What's the best keyboard for the Nexus One?
I'm a big fan of Better Keyboard, unless you like the voice feature, but I never use that.
I'm waiting for an updated hTc_IME with voice functions.
I can't get over how awesome the voice feature is on this thing. I think that would have to be a requirement for any replacement at this point. Once you start using it, it's hard not to (especially when looking for apps in market that you had on your old G1 ).
Stock KB. Not a fan of Better Keyboard so until HTE.ime is updated for this resolution the Stock KB is gonna have to work and it seems to work pretty well.... better than the Droid at least.
TFJ4 said:
What's the best keyboard for the Nexus One?
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Definitely not ShapeWriter. I own Better Keyboard but I think I prefer the stock Android keyboard so far. I do miss the HTC keyboard.
Android Keyboard. I've used HTC_IME, Better Keyboard, and a half-dozen others... but the stock is just faster, smoother, and works better than any other. It's still my favorite.
I really liked touchpal on my samsung galaxy but since it doesn't work currently on the N1, i really find the improvements on the stock keyboard to be good. Its just as good as better keyboard now and the voice feature makes it a easy choice to be my keyboard of choice.
If the default keyboard had the swipe actions that better keyboard has it would be fine for me. But i find those faster, i also like the customization
I like the HTC KB, but seriously... you should be able to put a SPACE when in the browser without having to go to another location.
The stock KB wins for me.
I haven't tried anything aside from stock, HTC_IME, and swype...but if swype makes one available for this, I'll probably have to do it. It's so easy to type with that thing, it's incredible. It's not exactly eye-pleasing, but I'll take speed over that anyday.
Aside from that, I just like stock.
shapewriter is now free on the market! worth a look!
I'm using the HTC-IME, and like it a lot. My only gripes are when in the browser it doesn't have a space bar in portrait mode, and it doesn't come up with some words in portrait mode. But if you input them in landscape, it saves them.
JoshHart said:
If the default keyboard had the swipe actions that better keyboard has it would be fine for me. But i find those faster, i also like the customization
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It does. Swipe down to close, swipe left/right for voice input. I like Better Keyboard's customization, but it's uglier, too big, less accurate, doesn't support multitouch the way stock does, is slower, FCs once in a while, and doesn't have voice input. That's waaaay too many drawbacks to suffer just for the sake of choosing the color.
How about Swype (something like ShapeWriter and SlideIT)?
Haven't used it but I heard good things about it
I use both ShapeWriter and TouchPal- depending on what I'm doing.
I love TouchPal's compact qwerty.
Thankfully I saved the apks' before it was pulled from the market.
anthro said:
How about Swype (something like ShapeWriter and SlideIT)?
Haven't used it but I heard good things about it
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I use Swype. It's amazing. I think it's such a freaking innovative app. It always surprises me how accurate it is too, I can text soooooo much faster on that.
student.driver said:
I can't get over how awesome the voice feature is on this thing. I think that would have to be a requirement for any replacement at this point. Once you start using it, it's hard not to (especially when looking for apps in market that you had on your old G1 ).
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Personally I can't get over how crap the voice function is.
It gets virtually every thing I say wrong, so I've disabled it.
GlenH said:
Personally I can't get over how crap the voice function is.
It gets virtually every thing I say wrong, so I've disabled it.
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Lol and me! I left it on though. must be accents.. or theres a certain way to talk to it
Voice recognition is close to useless for anything more than 1 or 2 word Google searches. I always assumed the problem was my British accent.
Swype is amazing, and it would definitely be my default keyboard if it supported landscape (it's still in beta, I know). As it is, it gives me a warning when switching to landscape or back to portrait, even in an app that is not using a keyboard. For that reason it's stock Android keyboard for me at the moment.
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Ok I've downloaded apps and bought better keyboard like a retard...my phone isn't rooted and I don't play on rooting it..I just want a keyboard thats as close to the iphones as possible cause the regular android keyboard ain't up to my spec...Or something like swype I'm just looking to hear reviews on keyboards people have tried and stuck to...also have a question about handcent and Chomp which is really better?
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...also have a question about handcent and Chomp which is really better?
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Download one, try it for a few hours or days. Download the other, rinse and repeat as needed.
There is no 'really better' or best one - of anything!
There is only better for you, or better for me.
Personally, I send/receive 2,500-3,000+ texts per month.
