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How to have auto input text?

How can i have the stock keyboard to auto input text suggestions?
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Go to the Samsung keyboard settings. Than activate Predictive Text and click on it. There check the box for auto replacement.
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hmm sorry but i dont have that option
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Go to the Samsung keyboard settings. Than activate Predictive Text and click on it. There check the box for auto replacement.
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I bought swiftkey, well worth the money

alvespt said:
hmm sorry but i dont have that option
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What phone do you have? What ROM? Definitely you have this option. What language keyboard do you use? Do you know how to find the Samsung keyboard settings?
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I have thw s4 with no rom instaled with uk keyboard this is really strange but i dont have that option that i see on your image. By the way thanks for taking the time to take it
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myname70 said:
What phone do you have? What ROM? Definitely you have this option. What language keyboard do you use? Do you know how to find the Samsung keyboard settings?
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That is useless. It replaces words such as 'at' after you have typed them and pressed space with ones like 'or' or 'now' it's crazy!

This option is not in US phones has something to do with apples law suit against Samsung for autocorrect. I use swiftkey because of this, works great.

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That is useless. It replaces words such as 'at' after you have typed them and pressed space with ones like 'or' or 'now' it's crazy!
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It is because of the phone lag. You just have to wait a little bit before typing the space.
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Swift key makes the phone very slow
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Try "SmartKeyboard". Great app, customer autotexts and NO lag. There is a trial version.
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This option is not in US phones has something to do with apples law suit against Samsung for autocorrect. I use swiftkey because of this, works great.
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I don't see Microsoft suing for use of auto-correct. Apple is just plain asinine in that regard.

I have not found swiftkey to slow my phone down at all. I'm loving it more than stock so far.

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It is because of the phone lag. You just have to wait a little bit before typing the space.
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The Samsung keypad lag on predictive text input is terrible. I disabled it for that reason.
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Swift key makes the phone very slow
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Analyzer52 said:
I have not found swiftkey to slow my phone down at all. I'm loving it more than stock so far.
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I'm a Swiftkey user, wouldn't have it any other way now, well worth the 69p I paid for it.

dnlgee said:
The Samsung keypad lag on predictive text input is terrible. I disabled it for that reason.
I'm a Swiftkey user, wouldn't have it any other way now, well worth the 69p I paid for it.
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Right I was reluctant to try it because I felt the stock should work right but after using it I wouldn't have it any other way. Completely changes your interaction with the phone.

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Right I was reluctant to try it because I felt the stock should work right but after using it I wouldn't have it any other way. Completely changes your interaction with the phone.
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Used to swear by the stock Google AOSP keyboard, couldn't get used to Swiftkey at first but after 2 weeks of using it, I love it.

Slow gallery?

When I take a picture and go to the gallery by clicking the picture it takes like 5 seconds to load which is slow in my opinion. Is this normal?
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jetlitheone said:
When I take a picture and go to the gallery by clicking the picture it takes like 5 seconds to load which is slow in my opinion. Is this normal?
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Yes. Very slow gallery on the GS4. Hopefully updates fix it. Embarrassing really.
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Baldilocks said:
Yes. Very slow gallery on the GS4. Hopefully updates fix it. Embarrassing really.
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Not sure if your willing to replace the stock gallery... but might try quickpic from the market... works really well.

sulpher said:
Not sure if your willing to replace the stock gallery... but might try quickpic from the market... works really well.
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I also experience the very slow response from clicking on the camera gallery. Seems to be an issue with touchwiz. My other friend also recommended quickpic, but we will lose the air gesture functionality... :crying:

sulpher said:
Not sure if your willing to replace the stock gallery... but might try quickpic from the market... works really well.
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I do use it. With a custom icon. But it's a shame that we have to. Don't ever read lag stories about the HTC One.
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Baldilocks said:
I do use it. With a custom icon. But it's a shame that we have to. Don't ever read lag stories about the HTC One.
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I'd rather have lag till an update than the One which I did have at one point. That phone isn't worth the 200 bucks on contract.
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jetlitheone said:
I'd rather have lag till an update than the One which I did have at one point. That phone isn't worth the 200 bucks on contract.
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How is it not worth $200? It's been said to be one of the best phones out, even been said to be better than the S4. AND guess what? There is NO lag on the One. It's your opinion tho, so whatever.
About the lag, on my Note 2 it would sometimes take a second to open, is it really that bad on the S4?
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Nickel Dime Bay said:
How is it not worth $200? It's been said to be one of the best phones out, even been said to be better than the S4. AND guess what? There is NO lag on the One. It's your opinion tho, so whatever.
About the lag, on my Note 2 it would sometimes take a second to open, is it really that bad on the S4?
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Yes. It's that bad. But then again all of the native Touchwiz apps are slow to load.
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Baldilocks said:
Yes. It's that bad. But then again all of the native Touchwiz apps are slow to load.
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Damn man, sucks how such a powerhouse can't even run smoothly with all the software they packed into it. You think once ROMs come out it'll get better? Or is it something only Samsung can fix?
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I had a lag with gallery once. About a minute after, I got a notification that StoryAlbum had created a new album, even though I had not run StoryAlbum. Apparently it runs in the background sorting through your pictures. I disabled StoryAlbum and have not seen any lag since.

