On the phone I like swype - don't love it because its tendency to auto add words to its dictionary.
On the tab I find that I can type as quickly with the Samsung kybd instead of swype with less auto added words pissing me off.
The biggest issue I have with swype is the cpu it hogs basically while saying quickly with my Bluetooth headset is useless since it keeps losing connection.
Is there a better keyboard people like that doesn't hog the cpu as much?
The same happens when browsing and listening to music via Bluetooth.
I guess the question is is there a fix for the Bluetooth headphones music dropping connection with a keyboard and or browser? I am willing to try different browsers or keyboards or apply some fix for the Bluetooth stack
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I really like the Thumb Keyboard. Has a pretty good word correction, and has layouts specifically designed for the Galaxy Tab's 7 inch screen. I would recommended checking that one out.
steckums said:
I really like the Thumb Keyboard. Has a pretty good word correction, and has layouts specifically designed for the Galaxy Tab's 7 inch screen. I would recommended checking that one out.
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+1 on thumb keyboard
I would recommend thumb keyboard as well. Aditionally you have themes there and you can choose between several layouts. Perfect for the galaxy tab.
thanks I guess I will give thumbs a try. too bad they don't still have the 24 hr grace period on the market.
anyone have any suggestions for solving the Bluetooth cutting out with internet browsing or any other high cpu activity?
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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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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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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?
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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.
Bluetooth (Null) Keyboard
Hi my fellow XDA-Members,
i would like to tell you about my little app.
I'm happy about any feedback and open for suggestions.
Nullkeyboard/0Keyboard or empty Keyboard (what ever you want to call it) adds an extra keyboard to your device, which will not show when selecting text fields.
It is intended to be used with hardware keyboards (i.e. bluetooth keyboards), to stop the software keyboard from opening and taking away half of the screen.
Additionally it improves system performance as it frees up resources that would normaly be used by a software keyboard (layout, dictionarys etc.).
This app is handy for people who regularly use an extra keyboard with their android tablet. While they cannot uninstall the system keyboards, they can unload them from system memory by choosing Null Keyboard as current keyboard.
A widget is included to allow easy switching between Null Keyboard and others.
This is not a driver and will not make your bluetooth keyboard work and neither will it break anything. Don't complain that it doesnt make your bluetooth keyboard work, because that is not its purpose.
MARKET LINK
Downloaded and installedthis app but can't find the widget. The app is running according to the CM7 app manager.
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Okay never mind problem solved! Great app!
Why didn't you call it software keyboard disabler or something like that? Thats essentially what it does
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Why didn't you call it software keyboard disabler or something like that? Thats essentially what it does
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The idea came from a similar windows mobile application which was called "Null keyboard".
Still SAMSUNG KEYBOARD appears!!!
I bought this app from the market.
SAMSUNG KEYBOARD still appears once after that it disappears.
Is it possible disable this also?
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I bought this app from the market.
SAMSUNG KEYBOARD still appears once after that it disappears.
Is it possible disable this also?
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I'm not sure what you mean?
What device and ROM are you using?
On-screen keyboard
I'm on GALAXY TAB 10.1 + OVERCOME ROM + DROIDBASEMENT Kernel.
First time it onscreen keyboard appears and then it disappears.
Is it possible to disable PERMANENTLY ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD?
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I'm on GALAXY TAB 10.1 + OVERCOME ROM + DROIDBASEMENT Kernel.
First time it onscreen keyboard appears and then it disappears.
Is it possible to disable PERMANENTLY ON-SCREEN KEYBOARD?
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Sorry, but i still don't understand it.
If you turn null keyboard ON, the onscreen keyboard should never show.
I have no indication that this no longer works.
See the enclosed screen shots.
It happens very FIRST TIME I start using the BLUETOOTH KEYBOARD.
And RESETS to SAMSUNG KEYPAD.
Hm, are you sure you selected Nullkeyboard as the active keyboard before?
I don't think i can prevent the system from switching keyboards, the question is rather why it is switching them.
Dark3n,
This issue happens on my Galaxy Tab. I've installed SwiftKey X ('cause, as a Brazilian, that was the only way I found to add accents to my words), but every time I turn on the BT Keyboard, the system itself switches Samsung Keypad on.
When that happens, you can long-press the writing area and set your favorite keyboard on, and you won't have to do that again till the keyb is turned off and on again.
Probably, what pathuri97 wanted was a way to block Samsung Keyboard to turn itself on.
Oh, and by the way: does your app work w/ accents or other languages?
Blocking the Samsung Keyboard from turning on is probably not possible, without removing or completely deactivating it.
I currently don't have a bluetooth keyboard, so i can't test how it reacts to different languages, sorry.
Can you recommend one ?
