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Is there any way to.get swype anymore? I hate the streaks keyboard. JusT makes mistakes constantly. Iv never had this problem with other touch screens.
Couldnt we get a better landscape keyboard and maybe a short style keyboard in potrait like on the storm?
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try better keyboard. i love it
PM me with your info and I'll email you the apk.
Joe
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Done..
Hope its good as the hype
I've gotta admit I'm liking the keyboard! I know most people hate the numeric keypad but I actually find it handy. It's far more responsive and acurate than my HTC hero ever was. The only thing I miss is the whole predictive word thingy were you can select the word you want after typing in a couple of the letters, that and auto correct.
The Dell Streak keyboard (holding the device horizontal) is awesome. Holding vertical is a little bit tricky... would it be possible to use swype in vertical and normal in horizontal?
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Link to swype if any one needs it
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bloody AMAZING! Couldnt have asked for better. Even if you dont like the whole tracing idea just the normal keys are much faster to type on than dells tiny keyboard
You can turn on word suggestion and auto-correct in the input settings, they're pretty effective too. Don't know why they weren't on as default.
eagleman said:
I've gotta admit I'm liking the keyboard! I know most people hate the numeric keypad but I actually find it handy. It's far more responsive and acurate than my HTC hero ever was. The only thing I miss is the whole predictive word thingy were you can select the word you want after typing in a couple of the letters, that and auto correct.
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Don't link to swype, they treat it as warez, and it will get xda-dev in trouble.
i must be the only person who HATES swype...dont get it..takes me longer to txt.
I would love the droid x/evo/any htc kyboard haha...anybody ever get any of these working?
Tried better keyboard, but prefer one of the above!
I just tried swipe - wow its pretty good, even if you don't use the tracing (which is very impressive) the larger keyboard works great for big fingers like mine.
Just wish I could work out how to get a new line.
Well, here's my two pennies worth on the keyboard issue: being a bit old fashioned, I didn't fancy the idea of swype. I'd rather have waited for a decent tap-style keyboard but out of boredom I tried it out, I love it! Even using it as a tap keyboard its miles better than the stock one, but after trying out the swype method I'm really impressed with how quickly I got accustomed to it. I'm making far fewer mistakes than I used to on the stock kb. I'm sure it'll take some time to get used to where some of the symbols are, but I'm more than happy to persevere with it as basic typing really is outstandingly easy. Often I think there's no way it's going to get this word straight away, but it does even if my swyping is not that accurate. I'd go a far as saying it's almost revolutionary! Ok, maybe I'm getting a bit carried away, but I've got really big hands and was struggling to use the old keyboard.
Only wish is that there was a close button for the keyboard as sometimes I can't see where I'm typing, especially on web pages, doesn't happen often enough to bother me though.
I find the swype method a bit redundant on the streak as the keys are big enough to type quite accurately
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Polish keyboard
Hello Everybody.
If I get Streak from UK is it possible to change kb for polish one or use polish letters?
Edit: of course I mean on screen keyboard!
Regards
Peter
Guest69 said:
Only wish is that there was a close button for the keyboard as sometimes I can't see where I'm typing, especially on web pages, doesn't happen often enough to bother me though.
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when the keyboard gets in my way I can usually hit the "go back" button to make it disappear.
shEEEsh said:
when the keyboard gets in my way I can usually hit the "go back" button to make it disappear.
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Aargh! I can't believe I didn't try that!! Thankyou shEEEsh!
Guest69 said:
Aargh! I can't believe I didn't try that!! Thankyou shEEEsh!
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You can also hold down 'Menu' to make it disappear (and also appear anywhere, for some reason). AND if you have the default Streak keyboard in landscape mode, there's a blue arrow in the top left that closes it. You're spoilt for choice on the Streak!
Also, a great keyboard replacement is Swiftkey beta (free until at least 13 Sept). It's in the Market. It uses some pretty advanced prediction techniques that works and learns really well (it even reads your SMS history to teach itself!) The Streak isn't on the list of compatible devices but I can confirm it works great and fills the screen properly (unlike some other keyboard replacements I've tried).