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I had a lag with gallery once. About a minute after, I got a notification that StoryAlbum had created a new album, even though I had not run StoryAlbum. Apparently it runs in the background sorting through your pictures. I disabled StoryAlbum and have not seen any lag since.
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Seeing as how that was disabled on day one for me, I don't think it's the problem.
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We need an update because my precious 16gb galaxy s4 wasn't laggy ok the gallery.
Edit: lol! I meant previous
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I was having the same issue, but after reading the system logs I saw that Gallery was making some Samsung API to spam on the logs about streaming data. There was something on the log about my media servers on my network too, like PLEX.
So my best guess is that Samsung has an app which discover and syncs media, and the Gallery uses it to show pictures on the cloud. So the problem is that this discovery app has a bug which is causing the system loop on requests.
After some hours letting the Gallery consume my battery, I went to battery info and found the app that had been doing it.
Solution: deactivate Nearby Service(AllShareMediaShare.apk). That fixed the problem.
Disabling remote content(Gallery > Menu > Content to Display[or something like that]) and syncing(Gallery settings) also made the Gallery app goes really fast!

Poppup SMS, Quick Reply/Mark As Read mods.

are there any?? i have used a few apps that dont seem to do the job right. would rather use touchwiz mms over AOSP mms as i think it handles group chats alot better
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Check this out... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2320384
I'm using it and it works great!
EDIT: Ah... just saw that you said you prefer TW MMS over AOSP. This is AOSP.

sikalb said:
are there any?? i have used a few apps that dont seem to do the job right. would rather use touchwiz mms over AOSP mms as i think it handles group chats alot better
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I use this awesome app called slide messaging located at the playstore. I only really like the pop up built into it so I really only use it. It's perfect for me because I prefer the touchwiz mms but miss the pop up feature on CM10.1! Check it out you'll be happy
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mike216 said:
I use this awesome app called slide messaging located at the playstore. I only really like the pop up built into it so I really only use it. It's perfect for me because I prefer the touchwiz mms but miss the pop up feature on CM10.1! Check it out you'll be happy
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I tried this also, but found it very laggy- especially when using the swiping feature -and not real stable. Maybe there has been some recent updates.

JediSooner said:
Check this out... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2320384
I'm using it and it works great!
EDIT: Ah... just saw that you said you prefer TW MMS over AOSP. This is AOSP.
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Go Pokes!!!

CPA Poke said:
Go Pokes!!!
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There's only ONE Oklahoma!
BOOMER SOONER!!! :thumbup:
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geekdadof3 said:
I tried this also, but found it very laggy- especially when using the swiping feature -and not real stable. Maybe there has been some recent updates.
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I just use it for its pop up
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This is like an iPhone popup works really good.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nlucas.iphonenotificationslite
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spiderfly.iserm.popupnotifications
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[Q] Emojis on MJ7

Hi, guys! I know that probably most of you don't care about the emojis but I found that there are a few of them missing and I wondered if anyone of you knows if you can input them with the stock keyboard.. Here are some screenshots:
These are the ones the Samsung keyboard has:
These are the missing ones:

I think they are the same one but samsung decided to use different icons for them.

i noticed when i use them in message they come up as mms does that mean they cost to send them

pnr2020 said:
i noticed when i use them in message they come up as mms does that mean they cost to send them
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Yes I noticed that too. Yes mms charge depending on your carrier.
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fuser1337 said:
Yes I noticed that too. Yes mms charge depending on your carrier.
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i cant believe it on my iphone they were free to send

pnr2020 said:
i cant believe it on my iphone they were free to send
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On iPhone it was iMessage. "iMessage"
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mr.megi said:
I think they are the same one but samsung decided to use different icons for them.
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I meant that I can't input the ones from the second picture using the stock keyboard :silly:

Okay, Hangouts was updated with the SMS feature. We can sent emoji using SMS through it and it won't convert it to MMS.
While the Stock samsung's messaging app converts it to MMS as soon as emoji is input.
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Faster TouchWiz?

So is there any improvement in the latest touchwiz? Any opinion from S5 users? And maybe for those who had the chance to see a Note 4 from close ?
Im in S3 and I dont like the touchwiz laggy and problematic as hell. I have a fear to buy samsung device again. I am thinking of the note 4 just because of the feature to capture images and transform them in editable text.
But im worried about the touchwiz..
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Have you considered trying a different launcher? Touchwiz is very resource-intensive, but many of the third-party launchers are very quick. I'm using Google Now launcher on my Note 2, and it still flies. It will make your S3 much faster, anyway.
You could do the same thing with the Note 4, but you'd likely lose some of the S-Pen functionality.

