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Hey XDA community!
So I am new to the site as well as android (transferred from BB) and I recently rooted my G2X with the help of all the articles, instructions and postings on the site. So for that thank you all.
My first question for the community is: Which app makes for a better keyboard than Swype?
Now that am rooted and running a cleaner OS than stock I am considering doing away with swype in place of something better, faster and preferably easier. But since am new to the Android platform I don't quite know where to start and which keyboards apps are truly better.
No keyboard is faster than swype. Swiftkey is pretty interesting, 8pen is a fun novelty, and there are a few out there that add keys most don't have, but swype it's the fastest by far.
Download the beta though, it's so much better than stock.
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Smartkeyboard Pro
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Cool! Good to know then, I will look into the beta version for sure.
d12unk13astard said:
Smartkeyboard Pro
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What makes smartkeyboard pro superior to swype?
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I love Swiftkey. Not as fast as Swype but more accurate for the way I type. Personal preference
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What makes smartkeyboard pro superior to swype?
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Its personal preference actually. I tried swype but didn't like the dragging finger all the time. Tapping is more what I like. But if you can get use to swype. Its the fastest. Otherwise go with smartkeyboard
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Okay, all good suggestions. Ive download both smart and swype beta and will give them each a trial run and see.
Thanks for the help!
I told ya!
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If you want a taping keyboard, Swiftkey X is the way to go. It's got AI scripting that predicts what word you're about to type before you even start typing it. It learns as you go too, so it gets better over time.
I love it. I use Keyboard Manager, which lets me set different keyboards based on rotation, and have swype on portrait and Swiftkey on landscape.
smartkeyboard pro > swiftkey blah x
I love the stock gingerbread keyboard
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I use T-Swipe Pro. Very fast swipe keyboard and very customizable.
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FatalityBoyZahy said:
I love the stock gingerbread keyboard
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Same here. I don't like the one that comes with weapon though.
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ICS Keyboard
DOWNLOAD
Screenies attached. I hope chris7os aproves. Seems to be kosher
[OLDER/ THEME] All credit goes to blooruk
Seems like there's some demand for ICS stuff
This is a theme. It's fast. I like it
Download
Push to /system/app
Set permissions to rw-r-r (See image)
Reboot and enjoy (Not sure if runs on non AOSP, so plz lemme know if it ain't i might be able to tweak it)
screen-shots?
khtur said:
screen-shots?
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Here l. It's super responsive.
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Works on Bugless Beast GPA19.
mounted /system and pushed.
Thanks.
Works with cm7. Thanks. Didn't try the Music yet I'll try it later tonight
Works well on the Droid X running ICS MIUI 1.11.9 ; the keyboard is missing a lot though; it seems to just be a skin for the Gingerbread keyboard. It lacks the continuous voice-input that was demoed in the Nexus reveal. The new music app is a mixed bag; I think I prefer the older 4.0.1 version instead, in terms of looks =\
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Works well on the Droid X running ICS MIUI 1.11.9 ; the keyboard is missing a lot though; it seems to just be a skin for the Gingerbread keyboard. It lacks the continuous voice-input that was demoed in the Nexus reveal. The new music app is a mixed bag; I think I prefer the older 4.0.1 version instead, in terms of looks =\
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Keep in mind it aint running on ICS. You aint using ICS voice lib/ drivers. It's a lot faster and multi-touch works better than GB (to me). What else did you find this keyboard missing? Thanx for the input. Did anyone try this on any non-AOSP ROM?
Is this the latest version of music?
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bman55 said:
Is this the latest version of music?
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Yes from GN.
I have 4.0.1.501. Is this version newer?
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bman55 said:
I have 4.0.1.501. Is this version newer?
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this is 4.0.0.500, taken form galaxy nexus. yours is a leaked version. As far as I can this is the newest version
Screenie for ya
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Lioryte, a mod for sense roms would be nice. I've tried a couple times, following your directions, and no go. Thanks
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I can't get the music.apk to sync with my google account even though it prompts when first run. Suggestions?
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Uninstall reboot reinstall fixed it.
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Seems to work okay, if anything it's really good at detecting badly spelled words. I can practically botch every letter and it comes out fine.
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Uninstall reboot reinstall fixed it.
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Or clean data in app
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Seems to work okay, if anything it's really good at detecting badly spelled words. I can practically botch every letter and it comes out fine.
