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Some how since backing up my phone and removing the bloatware, I've managed to delete the Android Keyboard.
Is there anyway to redownload this keyboard? I prefer it to the Samsung Keyboard hands down. Or perhaps there is another keyboard you would recommend that I can download via the Market or elsewhere?
Thank you
I like swiftkey...comes a close second to Swype for me.
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The swiftkey beta is definitely worth a look. I prefer swype, personally.
Link: http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.touchtype.swiftkey.trial
So is there no way to get the Android Keyboard back? Even after I restore the backup prior to the bloatware removal, it always seems to disappear. Could I be deleting something causing it to go away?
gahanAR said:
So is there no way to get the Android Keyboard back? Even after I restore the backup prior to the bloatware removal, it always seems to disappear. Could I be deleting something causing it to go away?
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I have it after removing the bloat?
So then what happened to my android keyboard?! =/
Just do an Odin restore, that should get it back on there
My favorite has got to be the DroidX multitouch keyboard.
bfgarzilla9k said:
My favorite has got to be the DroidX multitouch keyboard.
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Where can I get that?
HTC_IME Mod for High Rez. love switching languages by pressing volume button.
gflare said:
The swiftkey beta is definitely worth a look. I prefer swype, personally.
Link: http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.touchtype.swiftkey.trial
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Thanks SOOOO Much !!! SwiftKey is AMAZING! I used to like the stock android keyboard because it was fast, had good prediction, and was black so more batt efficient.
Swiftkey's prediction is just about two fold better than the stock android. The only things I would change is to add a D-pad when you hit the alt button, and making the keyboard more black to save on batt. (unlikely it will get optimized for SAMOLED screens though)
SlideIt keyboard best of all
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yo guys i would recommend smart keyboard pro its multi-touch and work better than the 3 already installed on the phone..
theprovidence said:
yo guys i would recommend smart keyboard pro its multi-touch and work better than the 3 already installed on the phone..
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I just purchased this today and after trying every other keyboard I can say this one meets all of my needs. Accurate, multi-touch, and good customization all in one.
bfgarzilla9k said:
My favorite has got to be the DroidX multitouch keyboard.
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I second this particular keyboard. I find myself using this on a regular basis.
I use Smart Keyboard Pro and I love it. Great prediction and just has a good feel. I haven't tried the Droid X keyboard yet, I'll try it out.
Swype is great, but my vote also goes to Smart Keyboard Pro. I've tried almost all of them, and this one is a keeper.
For me, it's really hard to choose.
I like the Samsung keyboard because of multitouch and I feel like I can type faster on it, but the autotext is a pain.
The Droid X keyboard is nice especially because of multitouch but it is really stupid when it comes to predicting text..
The stock android keyboard is okay, just no multitouch.
I'd say the Droid X keyboard wold be my pick. I usually use that.
-Just my two cents.
i, too, am loving the DroidX over Swiftkey
I actually love the default Samsung keyboard in 2.2, I just wish I could switch the Period (.) to the other side of the space bar as I tend to hit it half of the time instead of the space bar with my right thumb.
Anybody know of a keyboard that is exactly the same as the default Samsung Keyboard in 2.2 but with those buttons switched?
Just wondering, I'm getting a nook soon and I was wondering which was the best
in your opinions.
TKB Thumb Keyboard
+1 for TKB Thumb Keyboard
I used stock then tried better keyboard but didn't care for it much. Stock works just fine.
SlideIT works for me. Needed an easy copy/paste function and it works great.
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Thumb Keyboard is the best. Next would be stock B&N keyboard
I like SwiftKey. Once it learns your writing style it can be very quick for writing document.
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I love the droid x multitouch keyboard!
SlideIt is similar to Swype, which I love but isn't available on the Nook.
I use slideit as well. Once I taught it the words that I use for school documents, this thing became awesome for editing and revising on the go - but maybe I use this thing for writing more than others. Dropbox is crucial here as well, paired with the Quick Office HD from the Notion Ink ports.
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PJE66 said:
I like SwiftKey. Once it learns your writing style it can be very quick for writing document.
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Swiftkey Beta (hopefully releasing to market soon) is bad ass on the tablet. I can bang away and besides me hitting the silly B&N shortcut and getting off in the wrong place, my typing is magically fixed and it's almost always dead on. You should see my typing on the tablet when I'm in an app like irssibot where it doesn't autocorrect.... AMAZING how much it fixes...
Behind it, Smartkeyboard Pro worked really well, I actually was in the process of switching to it from Swiftkey as it does a really good job of fixing when I'm jabbing away at random keys at figuring out what I really meant to type, but then Swiftkey's beta one-upped 'em.. Ah well.
I am running froyo 6.6.6 and i just installed the Notion Ink Adam keyboard that is linked to in a couple of threads. I have to say this is the best keyboard I have used so far, I even like it better than the gingerbread keyboard i was using on eclair.
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Smart Keyboard
I use Swype.
I'm using SlideIT over here. Although I think I just might have to go and try out a few of these other keyboards.
Nice topic, OP!
I just started using the Honeycomb keyboard, as I put HC on it yesterday. Other than that, I always used Smart Keyboard Pro. I use it all the time on the Dinc, but I didn't like the way it looked scaled up on the NC.
Smartkeyboard Pro
I'm running Swiftkey
backstep said:
I use Swype.
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You have swype on your NC?
backstep said:
I use Swype.
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A) Which version of Android are you on?
B) How?
I'm wondering if there are any themed versions of keyboards running around, or what everybody else is using as far as a keyboard goes. I was using gingerkeyboard, but it looks like it is having some compatibility issues right now for me, plus it is orange. Gross.