I have tried both Handcent and Chomp. They both have cool features, but neither was good enough for me to keep installed for more than a day or two.
I received my N1 on Jan.08, and promptly rooted it by the 14th.
I bought BetterKeyboard last year for my G1, but the novelty of COLORS MAN on my keyboard quickly faded.
I used the HTC_IME on my N1 as soon as it was available, and now I'm rockin' the Swype Beta right now AND LOVING IT!
Best Keyboard right here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=624416
Its free and doesnt need root. Just install the HIRES version through a file manager such as astro or Linda File Manager and enable it through settings. I love this keyboard, especially after all the modifications the developer made.
hmmm, just installed. don't see a difference. rebooting now, maybe that's the deal
edit: no. long press only offers android keyboard still as only option. :/
I am a little confused. You’re asking which is the best keyboard, then you list SMS applications as the alternatives to choose from?
Keyboards:
Personally I am loving Swype, really cool! Not so good for typing out non dictionary words, but it does the job. If you don’t like the concept of Swype, HTC_IME is by far the best. Really nice looking and very easy to use!
Sms Applications:
I personally prefer Handcent SMS over both stock and chompSMS. It just has a nicer look and feel to me, and a few more customisation options. And i love the quick reply! (I only look at the threaded view when i need to look on past conversations)
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timothydonohue said:
hmmm, just installed. don't see a difference. rebooting now, maybe that's the deal
edit: no. long press only offers android keyboard still as only option. :/
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You have to first go into Settings->Language And Keyboard. Then enable the keyboard that you installed.
They all have the same name as the application (Better keyboard, Swype, etc) EXCEPT HTC_IME, where it will be under Touch Input.
After you have enabled it, long press on '123?' then you can choose between the currently installed AND enabled keyboards.
Hope that helped
i tried installing both of these apps and neither work.
is there anything out there to make em work? or is there another swype style keyboard?
i am TERRIBLE at typing. its just not at receptive of a touch screen as the ipad. but i like the android way way more.
its like i have to press harder to get a key pressed.
thanks in advance
EDIT : also love the feature to type from ultra keyboard with your voice. obviously voice search works on the tab, but im loooking to do emails and such with voice too.. possible?
thanks
Have you run the touch calibration?
i have not... ill search around for it in the menu and clockworkmod
i did the screen calibration. didnt really do anything. its just possible the screen just isnt quite as responsive if i would like.
swype or ultrakeyboard is much more important to me
thanks
It's Swype for me...
I'm a big fan of Swype. I use it on my Droid phone and cannot live without it. I also have it on my gtablet, and continue to love it, although swyping on the large screen in landscape mode takes a little getting used to. Swyping in portrait mode is much better. However, I still like it over others.
Installing Swype is not a simple thing, since the normal install apps check in with Swype headquarters, where you'll be told you are not a phone, so goodbye. And many of the apks for the app will say your screen is not the right size. But search this site, and you will find many threads on the subject, including the link to the proper apk. Basically, you will have to google for a specific version of swype, and then track it down yourself.
It is not impossible. But worth the search.
I know you didn't ask about it, but IMO thumb keyboard is the best for our g tabs
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Reggie777 said:
I'm a big fan of Swype. I use it on my Droid phone and cannot live without it. I also have it on my gtablet, and continue to love it, although swyping on the large screen in landscape mode takes a little getting used to. Swyping in portrait mode is much better. However, I still like it over others.
Installing Swype is not a simple thing, since the normal install apps check in with Swype headquarters, where you'll be told you are not a phone, so goodbye. And many of the apks for the app will say your screen is not the right size. But search this site, and you will find many threads on the subject, including the link to the proper apk. Basically, you will have to google for a specific version of swype, and then track it down yourself.
It is not impossible. But worth the search.
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This thread has some good info that makes swype easy to install
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016530
I've used both ultra kb and swype... I prefer swype...
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I know you didn't ask about it, but IMO thumb keyboard is the best for our g tabs
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I tried this, and while I like the large keys, I don't like the fact that it takes 100% of the screen up, absolutely useless for IMS or emails or almost anything else. I want something similar to the gingerbread keyboard but with taller, more square like buttons. I've tried using the TapaTalk or whatever it is on my VeganGinger install but it doesn't work at all.
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I tried this, and while I like the large keys, I don't like the fact that it takes 100% of the screen up, absolutely useless for IMS or emails or almost anything else. I want something similar to the gingerbread keyboard but with taller, more square like buttons. I've tried using the TapaTalk or whatever it is on my VeganGinger install but it doesn't work at all.