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I noticed that too. I think/hope that they have finally implemented BlindType that they bought a couple of years ago cause that looked awesome.
Does anyone have issues using this keyboard in landscape mode? Doesn't work for me.
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Love the keyboard, very responsive. Thanks!
What keyboard do you guys use? I use the ics themed Swype beta
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SwiftKey 3 (paid)
Swiftkey 3
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Jelly Bean Keyboard Pro
You should have just put a poll for this. It gets to be a pain to count once it's past a few pages.
Swiftkey 3
Perfect keyboard free
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Smart keyboard pro
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Perfect keyboard with the G+ skin. Looks EPIC on ICS!
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Stock ics keyboard, great autocorrect, lightweight memory footprint (swiftkey uses like three times the ram ics does) and hasn't let me down yet.
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Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard. Been through just about every keyboard out there and this one has been the best for me so far.
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Keyboard for Android 2.3
Giving SwiftKey 3 a try right now though since it has some nice themes.
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I use SwiftKey 3 right now. It's pretty fast, but i'm also a fan of the stock keyboard for 2.3.3 to be honest. I love the Swype feature.
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I don't see how the stock keyboard is even remotely comparable to Swiftkey. They're equally responsive, but Swiftkey gets way better at predicting what you're going to type next than the stock keyboard. I've tried getting used to the stock keyboard after using Swiftkey, since the stock keyboard uses much less memory, but it's not nearly as useful.
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I don't see how the stock keyboard is even remotely comparable to Swiftkey. They're equally responsive, but Swiftkey gets way better at predicting what you're going to type next than the stock keyboard. I've tried getting used to the stock keyboard after using Swiftkey, since the stock keyboard uses much less memory, but it's not nearly as useful.
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When I comes to prediticions, I have to agree, but like I said the only feature that I like of the stock keyboard is the Swype. I've tried go keyboard and slideit but they're swyping was a quite the pain. But as of this moment, I am typing with SwiftKey 3.
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I use the stock ice cream sandwich keyboard,
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I like stock (GB and ICS), hate Swype, but overall, Swifkey is the best... if you get the paid version.
A while ago I got the paid SwiftKey keyboard from amazon when it was free. SwiftKey is the way to go
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I like ice Swype
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Smartkeyboard Pro.
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+1 T9 ftw!
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Hey guys, just wanted to ask if anyone else has this problem, my phone crashes when I type the words "you" and "side" without using Swype.. It will freeze and I have to hold down the power button to get it to exit the app (usually messaging or Web). Anyone else have this problem and know a fix?
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I have never had any problems with any keyboard. I use the ics keyboard, and swype for when I need to type in Spanish or English if I'm driving not that I ever text n drive lol
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Do you mean the Samsung keyboard.
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Swiftkey 3 ftw
No the Swype keyboard. I was using the Samsung Keyboard yesterday because I got tired of Swype crashing but I rest my Swype dictionary this morning and it looks like it's not crashing anymore so I guess that fixed it.
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Just to let you know, it's not my job or even not my mirror (original thread here but I tough I would share
the mirror apk
the youtube video
Enjoy
Installed and running it now. Not a bad alternative to swype. Interested when this might be fully supported so that library additions stick.
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Installed and running it now. Not a bad alternative to swype. Interested when this might be fully supported so that library additions stick.
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Is swype still better?
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It actually feels smoother and faster than swype.
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Only thing I miss is being able to swype up or down for punctuation. Or long press etc. But I love the way the word shows up as you swype!
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Decepticaons said:
Is swype still better?
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I wouldn't say one is better than the other. Their differences are strongly compelling advantages. I could see this becoming better than swype in time though with integration into the realtime language structure engine.
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Does it have speech recognition (with or without internet connection)?
doesnt work here on ics stock deodexed !! renamed the old google kb and pushed this one keeps fc'ing
...ofcourse fixed permissions..even cleared cache and dalvik no luck !!!
mahanddeem said:
doesnt work here on ics stock deodexed !! renamed the old google kb and pushed this one keeps fc'ing
...ofcourse fixed permissions..even cleared cache and dalvik no luck !!!
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Hello? Its a jb keyboard. Not ics
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I installed this and ts really smooth. The only snag for me is that the enter button does not respond to y touch do I have to do anything specific to enable that
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