There are plenty of available keyboards. A droid X mulit-touch version has made its waves through here. Many people use Better Keyboard and Smart Keyboard, which are both available in the market. I prefer Smart Keyboard for its simplicity and ability to widen the spacebar and also the multiple skins that are available for the sip through the developer's site.
I use Better Keyboard 8, lots of skins and ability to customize almost anything.
I've been looking for a third-party keyboard that's suitable for the Bionic. I know this device has a higher than normal resolution, so I don't know if some of the more-known keyboards would work properly if they can't scale to the proper resolution. Plus, I don't like the all white stock keyboard layout, I'd like to have something either darker or that can be customized. Anyone have suggestions?
I have been using "Better Keyboard 8" for almost 3yrs.
Swiftkey X, some of the best word prediction I've seen. It scans your old inputs in order to automatically add words to the dictionary, and better predict what you're looking for.
iasa15 said:
Swiftkey X, some of the best word prediction I've seen. It scans your old inputs in order to automatically add words to the dictionary, and better predict what you're looking for.
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+9001. Best keyboard app I've used. They've got a newer version in private beta right now as well.
I think the stock keyboard is amazing, if you just dont like the colors, you can just edit them in photoshop, theyre just a bunch of .pngs
Try Thumb Keyboard... It has a ton of themes and tweaks to play with, and on a phone as big as the Bionic, having the option of a split keyboard would be great! I use it on my Galaxy Tab and my D3, and love it.
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I am really picky on this subject and definetly want something that looks sharp.
The darky keyboard looks amazing. There is a thread started for it specifically that now has an install zip. Huge thanks to Versatile1 for this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18365931
Also the gingerbread keyboard in the market looks very good too. This keyboard also takes up the least amount of screen space when portrait.
"Keyboard from android 2.3"
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I actually just changed to Thumb Keyboard. Loving it so far.
Just a heads up, a number of developers have released AOSP based versions of the Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard into the Market. I downloaded the one by Binary Bulge and it's just perfect on the NC. The predictions are better than any tap keyboard I've ever user other than SwiftKey. And unlike the Gingerbread keyboard, it actually sizes properly to our tablets. I am starting to find very credible the rumour that Google included BlindType technology in ICS. Go ahead and try it out...you'll be impressed. It even manages to auto correct if two words get mashed together by accident.
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Yeah they've been released for a while, I'm using the same one (by Binary Bulge) on all my devices and it works great.
It looks a bit funny on the Nook Color though, the keys are huge in comparison to other keyboards on the NC. I guess that's not a bad thing though.
IMO a split keyboard is a must have for a tablet. I prefer Thumb Keyboard.
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Yeah they've been released for a while, I'm using the same one (by Binary Bulge) on all my devices and it works great.
It looks a bit funny on the Nook Color though, the keys are huge in comparison to other keyboards on the NC. I guess that's not a bad thing though.
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Hmm, on CM7.1 at 160 dpi, the keys are big but not excessive. It's the right size for a tablet keyboard, and similar to the size presented by Swype. The native Gingerbread keyboard comes up far undersized.
cmstlist said:
Hmm, on CM7.1 at 160 dpi, the keys are big but not excessive. It's the right size for a tablet keyboard, and similar to the size presented by Swype. The native Gingerbread keyboard comes up far undersized.
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I think the native GB keyboard is pretty much perfect. I use this ICS keyboard on my phone and I think it works great, good prediction and speed, etc. But on my NC it just makes it look like a gigantic, oversize phone. No reason for the letters to be so huge.
I suspect once we get ICS on some tablets there will be a much better keyboard. For now I am sticking with the GB keyboard in CM7.1.
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I think the native GB keyboard is pretty much perfect. I use this ICS keyboard on my phone and I think it works great, good prediction and speed, etc. But on my NC it just makes it look like a gigantic, oversize phone. No reason for the letters to be so huge.
I suspect once we get ICS on some tablets there will be a much better keyboard. For now I am sticking with the GB keyboard in CM7.1.
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I guess it's a matter of preference. The GB keyboard in CM7.1 is basically the same height as a phone keyboard, but I find the ergonomics of a 7" tablet are such that I need more height than that to be able to use it effectively.
The ICS Keyboard sure is something that I absolutely love, kinda happy someone backported it to our properly working CM7 Gingerbread.
It's what will keep me going until Dalingrin and Fattire fixed their CM9 Build up to be a good replacement.
I tried it and must say they already did a fair bunch of work, it was a nice testdrive and the sweet taste of the ICS keyboard remains with that wonderful backport.
I tried the ics keyboard from johntanmi. I found the predictions to be near useless. For instance when typing out "pred" it suggests Pres, pred, or pared. Why not "prediction, predictions, predator..." etc.
FlexT9 is my favourite by far.
another vote here for split keyboard! it has an ICS theme too
good find! Thanks for this!
What I hate about the stock keyboard is very few long-press shortcuts, like /, numbers, etc.. I HATE having to go into a separate mode for them.
And the ICS keyboard has a bunch of keys in the bottom-right area which I keep hitting by accident.. I dunno why but I kept hitting "," repeatedly last night on ICS.
I think I'll just keep using Swiftkey X
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What I hate about the stock keyboard is very few long-press shortcuts, like /, numbers, etc.. I HATE having to go into a separate mode for them.
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Yes, I seriously missed this for a while after switching from the HTC_IME_mod. But then I figured out something.
The numbers on the stock GB keyboard are there for long-press, same for the ICS keyboard. Most punctuation is there in the prediction area. Missing are "/", "@" and some others that might be useful, but most of what you normally need is there without a long-press.
Just in case you may not have noticed - for numbers and punctuation you can now hold on the ?123, glide to the character you want, let go, and it snaps back to the letter keyboard. Quicker than three taps.
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