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Before I switched to thumb i was using SwiftKey, which was free on amazon Store not too long ago. It reminds me of the g bread kb. I wanted exactly what you wanted, a bigger g bread kb, but now I'm happy with thumb. Good luck.
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dungeonhawk said:
i did the screen calibration. didnt really do anything. its just possible the screen just isnt quite as responsive if i would like.
swype or ultrakeyboard is much more important to me
thanks
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The one-touch calibration app in this subforum did not work for me, but the calibrate.ini trick (where you put a blank file named calibration.ini in the root of your microSD card and reboot) did work for me. I was stabbing at icons left and right before (especially the home soft button, ARGH!), wanting to toss the Tab out the window, but now it's as sensitive as my Evo's screen.
Swype is easy to install if you find the right file. It doesn't really work all that well on a 10" in landscape mode though. You have to move your hand around too much to make it effective.
I have been using Thumb Keyboard from the Market. I can type with only my thumbs while holding the tablet in my hands. In landscape mode it puts each side of the keyboard close to the sides so the keys are easily reachable. In portrait mode I have it set to just give me the normal full keyboard. It works great and I highly recommend checking it out. It costs a buck or 2.
My only problem with Swype, at least the version I have, is that you cannot turn off the dictionary lookup auto correct. So if the word isn't in the dictionary (websites, usernames, etc...) swype will try to autocorrect to what it thinks it should be, or pop up the guesser window with nothing even close.
Also swype uses up the whole screen for many imput windows which isn't really needed on a tablet, but whatever.
I use SlideIT 3.2, works perfectly.
i just downloaded thumb keyboard. when i go in to language and keyboard, it wont let me populate the check box, enabling it.
it gives me the lil warning, then just wont check.
any help please?
dungeonhawk said:
i just downloaded thumb keyboard. when i go in to language and keyboard, it wont let me populate the check box, enabling it.
it gives me the lil warning, then just wont check.
any help please?
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Both versions in the Marketplace say for Android 3.0...just guessing.
tried swype but using slideit
I tried swype. i got it installed, then moved to /system/app but it wouldn't work other than as a normal keyboard. tried slide-it and it works great.
So I've been playing and downloading .apks for Swype to see if I could get it to work on the Zio. Well I have. I have Swype working 100% on my Zio, and this is what I did.
Go here
https://rs878l3.rapidshare.com/#!do....apk|13728|R~825F047419259699D1377263DB221F3F
Download the .apk to your SD card.
Go to SD card and click on the Swype.apk and hit install.
Install it.
Reboot.
Enable Swype in Keyboards.
Enjoy new shiny swift keyboard.
Move to SD with App2SD or Link2SD if you can, 13mb is a lot for a keyboard. But it's fast and responsive and makes one handed typing a breeze. IMO of course.
Swype sucks (JMO) if I had to recommend a tracing type keyboard I would go with Slide-it keyboard much better and faster IMO.
Swype isn't even in the top three of tracing keyboards, no offense to the topic creator. At least in my opinion, of course. The best, again in my opinion are ..
Ultra Keyboard
FlexT9
Slide-IT
ShapeWriter
...and THEN Swype.
Swype is the only one of any of these keyboards that I can get fully functional, for free.
The free versions of three of those apps do more than any version of Swype. Just saying.
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Swype is the only one of any of these keyboards that I can get fully functional, for free.
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Unfortunately you are correct, but I think it was well worth the money spent on Slide-it. I could send you the .apk if you would like.
You can find it on Aptoide (with Aptoide Repos from the market) as well. Thanks for the link to the .apk, looking forward to trying it. Glad I got to it before the mods take it down.
Well I never had a problem with swype which was free but after paying for slide because I couldn't get swype on this phone b4 I was highly upset. It doesn't learn the words I use the most. I have to slide a lot slower with Slide-it or I get the wrong words. If you're not paying attention and make a slight mistake you find yourself going back and deleting words you did not mean to type(sometimes I think of Damnyouautocorrect.com when this happens). Slide-it also gives me trouble with the characters on the far right side of the keyboard. I can touch em but always get the letter next to them alot. Also it randomly will give me a character to spaces away a lot too. Now my phone is running really fast and doesn't lag or freeze up at all. So I know it has nothing to do with that.