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Have you considered trying a different launcher? Touchwiz is very resource-intensive, but many of the third-party launchers are very quick. I'm using Google Now launcher on my Note 2, and it still flies. It will make your S3 much faster, anyway.
You could do the same thing with the Note 4, but you'd likely lose some of the S-Pen functionality.
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Im using nova launcher.. but with touchwiz I mean also the samsung pre installed apps like gallery,contacts etc..
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Ahh, gotcha. Unless you're married to them for some reason, you should try replacement apps in the Play store.

gtalum said:
Ahh, gotcha. Unless you're married to them for some reason, you should try replacement apps in the Play store.
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Can you change message/phone app?
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patriotaki said:
Can you change message/phone app?
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message yes..phone no

sevomemo said:
message yes..phone no
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Is there any good message app you can recommend? I also hate that I must delete old message to have space for new ones...
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patriotaki said:
Is there any good message app you can recommend? I also hate that I must delete old message to have space for new ones...
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just uninstall it with titanium backup (if you have root)..hangouts is the most used replacement(it's the default messge app on nexus)

sevomemo said:
just uninstall it with titanium backup (if you have root)..hangouts is the most used replacement(it's the default messge app on nexus)
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Yea I have root but I dont like hangouts too much connection with google..I dont want to mix messages with google plus account or maybe they save messages on cloud..
Many connections with google are not so good they keep track of everyone haha
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patriotaki said:
Yea I have root but I dont like hangouts too much connection with google..I dont want to mix messages with google plus account or maybe they save messages on cloud..
Many connections with google are not so good they keep track of everyone haha
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honestly i don't know message replacement apps other than hangouts..but i did a quick search for you and i found those
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone...t-sms-text-messaging-apps-for-android-1232990
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Best-text-messaging-SMS-replacement-apps-for-Android_id59083

sevomemo said:
honestly i don't know message replacement apps other than hangouts..but i did a quick search for you and i found those
http://www.techradar.com/news/phone...t-sms-text-messaging-apps-for-android-1232990
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Best-text-messaging-SMS-replacement-apps-for-Android_id59083
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A big thanks from me to you
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sevomemo said:
message yes..phone no
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True. I was thinking of dialer replacements, but I guess you're still stuck with the same phone app. There are many messaging replacements, though I actually really like hangouts.

patriotaki said:
Is there any good message app you can recommend? I also hate that I must delete old message to have space for new ones...
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8sms from the store,freezing stock message app. About dialer, give a try to exdialer, on the store too, quick ans with nice themes. :good:

Fighting with myself over TouchWiz
I've been using alternate launchers for a long time. Was on Go Launcher for most time, but relatively recently I've moved to Noval Launcher, as it has caught up with Go Launcher features, and it seems that Go was a bit buggy in more recent releases.
All that being said, I am presuming at this point that I may want to actually utilize some of the features that TW offers, and won't be ther on other launchers. On the other hand, I too fear lag/performance issues, and loss of features in Nova that I am so accustomed to.
Of course, I suppose I need to get the phone in my hands first before worrying about TW.

You can replace the dialer by simply installing another one from the store. But when someone calls you, you will be faced with a lag followed by a black screen with status bar at top and then BOOM! The laggy samsung phone app (Don't worry your phone didn't blow up
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About the improved TW on S5, I have a S3 phone rooted with QS ROM installed and Boeffla 6.1 beta4 linaro installed and a S5 transformation pack supported by QS.
I think finally Samsh*t thought about locking the launcher, phone app in memory. That makes TW a bit faster. Opening the phone app now is faster and the lag is gone. Also switching to contacts from the phone app is lagless. But there are still some micro lags in launching an app.
Hope that I helped you with that.
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gtalum said:
Have you considered trying a different launcher? Touchwiz is very resource-intensive, but many of the third-party launchers are very quick. I'm using Google Now launcher on my Note 2, and it still flies. It will make your S3 much faster, anyway.
You could do the same thing with the Note 4, but you'd likely lose some of the S-Pen functionality.
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Problem with Google launcher is that annoying bar at the top of each screen. Cannot remove it. Pain in the butt

@home said:
Problem with Google launcher is that annoying bar at the top of each screen. Cannot remove it. Pain in the butt
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I like the search bar, but it can be removed with the GELS xposed module.

I am new to android- If I use a new launcher on the note 4 (Nova or Google Now) would I lose functionality of the S Pen or the fingerprint scanner? Thanks

Stigga said:
I am new to android- If I use a new launcher on the note 4 (Nova or Google Now) would I lose functionality of the S Pen or the fingerprint scanner? Thanks
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Nope
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DNASTY6997 said:
Nope
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Thanks! Does using a new launcher reduce some of the TW bloat/memory usage or does it go over TW and just mask it?