? I guess some people still like to type thumb-style, but since I was a ridiculously sloooow typer (combo of limited # of texts + my obsession with grammatical correctness), Swype has been a godsend. I'm only moderately slow now

I come from a blackberry where I could type rediculously fast even while not looking most of the time so I guess I'm just used to this kind of style. I tried the swype keyboard with the swipe function but I found it laggy and slow for me to type. I guess if I gave it some time I would get used to it but with word prediction at 3-4 letters with the android keyboard I am a beast. My only beef with the android keyboard is the lack of a smart dictionary like the XT9. So far this SmartKeyboard trial is great but I think I'm going to buy it so I can try it with the dictonary and let you all know how it goes. When buying an app from the market, does it remember your purchase so if I wipe my phone in a week I can redownload it without paying again?
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Yes. As far as I know purchases are linked to your main gmail account. As long as you sign in with the same one you can download all your apps again.
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Sounds good, I'll keep you all posted, is there a recommendable app for screen shots so I can post a mini review?
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MikalCarbine said:
Sounds good, I'll keep you all posted, is there a recommendable app for screen shots so I can post a mini review?
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If you are rooted, there is a screen capture app in the market. If not, you can use the android SDK and there is a tool - the Dalvik Debug Monitor that will do a screen cap. You have to run ddm.bat to launch the app, and have your phone in USB debug mode.

I think my next step will be rooting above anything else, thanks for the info
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MikalCarbine said:
I know the Samsung and Swype keyboard you can hold down the SYM or ?123 keys for a directional pad but does the stock android keyboard have anything similar for precision text selection?
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I love swype even more now, thanks for the tip.

[Q] samsung keybad

how do you turn off the sound when typing on the samsung keypad?and no i cant turn sound off , i need that to alert me when i get a message. i was using swiftkey beta but seems like its going to expire on the 20th and after that there not going to give me predictions anymore -____-. i will appreciate the help

And what keyboards do you guys use for your charge? I'm currently using android 2.3 keyboard by Steven l.
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Settings>Sound>Audible Selection, uncheck that?

I'm using Swiftkey X, I bought the keyboard.. man I knew that when the beta ended I would NEED to buy it, the predictions and keyboard layout are fantastic! I should go on XDA premium and send this message just to prove a point but whatever

lucky13 said:
Settings>Sound>Audible Selection, uncheck that?
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That only works for screen selection not the keyboard still has sound, idk why they didn't put an option to disable it in the settings
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blarrick said:
I'm using Swiftkey X, I bought the keyboard.. man I knew that when the beta ended I would NEED to buy it, the predictions and keyboard layout are fantastic! I should go on XDA premium and send this message just to prove a point but whatever
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Yea I really like SwiftKey x, i just think that amazon will have it as a free app soon, so I don't feel the need to buy it now. What about the people who purchased the original SwiftKey.? Do they get left behind?
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lucky13 said:
Settings>Sound>Audible Selection, uncheck that?
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I got it to work thanks! The keyboard is a step behind motorlolas multitouch though
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SwiftKey X Free on Amazon Today

Highly recommend it! The AI predictive capability is so much better than anything else I've used. Can oftentimes type with only one or two clicks per word.
But note that the word predictions are currently disabled for the HTC email app on the ThunderBolt. This was a quick fix for the predicted words blocking the text box in landscape mode on some screens. They are now aware of the problem and actually received a ThunderBolt today to test on (they are in England). I think the fix should be very easy because the predicted words are no longer blocking the text box when typing in the Subject line of emails in landscape mode.
In the meantime, the predictive capability still works great in Gmail, TouchDown (for MS Exchange), the Comcast Xfinity app, etc.
Thanks, Robertus

cool! Thanks.

Just downloaded It.
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I was going to post this to you beat me to it

The for the heads up.
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Yes. Swiftkey is the essential app for me. Couldnt txt without it
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Just replaced flext9 with SwiftKey X. Love it.
Restores perfectly from titanium backup pro, flext9 faces me errors when restoring.
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Installed this yesterday and today it's not working... I can't get back to the gingerbread keyboard either
All i get is the regular keyboard...

Is this better than the gb keyboard? I love he gb keyboard, best one I've ever used hands down...
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sonami said:
Is this better than the gb keyboard? I love he gb keyboard, best one I've ever used hands down.
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SwiftKey completely blows away the stock keyboard....but I still prefer Swype
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jwa0042 said:
Installed this yesterday and today it's not working. I can't get back to the gingerbread keyboard either. All i get is the regular keyboard.
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I don't know why SwiftKey would quit working but just reinstall it
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I downloaded this for my wifes phone, the LG ally yesterday. That phone is such a **** piece that it won't even run it

jwa0042 said:
Installed this yesterday and today it's not working... I can't get back to the gingerbread keyboard either
All i get is the regular keyboard...
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While you're in a document or text box typing, long press on the screen, choose Input method and then select SwiftKey X.
Thanks, Robertus

Miui sms popup?

