anyone else having major keyboard lag, I have smart keyboard pro and this can get so laggy to the point its un-usable, i switch back to samsung keyboard and this is generally quicker but there is still lag, i am typing away but phone is a few words behind.
IMO, the keyboard and dialer are slow compared to my Nexus One.
Not sure why, maybe its because Samsung have used their own custom keyboard.. I did find that if you disabled haptic feedback (vibration) it was slightly better.
I'm running JF3 Firmware
Samsung keyboard is fast comparing to custom kb like htc ime which have lags like you are describing. But on current rom I didn't noticed any.
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Try switching off the click and reducing haptic (vibration)
thanks will try that, i am currently on JFB
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Well I am reviewing the Note currently, and I just installed Swiftkey X 3.0 Beta, and it told me that I might like to try the tablet version instead. Now the only difference between the two is how the keyboard handles landscape mode. Device keeps the keyboard together, while the tablet version spreads it apart.
My question is, which do you guy prefer? I'm actually using the device version more than the tablet version in landscape. Mainly because I have no problem with reaching the middle of the screen. But what about you guys?
Tired both I prefer the phone version of swift. Using it on 240DPI.
I have used Tablet mode for Swiftkey virtually since I got the phone. Make sure that you tweak the row height settings to get the right balance though as unfortunately even in landscape i find keyboards generally take up too much room.
The screen on the Note is so big that it is nigh on impossible to get across it quickly using Swype. No probs in portrait doing this but as a result SwiftKey offers the best balance overall.
Download the Swiftkey trial and give it a shot!
PS: If you are reviewing it give the one I did a once over...
I have been using the tablet version since the beginning and I am quite satisfied (I use it mainly in greek and french languages) . There's one feature I miss though, namely the ARROW KEYS, that seem to be available in the phone version.
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I'm running my Note @ 320dpi and therefore i use a phone keyboard (was stock ICS keyboard, now i'm on SwiftKey Beta 3) but that's mainly because i'm using a phone UI and not a tablet UI
If you're using 213dpi or below then it makes sense to use a tablet keyboard (Thumb Keyboard etc.)
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.
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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?
I'm coming from a GSM Galaxy Nexus. I loved that phone...I mean it was borderline weird how much I loved that phone. lol Anyway, I like this phone more. It's blazing fast, the hardware is better in every regard...it's just awesome. Which is why I find it incredibly annoying how sluggish the recent apps menu is. It's sluggish when it comes up and the screen fades, and swiping apps off the menu bar is just sort of sluggish and not fluid like it was on the Nexus.
I've tried it on my friends Int version and on my AT&T version, it performs the same on both. I'm curios if anyone else coming from a Nexus notices this?
I don't know why it bugs me so much (first world problems) but it really just seems like it should be fluid considering how much faster this phone is that my GN (on ICS, sold it before JB)
I actually just remove all apps when I use it just so they vanish fast and I don't have to witness the slow animation of swiping apps off the screen. Unlike my GN it does seem to swipe the apps off faster based on how fast I use my finger, but it still doesn't have the fluidity that my previous precious had.
Just ranting, chime in if you want.
I think is much because of the hold Down on the home button if you run aokp and add the nav bar is faster, also make sure you turn off s Voice double click
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Thanks, yeah I disabled S-Voice.
Actually not related to the home button as it does the same thing using nova launcher recent apps short cut
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I guess this isn't a common complaint for most of you.
Maybe it's me, but mine seems good. Def not as fluid as my buds Jb Gnex but fluid enough.
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its fine for me. could it be smoother? sure. not worst wasting my keystrokes on making a post about it. itll get better with custom roms ESPECIALLY JB roms
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 ?
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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
came over from an old HTC and just took the keyboard for granted, used swype and the autocorrect was pretty ok, helpful, close enough most of the time
been on the note 4 for months now and the keyboard is just horrible, it takes me more time fixing brutal autocorrects and spaces and just messed up text all the time
what is everyone doing to get good usable keyboarding on this thing? is a new rom necessary?
Just download Google keyboard ...like everyone
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Just download Google keyboard ...like everyone
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thanks, did that now, huge improvement
the native keyboard on my HTC was great, so never even thought about it not being something Samsung would do right, appreciate the tip
I've had the opposite experience - I find the note 4 keyboard to be way more accurate than other keyboards in both typing accuracy and word predictions.
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Never really noticed, but auto-correct and word prediction is literally the first thing I turn off on any keyboard. Hate 'em, especially as someone who doesn't want to end up as the next post on damnyouautocorrect.com and all.
In all other respects, I don't mind the stock Samsung keyboard, and I actually like the "swipe to move cursor" feature, even if the sensitivity on that could still use a bit of tuning to feel as good as one of those BlackBerry trackballs or trackpads. I also like the hold for symbols and accents and the dedicated number row, things that I hate not having on AOSP and Google keyboards.
At least Android lets you choose from any sort of soft input panel that you want. Even Palm OS-era Graffiti is an option, and I'd probably use it if the cut/copy/paste strokes worked and I could customize the strokes...