Hey,
Try swiftkey, it is so much better, using the standard keyboard I was making some many mistakes and activating the caps lock all the time, the only thing I miss is the left and right keys
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Honeycomb optimized! Got it and it looks great. A bit laggy however (using it right now). Had trouble getting it to recognize my Transformer as a Android device. I had to dropbox the swype installer via my Evo 4G to get it on my Transformer. Anyone else got it on their Transformer? Thoughts?
I am having the same problem. What did you do?
Sweet, just installed it. It isn't laggy on mine.
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Honeycomb optimized! Got it and it looks great. A bit laggy however (using it right now). Had trouble getting it to recognize my Transformer as a Android device. I had to dropbox the swype installer via my Evo 4G to get it on my Transformer. Anyone else got it on their Transformer? Thoughts?
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Lol your user agent string is set to desktop..change it to tablet
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branshaw09 said:
I am having the same problem. What did you do?
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Used the dropbox app and transferred the installer from my Evo to Transformer that way. Worked perfectly to get installed on the TF...
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I gave it a try as well. Not sure it'll replace Thumb Keyboard anytime soon, though. Kind of weird trying to Swype on the TF.
wynand32 said:
I gave it a try as well. Not sure it'll replace Thumb Keyboard anytime soon, though. Kind of weird trying to Swype on the TF.
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To each, their own. I can't get my head around split thumb keyboards, probably because I spend many hours every day typing on real ones. (My day job involves a *lot* of writing.)
I find Asus' built-in Swype-knockoff keyboard far easier than a thumb keyboard, and am looking forward to giving the real deal a go, so long as it doesn't cause issues with the real keyboard.
Just installed it.
Pretty cool, you can press the button on the far right and make the keyboard smaller so it's easier to swype around on a tablet screen!
Everyone was saying Swype would be pointless on a 10 inch screen but looks like they found a workaround.
Now if only the browser typing lag was fixed I could actually fall in love with my Transformer.
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To each, their own. I can't get my head around split thumb keyboards, probably because I spend many hours every day typing on real ones. (My day job involves a *lot* of writing.)
I find Asus' built-in Swype-knockoff keyboard far easier than a thumb keyboard, and am looking forward to giving the real deal a go, so long as it doesn't cause issues with the real keyboard.
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I hear you. I'm in marketing and also write for a living. However, that's why I got the keyboard dock. I've yet to find ANY virtual keyboard where I can even approach the 80 words a minute I can type on a physical keyboard (and I get pretty close to that on the keyboard dock).
The split keyboard JUST works on the TF--the tablet's almost too wide for it. But even so I can get decent enough speed with it. I found that to use Swype, even with the small version to the right or left, I still had to hold with one hand and swipe with the other. So, I haven't found it so different from Thumb Keyboard in split mode, in that respect.
I'll probably give it another try, though.
testing swype in the default browser now. installed fine in my transformer. works fast and great in other apps. it's really too bad the default browser lags so much. I can type faster than the words are appearing on this reply.
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I know the swype team reads these forums, so if you do:
Add the numberpad/arrow keys on the sides of the smaller keyboards, that would be awesome.
I think it's an Android limitation, but if you could make the non keyboard areas transparent, that would be killer. (like on the ipad split keyboard)
The grips need to be removed on the left and right sides when aligned left and right.
Awesome modifications for the keyboard btw, worked better than expected.
Installed on mine, zero issues. It's about time, Swype!
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I hear you. I'm in marketing and also write for a living. However, that's why I got the keyboard dock. I've yet to find ANY virtual keyboard where I can even approach the 80 words a minute I can type on a physical keyboard (and I get pretty close to that on the keyboard dock).
The split keyboard JUST works on the TF--the tablet's almost too wide for it. But even so I can get decent enough speed with it. I found that to use Swype, even with the small version to the right or left, I still had to hold with one hand and swipe with the other. So, I haven't found it so different from Thumb Keyboard in split mode, in that respect.