Mine is a great one. As I still can't post links, look for "Leather Bluetooth Keyboard Case Cover for Samsung Galaxy Tab 7" P1000 New" on Google - it's the first hit.
Works great, and is a great armor for the GTab - makes it look more stylish as well
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?
ryan562 said:
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.
Im using an LG G-Slate but since there is no G-Slate forum here and the Xoom is the most popular ill ask here. Is there a way to get apps to work in both landscape positions? As in, the landscape where the front camera is ontop and the landscape where it is on the bottom. I know iPad apps all do this, which makes folio cases great because you can have different angles using different positions and still see the app, but there are very few Android phone/tablet apps that do aside from google books, gmail and the like. Im thinking this may be an in-app thing but if it is possible to do from the tablets setting or something that would be great!
Prime examples of apps that do not work in both landscape positions: all angry birds apps, distraction, bakery/restraunt story, NETFLIX
netflix and angry birds are the two that i would like to see working the most
Thanks in advance!
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This has been affecting me as well. I've search a couple times since I've had my xoom but I have never found a solution. The case I have forces me to use the xoom upside down (with the camera at the bottom) if I want to use it to type on a desk. Otherwise, it sits upright for video playing. If there is a way to force an application to always be landscape-upside-down, that would be perfect. I doubt there is such a solution, though. The app that is the most furious for me is the new Dolphin Pad app. The browser itself works in either position, rightside up or upside down, but when you select the settings menu, it forces it to be rightside up. I have tried setting the screen to auto-rotate as well as locking the screen in only upside-down. Unfortunately those couple applications always force the screen to be rightside up no matter what. Almost always it does it with applications that were designed for the phone. Most tablet applications work either way.
I was asking precisely because i have a case coming in the mail that forces me to do the same thing. Its pretty irritating that ill have to hold onto the tablet to type because at the vert. Angle its too high to type. Or i can use a bluetooth keyboard but thats a hassle. And for airplanes and cramped spaces itd be nice to have the low-angle option to watch videos
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This has been affecting me as well. I've search a couple times since I've had my xoom but I have never found a solution. The case I have forces me to use the xoom upside down (with the camera at the bottom) if I want to use it to type on a desk. Otherwise, it sits upright for video playing. If there is a way to force an application to always be landscape-upside-down, that would be perfect. I doubt there is such a solution, though. The app that is the most furious for me is the new Dolphin Pad app. The browser itself works in either position, rightside up or upside down, but when you select the settings menu, it forces it to be rightsideup. I have tried setting the screen to auto-rotate as well as locking the screen in only upside-down. Unfortunately those couple applications always force the screen to be rightside up no matter what. Almost always it does it with applications that were designed for the phone. Most tablet applications work either way.
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I never noticed this until now... was reading this thread in dolphin "upside down" just fine, but like you it forced me to flip to get into settings... all other functionality seems OK, so my guess is it is an app Dev fix and not a zoom fix. I haven't noticed this in other apps' but will test a few tonight for the OP and report back.
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I never noticed this until now... was reading this thread in dolphin "upside down" just fine, but like you it forced me to flip to get into settings... all other functionality seems OK, so my guess is it is an app Dev fix and not a zoom fix. I haven't noticed this in other apps' but will test a few tonight for the OP and report back.
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For me, it's mostly games that force me to turn the xoom around. It also happens with every single poker application I download. Like they are all conspiring against me.
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For me, it's mostly games that force me to turn the xoom around. It also happens with every single poker application I download. Like they are all conspiring against me.
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Playing angry birds on a high angle would be difficult... its much better suited for a low angle. It works that way on ipad, why not android?
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Anyone have any info? Now that i have the case thr number of apps that work seems even smaller than before...
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When I wrote my game for a moment it worked in both landscape positions but then I broke it somehow. I think it is caused by using "landscape" instead of "horizontal" in layout or sth. Will be trying to fix it next week. But it also shows that it depends on the developer unfortunately. So you have to bugger him for every app that doesn't support it.
Man... i doubt any developer would listen to a single person asking for something like that haha it seems like too small an issue for many people to care
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Just got this in one of their emails. Now I need to look up if anyone found a way to do SMS on a watch & relay it through the phone. I haven't had the need to look in a while..
We´re working on a sollution for that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616403
Best me to it polstein
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I started looking into rooting/changing the launcher on my watch to Nova for this... BUT.. other then showing off, I can't see the real life use for the keyboard on the watch yet.
The main use I can see is for quick SMS, especially when in the car (at a red light) and I need to tap out the 3-5 word page.
Other then that - it would be better to just use the phone.
Will be keeping an eye on the sms thread, but not seeing much yet. Crossing fingers!
I just tried this keyboard on a Gear and I don't really like it.. Maybe I need to spend more time with it, but swiping on default Google Keyboard feels way better IMHO.