So before I got my evo 3d I was running miui on my of evo.
Does anyone know of a good sms popup that functions like miuis popup.
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Yup, Go SMS Pro has pop-ups and a lot of other stuff.

Do they work like miuis popup though I. Liked it because it was so unintrusive
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Unintrusive because it slid down from the top? GO SMS won't do that. It will be in the middle like the rest of your pop-ups.

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Unintrusive because it slid down from the top? GO SMS won't do that. It will be in the middle like the rest of your pop-ups.
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Yes exactly I would want it to slide from the top I hate how most pop ups sit right in the middle of what your doing
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bmtdan said:
Yes exactly I would want it to slide from the top I hate how most pop ups sit right in the middle of what your doing
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I have long searched for this, hoping someone would make an app that had this functionality, but alas, nothing so far. Only crappy go SMS pro.

Hello everyone, I would like, if possible, to find an application compatible with MIUI (On GSIII) that would make a popup for the sms app... Go SMS is not really what i want!! .
Hope, it exist

Swift key flow beta

Anyone using this yet? Pretty smooth so far..
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Seems ok in my limited testing. I always found the prediction engine in SwiftKey to work the best, having swipe just makes it better. I was going to try the tablet version on my Nexus 7 but I guess the download site is swamped as it couldn't connect. Most likely because guys like you are posting it all over XDA...

been using it all morning so far so good

Odd... In some cases it won't let me swipe.. Like the main search on the xda app for example..
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BRIMS7ON3 said:
Anyone using this yet? Pretty smooth so far..
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Working great so far!

it working alright I just don't like how it stops the swipe affect on certain apps but pretty decent
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My first install was awful, it installed, but the prediction boxes on top weren't working. I uninstalled it and reinstalled and it's been working fine ever since.
Although, I think it predicts words better if you actually type the words. You can't select the word you wanted to type if it guesses the wrong word
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bps119 said:
My first install was awful, it installed, but the prediction boxes on top weren't working. I uninstalled it and reinstalled and it's been working fine ever since.
Although, I think it predicts words better if you actually type the words. You can't select the word you wanted to type if it guesses the wrong word
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I don't like the fact that if it got the wrong word when you swipe, you have to backspace over all of the letters. I think the stock 4.2 keyboard will delete the whole word if you backspace once. It might be an option though, I haven't looked that closely yet. Other than that, no real issues. Haven't decided if I'm going to stick with it or not, even though I bought it.

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I don't like the fact that if it got the wrong word when you swipe, you have to backspace over all of the letters. I think the stock 4.2 keyboard will delete the whole word if you backspace once. It might be an option though, I haven't looked that closely yet. Other than that, no real issues. Haven't decided if I'm going to stick with it or not, even though I bought it.
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U just have to hold down the back button to delete the whole word, or back up one space in order to get more suggestions..
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BRIMS7ON3 said:
U just have to hold down the back button to delete the whole word, or back up one space in order to get more suggestions..
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I will have to try that, thanks!

Just installed it. Will update later. Seems pretty good so far.
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Works amazing, no issues since late last night.
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for me swiftkey in general, flow included, just seems really slow and laggy, would be great if it was as fast as aosp keyboard, and the swype doesnt work that well yet

mbucks911 said:
for me swiftkey in general, flow included, just seems really slow and laggy, would be great if it was as fast as aosp keyboard, and the swype doesnt work that well yet
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I've only used Swype as far as having something to compare it to...and it seems faster to me. I also like the prediction better than swype.
I don't type often(I mostly swipe), but when I have used it for typing it seems pretty fast....a little lag now and then.. I also do NOT miss the glitches in Swype, such as not spacing automatically in the browser and other apps...this has been good for that.
Keep in mind it's a beta, and as fast as the previous version is, I'm sure this can only get better...they've already got a great start..

So its been a week. Flow works pretty smooth for me but I did notice that the prediction needs a little work. But all in all I see a solid keyboard app worth using.
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Has anyone else experienced the inability to search from within a website using flow? For example, using Chrome or Google search if I navigate to xda, rotten tomatoes, imdb or android central(those are the sites that I've tested on) I can't search from within that specific site. After I switched back to SwiftKey 3 I was able to search successfully. I haven't checked the forums over at SwiftKey yet so that will be my next step. Thanks
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Google Reader sharing to Facebook doesn't allow the use of flow swiping. Hope they fix that as I'm sure there are other instances it won't work.

southygov said:
Has anyone else experienced the inability to search from within a website using flow? For example, using Chrome or Google search if I navigate to xda, rotten tomatoes, imdb or android central(those are the sites that I've tested on) I can't search from within that specific site. After I switched back to SwiftKey 3 I was able to search successfully. I haven't checked the forums over at SwiftKey yet so that will be my next step. Thanks
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Swiping doesn't work in browser.. But I have no problem typing..
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Neither worked for me. Flow really seemed to be really eating my battery so I un installed it for now and am sticking with SwiftKey 3.
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