I'll probably give it another try, though.
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I got the keyboard dock for the exact same reason. Well, that and the extra battery life. But without the keyboard (which I don't keep attached all the time, or I wouldn't have gotten a tablet in the first place), the Swype-knockoff keyboard just works for me. I can two-finger type pretty darned fast with the pad in my lap, or Swype at plenty good enough speed with one hand while holding the tab with the other hand. Surprisingly well, to me anyway, but this is my first Swype-like device.
Not sure if any one has mentioned this:
The stock thumb keyboard has the swype feature!
Go to setting->language&input->keyboard settings->configure input methods->asus keyboard->settings->trace input settings->enable trace input tick this option.
Then you have swype.
But Swype seems to have better prediction.
I grabbed the installer via Dolphin HD set as a desktop browser without any problems
pehkblui said:
Not sure if any one has mentioned this:
The stock thumb keyboard has the swype feature!
Go to setting->language&input->keyboard settings->configure input methods->asus keyboard->settings->trace input settings->enable trace input tick this option.
Then you have swype.
But Swype seems to have better prediction.
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I was using the stock "swype like" feature and it was horrible...
Too laggy. Sticking with Thumb Keyboard for the time being.
pehkblui said:
Not sure if any one has mentioned this:
The stock thumb keyboard has the swype feature!
Go to setting->language&input->keyboard settings->configure input methods->asus keyboard->settings->trace input settings->enable trace input tick this option.
Then you have swype.
But Swype seems to have better prediction.
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Swype is in a different league as the Asus keyboard won't punctuate or make the wild leap of understanding that my swype needs to with my poor typing ability
How do you install this swype? I love swype on my phone, but the stock "swype" on the Asus is worthless. I tried looking for Swype 3.0 on both my phone and TF, no luck funding anything... Is this method applicable to rooted TF's only? Mine is not rooted.
Not bad but I dont think anything beats the Swiftkey for Tablet keyboard.
Hi guys,
So if you've used the Stock Samsung Keyboard, I'm guessing you have worked out it's even worse than the iOS keyboard, actually no it's not that bad, but still. It's missing key features and for some reason on each reboot of the phone it seems to forget words I've told it to remember. Coming from a One X, this keyboard is extremely hard to adopt, as the Sense keyboard is absolutely beautiful.
Does anyone know any good, free, alternative keyboards that I could use, maybe even a Sense keyboard? To date I have used the following keyboards, and hate them!:
AOSP Gingerbread
AOSP Ice Cream Sandwich
GO Keyboard (HATED THIS!!)
I can't think of any alternative, however if you guys take the time to make some suggestions I would really really appreciate it! I don't mind installing applications that aren't in the Play Store, I just reeaaaaaly want something better than this!
Thanks guys, you da bomb
I use Ice Cream Sandwich Keyboard by johntanmi
I used to use Smart Keyboard PRO when I was on my GS2 with Gingerbread.
I actually found the Sense keyboard very hard to use and have always been a fan of the iOS keyboard. I really wish there was a ripoff for it for Android that came close. I can use an iOS keyboard on a 3.5" screen as well as I use the ICS keyboard on my 4.8" GS3 screen.
I highly recommend SwiftKey X. It's excellent.
There is a free version of SwiftKeyX, though I would honestly suggest buying it, and eventually Swiftkey3 when it comes out of beta. I don't have an S3 (yet), so I don't know the compatibility it'll have with the phone, but unless you're looking for something similar to Swype, Swiftkey is the way to go.
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I highly recommend SwiftKey X. It's excellent.
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Or even better, the SwiftKey 3 beta.
Was using ics keyboard donation version for a while but siwftkey keyboard blows it out of the water.
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I'm also a +1 for Swiftkey 3 beta (using it now on my Galaxy Nexus)
here's the link (download at bottom of the page):
http://www.swiftkey.net/swiftkey-3-beta-smart-space-ui-themes
I've used SwiftkeyX before (and personally wasnt a huge fan), but I find the changes in Swiftkey 3 have been amazing so far. Especially the new themes, Swiftkey 3 makes the whole thing look much more professional.