This alternative works really well. I had it for my previous 7" tablet but when I got the xoom it was no longer available. They now support the xoom and I've reinstalled it. Is from the makers of Dragon Naturally Speaking. It costs 4.95 but includes 4 input methods: swipe, voice input, writing (but not cursive) and typing.
I really like it when I have to take notes. It's pretty quick and is pretty good in swipe mode with adding the correct punctuation, though until you train it, it comes up with some pretty humorous (or irritating) guesses. Voice recognition is really quite good. For regular typing its fine but I prefer the Tablet keyboard (as it is just like a pc keyboard).
Consider checking this one out.
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This alternative works really well. I had it for my previous 7" tablet but when I got the xoom it was no longer available. They now support the xoom and I've reinstalled it. Is from the makers of Dragon Naturally Speaking. It costs 4.95 but includes 4 input methods: swipe, voice input, writing (but not cursive) and typing. For regular typing its fine but I prefer the Tablet keyboard (as it is just like a pc keyboard).:
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x2. i've been using this for the past 2 months or so. love the layout keyboard (looks like the galaxy tab keyboard) and the swiping capability. only gripe is that it seems to drain battery? are you experiencing the same issue?
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x2. i've been using this for the past 2 months or so. love the layout keyboard (looks like the galaxy tab keyboard) and the swiping capability. only gripe is that it seems to drain battery? are you experiencing the same issue?
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I haven't been using it long enough to tell yet.
I'd like to be offered an option to use either flexT9 or the Tablet keyboard every time i start to type but I haven't been able to set that up. Do you know how?
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I haven't been using it long enough to tell yet.
I'd like to be offered an option to use either flexT9 or the Tablet keyboard every time i start to type but I haven't been able to set that up. Do you know how?
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yeah. go to settings--language and input---keyboard settings-input settings-select "always show"
this is off the top off my head as i don't have the xoom with me at the moment. i believe that's what you do to have the keyboard icon show up in the notification bar whenever you start typing. u can hit that icon and an option to what keyboard you want to use will pop up. remember to check the boxes all the keyboards you want to use in the settings menu before you proceed or else the flext9 will not show up as an optional keyboard.
I am having so many issues with my phone after the upgrade to Oreo.
GPS
GMaps
Autocorrect
No VoLTE
Poor wifi that will not switch to a stronger network
Etc
Etc
The autocorrect is simply abysmal. And no matter what anyone may give explanations for the phone behaving as illiterate as it does, there is, sorry, No excuse for it.
An iPhone 5 which is God knows how old, is almost flawless whilst typing.
This thing needs more backspace corrections than is imaginable. Why?
All the keyboards are just frustrating. Maybe SwiftKey is a little better than the rest. But still.
Let's not go into cache clearing, factory wipes, delete app data, all excuses for something that just doesn't work very well.
And paying the colossal amount for a phone that one has to make this many compromises is not acceptable.
Just not very happy with the Note 8.
Example. I typed this on the phone
Frustrating = fruatrating
Typed = tiypes
Compromises = cimpromisas (??)
Imaginable = imigatble (WT..!)
I use Gboard from Google for a keyboard, and have very fast pace of accurate swiping for text
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I actually prefer Gboard to SwiftKey. But the word predictions and spellings were unacceptably wrong most of the time.
I don't use swiping or shortcuts or abbreviations whilst typing.
The etc etc part makes me think that you are totally dissatisfied with the phone, so yeah, you're really better off buying an other brand phone. This whining here will get you nowhere.
Just my 2 cents.
Sent from my Note 8 using XDA Labs
Thanks man.
Your advice is much appreciated.
ap10046 said:
I am having so many issues with my phone after the upgrade to Oreo.
GPS
GMaps
Autocorrect
No VoLTE
Poor wifi that will not switch to a stronger network
Etc
Etc
The autocorrect is simply abysmal. And no matter what anyone may give explanations for the phone behaving as illiterate as it does, there is, sorry, No excuse for it.
An iPhone 5 which is God knows how old, is almost flawless whilst typing.
This thing needs more backspace corrections than is imaginable. Why?
All the keyboards are just frustrating. Maybe SwiftKey is a little better than the rest. But still.
Let's not go into cache clearing, factory wipes, delete app data, all excuses for something that just doesn't work very well.
And paying the colossal amount for a phone that one has to make this many compromises is not acceptable.
Just not very happy with the Note 8.