Tinker around with the Swiftkey3 settings (I like setting the spacebar action to complete the current word)
I only have a few issues (which im sure they'll work out in the future) - such as their voice input (its not like ICS keyboard where it will dynamically populate your words as you speak , but instead will LIST out options of what it thinks you said)
anyways - Swiftkey3 ! DO IT
I have tried over 10 different keyboards and I keep coming back to Swiftkey. The auto-correction and prediction algorithm is second-to-none. It also handles up to 3 languages simultaneously, so it makes it simple to type in multiple languages (in my case, English and Portuguese). The beta also looks very promising, so it will keep getting better.
Thanks for the replies guys! I'm going to try SwiftKey X and SwiftKey 3, means a lot to me the replies I have had. Support on this seems to be buzzing a hella lot more than over on the One X forums
+ 1000 with SwiftKey... it's just the best! You won't be disappointed of wasting some bucks on it!
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I highly recommend SwiftKey X. It's excellent.
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What i really love about Swiftkey X is that this keyboard learns my "typing habits" from my SMS, gmail, facebook or twitter. The text prediction become almost perfect.
On the GS3 (coming from a HTC Desire), i tried the samsung keyboard, and installed Swiftkey again after 5 minutes of hating this stock keyboard.
Yeah, I must recommend SwiftKey also, the beta is amazing, I type almost as fast as I do on my desktop... Sometimes it feels impossible to mistype lol. It reads my mind :s
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I can recommend slideit keyboard. I used it on my sgs2 and now on the s3. Try it, you may like it
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I've tried just about everything but I keep coming back to FlexT9. I wish I didn't as it's uglier than everything else IMO, but in terms of functionality and usability I can't find anything that beats it.
You might try out Thumb Keyboard. I wrote this especially for devices with large screens. Besides a standard layout it has split layouts for landscape and portrait. Although I'm pretty objective when it comes to keyboards, I still find myself typing the most fast on this one.
+ for the SwiftKey. Really really nice, both in visual terms and functionality.
swiftkey X (first app i bought ^^) very nice and useful keyboard
Better keyboard 8. On the S2 gingerbread keyboard.
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If you get a stylus and screen protector, I would recommend swype. That setup rules.
hbk19 said:
There is a free version of SwiftKeyX, though I would honestly suggest buying it, and eventually Swiftkey3 when it comes out of beta.
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Slightly off-topic: are they not the same?
My wife and I both have Nexus 4s. I love mine, basically top to bottom, but she's not a fan of the keyboard. She really liked both the keyboard and it's accompanying voice input keyboard on her old T-Mobile MyTouch 4G. (HTC phone.)
Now, she does generally like the voice input on the stock N4 keyboard, but does NOT like the swipe keyboard. It doesn't do as well for her at giving suggested words as she types, and it can be harder to get the word she actually wants.
Now, I installed the Swype beta for her, but while she likes that KEYBOARD just fine, the voice input sucks for her.
The most important thing for my wife with her phone is that she can easily use a good swipe style keyboard AND use the voice input effectively.
Any advice on what to try?
I've tried loads, nothing comes close in terms of accuracy to Swype
I am user of Swiftkey from year at least and now with addition of Flow you shld give it a try.
I dont use flow lot but it can work normal way too and great prediction since its learning since year.
I tried Flow, bought SwiftKey agrees ago, the swiping is nowhere near as good as Swype
What's wrong with the stock one? I've found it to be very accurate and voice input is great. From what I've heard (but not actual experience) swiftkey is the best. If you last tried it ages ago, maybe you should buy it again (or get the trial if there is one) and check it out.
I prefer SwiftKey as it can learn and predict my words. i mix english and my native language using SwiftKey and the prediction is awesome. but it need time to learn. :good:
Swiftkey
In my opinion of messing with different options available including the one built into Android, Swiftkey is the best.
One of the best features in my opinion is the built in prediction engine that just gets better. It just learns, recognizes and applies as you flow across the screen
SwiftKey user here as well. Very good keyboard
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I've been running swift key since it was in beta with flow and now that they've updated it to the play store it's what I recommend most.
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I'm sitting here typing words and it will take a word that I have completely spelled correctly yet when I hit the space bar it replaces it with something completely different. The other issue is that it will put the word I'm typing and the address a whole new additional word after the space that I had ZERO intention of even typing ( when I just typed even it changed it to event when hitting space )
In the last 6 months I've had a iPhone 6 and a Note 4 and either of them we're NEARLY this bad .
That's why 3rd party keyboards are a thing. I loved google keyboard, and now use SwiftKey for realtime use of 2 languages.
Switch to something else like Google Keyboard. The stock predictive text stinks and it also uses more resources than Google Keyboard.
SwiftKey. Thread closed.
The Samsung keyboard runs on the SwiftKey engine, so whatever issues the OP is having with text replacement will not change. What the OP needs to do is to disable Auto replace in the keyboard settings.
Works fine for me. When the keyboard is about to auto-correct, there will be a check mark at the top of the keyboard that you can tap so it won't correct the word.
One of the first things I did was chuck on the google keyboard with number row.
I don't like the Samsung keyboard and switched to the Google Keyboard straight away. But there is one small problem... I can't get rid of the annoying keyboard switcher icon on the top left! I switch off the Samsung keyboard which makes it disappear briefly but it switches itself back on.
Google keyboards all the way, check out all these options!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2387785
Weird.. coming from the nexus 5 and G3, I thought the s6 kb was pretty superior. Different strokes for different folks
I had no idea the stock keyboard on Samsung was actually SwiftKey, but just themed for Samsung. Very cool. :good:
I absolutely love the keyboard on the S6. For me it is by far the best one out there in terms of predictions, looks, fastness of typing and functions.
All predictive text SUCKS
It seems like I spend more time fixing it then it actually helps me.
Tried all the 3rd party options. Varying degrees of suck.
I'll think it sucks as bad as note 4 and every single Samsung before ?
meboy said:
All predictive text SUCKS
It seems like I spend more time fixing it then it actually helps me.
Tried all the 3rd party options. Varying degrees of suck.
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I agree. I just try to find the one that sucks the least for my fingers and typing/swyping speed. Everyone will be different, because of finger size and habit of typing speeds etc. The one that sucks the least for me on the S6 is Google's keyboard. But I got to say, the stock keyboard is a real close 2nd, not only because it sucks less than other keyboards, but because you can resize the keyboard, and that bumps up the less suck factor a tad more. Both still suck, but they suck the least. Like you said, varying degrees of suck!
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I had no idea the stock keyboard on Samsung was actually SwiftKey, but just themed for Samsung. Very cool. :good:
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It's been that way since the S4. I used to use SwiftKey anyway, but I eventually moved to the Google Keyboard. But that kept crashing in certain apps and I hated the lack of long press options for punctuation (punctuation selection was awful).
I use the Samsung keyboard now, but I disabled the word replacement feature. It was a nightmare typing in web addresses and stuff like that. If I wanted to write, "4.3 seconds", it came out, "4. 3 Seconds".
Like SwiftKey, the prediction gets better the more you use it.
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I agree. I just try to find the one that sucks the least for my fingers and typing/swyping speed. Everyone will be different, because of finger size and habit of typing speeds etc. The one that sucks the least for me on the S6 is Google's keyboard. But I got to say, the stock keyboard is a real close 2nd, not only because it sucks less than other keyboards, but because you can resize the keyboard, and that bumps up the less suck factor a tad more. Both still suck, but they suck the least. Like you said, varying degrees of suck!
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Lol, nice attitude
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So I just tried to type "have" and it trys to turn it to "habe"
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So I just tried to type "have" and it trys to turn it to "habe"
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Maybe check the language. It sounds like you're trying to type in German or Dutch. Possibly Afrikaans.
@op dumb people shouldn't use smartphone