Example. I typed this on the phone
Frustrating = fruatrating
Typed = tiypes
Compromises = cimpromisas (??)
Imaginable = imigatble (WT..!)
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Agreed...
I've tried going back and forth to the Samsung keyboard. I found it was really good on the note 7 but on this phone it's rubbish..
I agree on the Google maps issue too, if I'm using it for sat nav, I might as well not.. it doesn't seem to locate me accurately.
For what it is, the phone shouldn't have these minor, but annoying issues.
Best keyboard imo is Fleksy, it has insane autocorrect and if the corrected word isn't the one you were looking for with a simple swipe you will get the right one 99% of the time unless you typed something completely wrong. I really love it, I've tried all of them but only with fleksy I can type correctly even by missing every single letter on a word
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Best keyboard imo is Fleksy, it has insane autocorrect and if the corrected word isn't the one you were looking for with a simple swipe you will get the right one 99% of the time unless you typed something completely wrong. I really love it, I've tried all of them but only with fleksy I can type correctly even by missing every single letter on a word
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I've tried several, but the main three I've used are Gboard (absolutely terrible, but fast), Samsung's stock keyboard ( far better than Gboard, but still lacking in the autocorrect), and Swiftkey (absolutely the best autocorrect, but within the past few years became so bad it would freeze constantly. I wish Samsung or Google would buy Swiftkey and use their own keyboard with Swiftkey's autocorrect.
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I've tried several, but the main three I've used are Gboard (absolutely terrible, but fast), Samsung's stock keyboard ( far better than Gboard, but still lacking in the autocorrect), and Swiftkey (absolutely the best autocorrect, but within the past few years became so bad it would freeze constantly. I wish Samsung or Google would buy Swiftkey and use their own keyboard with Swiftkey's autocorrect.
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I can't help you with your other issues as I don't have any of those on my note, I've never used samsung keyboard since I always change my dpi and set it so small that keyboard is unusable. But I would advise you to try Fleksy, I find it it's really good but it does have a learning curve but I honestly type super fast with it. Or also Minuum if I'm not wrong has a really good auto correct with the english language. Not so good with italian, but I still feel Fleksy is far superior because of the swipe to change auto corrected word. Still, the learning curve can be tough for some, all my friends who tried it didn't like it because you kinda have to stick with it for a couple of days in order to really get used to the "gestures". But if you really hate the others try it
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I've tried several, but the main three I've used are Gboard (absolutely terrible, but fast), Samsung's stock keyboard ( far better than Gboard, but still lacking in the autocorrect), and Swiftkey (absolutely the best autocorrect, but within the past few years became so bad it would freeze constantly. I wish Samsung or Google would buy Swiftkey and use their own keyboard with Swiftkey's autocorrect.
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Totally Agree!
GBoard is the best, but the autocorrect is simply shocking!
Swiftkey is slow. Can it be speeded up? The key delay, I mean?
How can you sync words with gboard? My gboard unable to sync learned words, lost all of the words after every factory reset and know nothing like John Snow.
I like gboard but I 'am so annoyed because of that.
Backup all the data that is stored on your device. Then perform a hard factory reset but wipe the cache partition first in the Recovery Mode menu.
ap10046 said:
I am having so many issues with my phone after the upgrade to Oreo.
GPS
GMaps
Autocorrect
No VoLTE
Poor wifi that will not switch to a stronger network
Etc
Etc
The autocorrect is simply abysmal. And no matter what anyone may give explanations for the phone behaving as illiterate as it does, there is, sorry, No excuse for it.
An iPhone 5 which is God knows how old, is almost flawless whilst typing.
This thing needs more backspace corrections than is imaginable. Why?
All the keyboards are just frustrating. Maybe SwiftKey is a little better than the rest. But still.
Let's not go into cache clearing, factory wipes, delete app data, all excuses for something that just doesn't work very well.
And paying the colossal amount for a phone that one has to make this many compromises is not acceptable.
Just not very happy with the Note 8.
Example. I typed this on the phone
Frustrating = fruatrating
Typed = tiypes
Compromises = cimpromisas (??)
Imaginable = imigatble (WT..!)
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I was going to say I agree about the autocorrect, but I did some digging and discovered you have numerous options for improving it. Mine had been set to samsung multi-language autocorrect although I was using Gboard! I changed it to English only and autocorrect by Google and - OMG it actually works flawlessly now!
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